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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2002
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Kyungki-Do, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus for detecting a phase error for a system such as a CD or a DVD having a multi-level input signal with an irregular zero crossing shift, and a phase locked loop circuit using the same. An A/D converter digitizes a signal read from the CD or the DVD. A phase error detect unit detects a zero crossing of the digital signal consecutively input from the A/D converter, and detects a timing error from a signal corresponding to the detected zero crossing. An error correction unit corrects a sampling timing error of the A/D converter by shifting a phase corresponding to the timing error input from the phase error detect unit. An apparatus for detecting a timing error having a tracking function reduces the amount of normal jitter and a dispersion value of the timing error in accordance with a signal to noise ratio.