Patent ID: 7492792

Claim:
An apparatus for receiving digital data, comprising: a memory unit for temporarily storing therein a plurality of data streams, each of which includes data and clock, obtained by demodulating plural redundant signals received in each receiver in response to a signal generated based on said each clock; a writing control unit for controlling a writing of the plurality of said data streams into said memory unit; a data reading control unit for reading said streams stored temporarily in said memory unit in a synchronized manner; and a selection unit for selecting one of the read data streams to output the selected data stream, wherein the writing control unit detects a synchronization packet included in the plurality of data streams to control the writing of the plurality of data streams into the memory unit based on the synchronization packet, the synchronization packet being included in the data streams at a rate of a single packet per frame; and wherein the writing control unit includes a comparator configured to check whether a specific byte of the digital data is a specific value; a synchronization byte detector for receiving the digital data and detecting a synchronization byte therefrom to output a detection signal; and a delay unit for holding the detection signal for a time period corresponding to a specific number of bytes to output the delayed detection signal to the comparator.