Method of synchronizing two signals
First Claim
1. A method enabling two periodic signals having the same waveform and the same theoretical period to be synchronized, in which the first signal is produced iteratively, in which the second signal is synthesized iteratively with adjustable phase, and in which said phase is adjusted until synchronization is obtained as a function of a measure of the correlation between the first and second signals, wherein the method comprises the following operations:
- for each period of the second signal, producing a measure of the correlation between the first and second signals, and comparing said measure with a predetermined minimum value;
for each new period of the second signal, adopting a state of a first type or of a second type depending on whether or not the minimum value exceeds the measure obtained for correlation over the previously elapsed period, either type of state having a polarity that is either positive or negative, and each newly-adopted state having the same polarity as the preceding state if it was of the first type and of opposite polarity, otherwise; and
to the beginning of each new period of the second signal, applying a phase skip through an angle of substantially less than 360°
C. and of the same polarity as the polarity of the newly-adopted state.
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Abstract
This method which enables two periodic signals having the same waveform and the same theoretical period to be synchronized is of the type in which the second signal is synthesized iteratively at a phase that is adjusted as a function of a measure of the correlation between the first and second signals. Synchronization is obtained by progressively shifting the phase of the second signal until a correlation maximum is detected, after which said signal is locked onto the correlation peak by phase skips on either side thereof.
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1. A method enabling two periodic signals having the same waveform and the same theoretical period to be synchronized, in which the first signal is produced iteratively, in which the second signal is synthesized iteratively with adjustable phase, and in which said phase is adjusted until synchronization is obtained as a function of a measure of the correlation between the first and second signals, wherein the method comprises the following operations:
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for each period of the second signal, producing a measure of the correlation between the first and second signals, and comparing said measure with a predetermined minimum value; for each new period of the second signal, adopting a state of a first type or of a second type depending on whether or not the minimum value exceeds the measure obtained for correlation over the previously elapsed period, either type of state having a polarity that is either positive or negative, and each newly-adopted state having the same polarity as the preceding state if it was of the first type and of opposite polarity, otherwise; and to the beginning of each new period of the second signal, applying a phase skip through an angle of substantially less than 360°
C. and of the same polarity as the polarity of the newly-adopted state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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Current AssigneeSchlumberger Industries Incorporated (Schlumberger NV)
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Original AssigneeSchlumberger Industries Incorporated (Schlumberger NV)
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InventorsSarquiz, Philippe, Muller, Marc
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Primary Examiner(s)Dolinar, Andrew M.
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Application NumberUS07/957,134Time in Patent Office853 DaysField of Search328/155, 328/63, 307/262, 307/269, 375/119, 375/120US Class Current327/155CPC Class CodesH04B 1/7075 with code phase acquisitionH04B 1/70753 Partial phase searchH04J 13/0022 PN, e.g. Kronecker
