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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2015
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Masuda, Tokyo, JP;
Yosuke Ueno, Kanagawa, JP;
Zhiwei Zhou, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Maruko, Kanagawa, JP;
Jeremy Chatwin, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a reception unit, including: a transition detection section configured to detect a transition of an input data signal; an oscillation section configured to generate a clock signal and vary a phase of the clock signal based on a result of detection made by the transition detection section, the clock signal having a frequency in accordance with a first control signal; a first sampling section configured to sample the input data signal based on the clock signal and thereby generate an output data signal; and a control section configured to generate the first control signal based on the input data signal, the output data signal, and the clock signal.