Digital broadcast receiver and method of tuning control

Abstract

To control the oscillation frequency of a local oscillator, a digital broadcast receiver demodulates a phase-reference symbol contained in an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexed broadcast signal. The resulting frequency-domain data are modified by multiplication with complex conjugates of the known data encoded in the phase-reference signal, under different assumed frequency offsets between the frequency-domain data and known data. The results are converted to time-domain data, yielding one time series for each assumed frequency offset. One value is taken from each time series, these values are compared, and the oscillation frequency is adjusted according to the comparison results. A digital broadcast receiver for receiving a PSK-OFDM signal, having a local oscillator with a controllable oscillation frequency, a mixer for down-converting said PSK-OFDM signal to an intermediate-frequency signal by mixing said PSK-OFDM signal with a signal generated by said local oscillator, and demodulating circuits for obtaining an array of frequency-domain data from said intermediate-frequency signal, said array of frequency-domain data representing subcarrier phase information of said PSK-OFDM signal. The digital broadcast receiver further including a phase modifying means, an inverse-fast-Fourier-transform means, a peak detecting means, and a frequency-deviation detector. The digital broadcast receiver can also include a data selecting means in addition to the elements previously described.