A deflection correction circuit having a phase-locked loop circuit for feeding an output signal from a voltage-controlled oscillator back to a preceding circuit stage, said deflection correction circuit producing a distortion-correcting signal for correcting distortions on a viewing screen of a display device and a horizontal drive signal for controlling scan across the viewing screen in response to an externally applied horizontal synchronizing signal, said deflection correction circuit comprising:
- a period-detecting circuit for detecting period of said horizontal synchronizing signal;
- a transient response circuit for dividing the period detected by said period-detecting circuit into sub-periods each having a predetermined time and delivering said sub-periods at regular intervals;
- a frequency divider circuit for dividing down the frequency of said output signal from said voltage-controlled oscillator according to the sub-periods delivered from said transient response circuit;
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- a digital signal processor for producing said distortion-correcting signal according to said output signal from said voltage-controlled oscillator.