Patent ID: 6028641
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A device for generating a clock in a HDTV receiver, the device comprising:a clock generating part for generating a plurality of clock signals corresponding to a plurality of television signal frame rates and for selecting and outputting a first one of the plurality of clock signals under the control of a produced clock selecting signal, wherein the clock signal that is selected and outputted at a first moment in time corresponds to the frame rate of the television signal that is being received at that first moment in time; anda controlling part for producing said clock selecting signal, said controlling part causing said generating part to select and output a different one of said plurality of clock signals at a next moment, wherein different one of the plurality of clock signals is selected and outputted only after the phase of the first clock signal and the phase of the second clock signal come into agreement with each other.