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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1992
Keith Barr, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Alan Zak, Culver City, CA (US);
Marcus Ryle, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
David Brown, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Carl Lafky, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Alesis, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A digital audio interface protocol carries multiple channels of digital audio information serially between a transmitting digital audio tape recorder and a plurality of receiving recording units. Using a three stage process, the circuitry of the present invention allows the receiving VCO's to 'lock on' to the sampling rate of the serial digital data stream without any explicit sampling information. In a first stage, the VCO frequency is adjusted until a sync pattern is properly received. In a second stage, the VCO frequency is adjusted to oscillate a preselected number of times between sync pattern occurrences. In a third stage, the VCO phase is adjusted to match the phase of the serial data stream.