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AssigneeU.S. Philips Corporation
InventorEduard F. Stikvoort
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In a sample rate converter having a non-rational conversion factor the input samples coincide with low-rate clock pulses and the output samples coincide with high-rate clock pulses, or inversely. It comprises a filter coefficient generator which, based on the distance (deviation) between a low-rate clock pulse and the immediately preceding or immediately subsequent high-rate clock pulse, continuously supplies a series of filter coefficients. To determine the deviation a phase-locked loop is provided, with a phase detector receiving the low-rate clock pulses as well as synthetic low-rate clock pulses and supplying a discrete-time phase difference signal which is applied to a processor circuit. This circuit supplies the desired deviation and a reference number which is applied to a counter circuit. This circuit also receives the high-rate clock pulses and each time after receiving the number of clock pulses corresponding to the reference number it supplies a synthetic low-rate clock pulse. In the processor circuit a filtering operation is first performed on the discrete-time phase difference signal so that control signal samples are obtained. An auxiliary sample is subtracted from such a control signal sample and the difference is divided by a weighting factor of the number P thus obtained those bits whose significance is less than 2.degree. represent the deviation, while the other bits represent the reference number. By subsequently multiplying the deviation by the weighting factor, a new auxiliary sample is obtained.
An arrangement for changing the sampling frequency of a discrete-time signal having a value f.sub.i into a value f.sub.u, one of said two sampling frequencies being equal to f.sub.l and the other being equal to a higher frequency f.sub.h, said arrangement comprising:
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