Patent ID: 7620410

Claim:
A broadcast station synchronization method in a mobile terminal which is mobile relative to a broadcast station and operating with a system clock different from a reference clock of the broadcast station, in which a received signal is decoded to produce a PCM data and the PCM data is transferred to a digital/analog converter for reproducing an audio signal, wherein a clock synchronized with the broadcast station is reproduced according to an internal reference clock generated by the system clock of the mobile terminal and corrected by a reference time information from the broadcast station, an elapsed time is compared to audio signal reproduction time at a predetermined time interval so as to detect a delay or advance difference of the audio signal reproduction time with respect to the elapsed time, the audio signal reproduction time is adjusted so as to cancel the difference, and in the transferring of the PCM data to the digital/analog converter for reproducing the audio signal, a signal indicating a completion of the transferring of the PCM data of a predetermined number of samples is used as a trigger for latching an internal reference clock count unit reproducing the clock synchronized with the broadcast station so as to acquire the clock time synchronized with the broadcast station of the same period as the audio signal reproduction time per a predetermined period, thereby performing synchronization of the reproduced audio signal with the broadcast station.