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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2002
Hak-jae Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Hak-Jae Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., LTD, Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for generating a coast signal for enabling or disabling a phase comparator in a phase-locked loop of image processing apparatus. The phase-locked loop generates a sampling clock signal, which is used to convert an analog image signal into a digital image signal in response to a composite sync signal including a vertical sync signal and a horizontal sync signal. An enabled coast signal is generated at period other than detected horizontal sync period to prevent the phase comparator from comparing the composite synce signal to a reference signal, and a disabled coast is generated at periods corresponding to the horizontal sync period to permit the phase comparator to compare the composite synce signal to the reference signal.