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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1998
Takeo Ohishi, Yokohama, JP;
Victor Company of Japan, Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A clock signal generation apparatus includes a first device for extracting reference information from an input digital signal. An oscillator operates for generating a reference clock signal having a frequency depending on a control signal. A second device connected to the first device and the oscillator operates for generating the control signal to the oscillator in response to the reference clock signal generated by the oscillator and the reference information extracted by the first device, and for locking a phase of the reference clock signal to the reference information. A third device connected to the second device operates for deciding whether or not the phase of the reference clock signal is successfully locked to the reference information. A fourth device connected to the second device, a memory, and the third device operates for storing the control signal generated by the second device into the memory when the third device decides that the phase of the reference clock signal is successfully locked to the reference information. A fifth device connected to the memory, the oscillator, and the second device operates for selecting one of the control signal currently generated by the second device and the control signal stored in the memory, and for feeding the selected control signal to the oscillator.