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Method and apparatus for eliminating the effects of frequency offsets in a digital communication system

  • US 8,767,893 B2
  • Filed: 01/08/2013
  • Issued: 07/01/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/12/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device adapted to be used in a first unit that communicates with a second unit using a common sampling frequency, the device comprising:

  • a voltage-controlled oscillator that generates an output signal having a frequency and phase in accordance with a control signal;

    a phase detector that is coupled to receive a sampled signal of a first signal transmitted by the second unit, and the output signal from the voltage-controlled oscillator, the phase detector being adapted to detect a sampling frequency offset in the first signal based on a comparison of the sampled signal and the output signal, and to cause the control signal to be adjusted in response to the comparison so that effects of the sampling frequency offset in the first signal to be perceived by the first unit will be substantially reduced;

    a digital-to-analog converter that receives data to be transmitted in a second signal to be received by the second unit in accordance with the common sampling frequency; and

    a second voltage-controlled oscillator that produces the common sampling frequency in response to a second control signal that has been adjusted in accordance with the comparison performed by the phase detector so that the effects of the sampling frequency offset in the second signal to be perceived by the second unit will be substantially reduced.

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