A/D, D/A Converter for PCM transmission system

Claim 2

A codec for a PCM transmission system for converting analog signals to serial digital signals for transmission by the PCM system and for converting serial digital signals received by the PCM system to analog signals, said codec being responsive to frame pulses of a predetermined frequency defining the rate of sampling of the analog signal, the conversion of digital words corresponding to analog samples to serial digital signals and the reverse conversion of serial digital signals as received to digital words for conversion to analog signals, and to read/write clocks of a predetermined frequency defining the timing of the conversion of parallel digital signals of said digital words to serial digital signals for transmission and the reverse conversion thereof, comprising: a digital phase locked loop circuit for generating internal operation clocks by dividing the frequency of said read/write clocks by a value which is determined in accordance with the frequency ratio between said frame pulses and said read/write clocks, and an a/d and d/a conversion means responsive to said frame pulses and said internal operation clocks, for coding an analog signal to a PCM digital signal for transmission and for decoding a received PCM digital signal to an analog signal.

Claim 3

A codec as claimed in claim 1, wherein said digital phase locked loop circuit comprises: first means for dividing the frequency of said read/write clocks by a dividing ratio, so as to produce said internal operation clocks; second means for dividing the frequency of said internal operation clocks produced by said first means by a predetermined value, to produce divided pulses; third means for comparing the phase of said divided pulses from said second means with the phase of said frame pulses; and fourth means for controlling the dividing ratio of said first means in accordance with the result of said phase comparison by said third means, so as to maintain any phase difference between said divided pulses and said frame pulses at less than a predetermined maximum value.

Claim 4

A codec as claimed in claim 2, wherein said first means comprises a presettable down counter which is set at a preset count corresponding to the dividing ratio controlled by said fourth means, and is responsive to said read/write clocks to decrease the present count thereof by one count in response to each successive read/write clock until the count thereof reaches zero.

Claim 5

A codec as claimed in claim 2, wherein said second means comprises a binary counter responsive to said internal operation clocks, to increase the count thereof by one count in response to each successive said internal operation clock until the count thereof reaches a predetermined count.

Claim 6

A codec as claimed in claim 2, wherein said third means comprises a latch circuit which is set by the divided pulses from said second means and reset responsive to said frame pulses.

Claim 7

A codec as claimed in claim 2, wherein said fourth means comprises an up/down counter which is responsive to said third means and which is switched to change the direction of the counting mode in accordance with the result of said phase comparison by said third means, the contents of said up/down counter establishing the dividing ratio of said first means.

Claim 8

A codec as claimed in claim 2, wherein said fourth means is responsive to a phase difference of greater than said predetermined maximum value for correspondingly increasing or decreasing the value of the dividing ratio of said first means so as to control the phase difference between said divided pulses and said frame pulses to be less than said predetermined maximum value, and is responsive to a phase difference between said divided pulses and said frame pulses of less than said predetermined maximum value to maintain the current dividing ratio value.

Claim 9

The codec of claim 3, wherein: said second means comprises a binary counter responsive to said internal operation clocks to increase the count thereof by one count in response to each successive said internal operation clock until the count thereof reaches a predetermined count; said third means comprises a latch circuit which is set by the divided pulses from said second means and which is reset by each of the said frame pulses; said fourth means comprises an up/down counter which is responsive to the result of said phase comparison by said third means to change the direction of counting thereof in accordance with the result of said phase comparison, the count of said up/down counter determining the dividing ratio of said first means; and said fourth means further including control means responsive to a phase difference of greater than said predetermined maximum value for correspondingly increasing or decreasing the value of the dividing ratio of said first means so as to control the phase difference between said divided pulses and said frame pulses to be less than said predetermined maximum value, and is responsive to a phase difference between said divided pulses and said frame pulses of less than said predetermined maximum value to maintain the current dividing ratio value.

Claim 10

A codec as claimed in claim 3, wherein said first means further is responsive to said frame pulses to be reset to said preset count at a predetermined time following each said frame pulse subsequent to the count of said first means reaching zero.