Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
99 words
A detector for a predeterminedly coded data signal predeterminedly transmitted in a serial bit stream by a clock signal, comprising: means for recovering the clock signal from the coded data signal; means for multiplying the coded data signal and the recovered clock signal and providing a multiplied output signal; bandpass filter means for passing spectral components of the multiplied output signal between a predetermined lower and upper frequency; and output means for providing an indication of the presence of the coded data signal when the magnitude of the output of the bandpass filter is less than a predetermined magnitude.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
99 words
A detector for a predeterminedly coded data signal predeterminedly transmitted in a serial bit stream by a clock signal, comprising: means for recovering the clock signal from the coded data signal; means for multiplying the coded data signal and the recovered clock signal and providing a multiplied output signal; bandpass filter means for passing spectral components of the multiplied output signal between a predetermined lower and upper frequency; and output means for providing an indication of the presence of the coded data signal when the magnitude of the output of the bandpass filter is less than a predetermined magnitude.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
78 words
The detector according to claim 1, wherein said recovering means is a phase locked loop having in a forward path, a phase comparator, a loop filter, and a voltage controlled oscillator, and in a feedback path, a divider coupled between the voltage controlled oscillator and the phase comparator; said multiplying means is the phase comparator of the phase locked loop; and the loop filter is coupled to the bandpass filter means for providing the multiplied output signal thereto.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
The detector according to claim 1, wherein the coded data signal is coded according to frequency-shift keying.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
The detector according to claim 1, wherein said output means is a Schmitt trigger.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The detector according to claim 1, wherein the coded data signal is coded according to phase-shift keying.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
54 words
The detector according to claim 3, wherein the frequency-shift keying of the coded data signal is performed such that binary bits having a predetermined first logical state are coded at the clock signal frequency and binary bits having a predetermined second logical state are coded at a predetermined multiple of the clock signal frequency.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
161 words
A detector for a predeterminedly coded data signal predeterminedly transmitted in a serial bit stream by a clock signal, comprising: (a) phase-locked loop means including: (i) phase comparator means for multiplying the coded data signal and a feedback signal to provide a multiplied output signal; (ii) loop filter means for predeterminedly filtering the multiplied output signal to provide an error voltage signal; (iii) voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) means responsive to the error voltage signal for providing a VCO output signal at a predetermined multiple of the clock signal; and (iv) dividing means for dividing the VCO output signal by the predetermined multiple to provide the feedback signal; and (b) bandpass filter means having a passband between predetermined lower and upper frequencies for filtering the error voltage signal and providing a filtered output signal; and (c) output means for providing an indication that the coded data signal is present when the magnitude of the filtered output signal is less than a predetermined magnitude.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
161 words
A detector for a predeterminedly coded data signal predeterminedly transmitted in a serial bit stream by a clock signal, comprising: (a) phase-locked loop means including: (i) phase comparator means for multiplying the coded data signal and a feedback signal to provide a multiplied output signal; (ii) loop filter means for predeterminedly filtering the multiplied output signal to provide an error voltage signal; (iii) voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) means responsive to the error voltage signal for providing a VCO output signal at a predetermined multiple of the clock signal; and (iv) dividing means for dividing the VCO output signal by the predetermined multiple to provide the feedback signal; and (b) bandpass filter means having a passband between predetermined lower and upper frequencies for filtering the error voltage signal and providing a filtered output signal; and (c) output means for providing an indication that the coded data signal is present when the magnitude of the filtered output signal is less than a predetermined magnitude.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
14 words
The detector according to claim 7, wherein said output means is a Schmitt trigger.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
17 words
The detector according to claim 7, wherein the coded data signal is coded according to frequency-shift keying.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
17 words
The detector according to claim 7, wherein the coded data signal is coded according to phase-shift keying.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
54 words
The detector according to claim 9, wherein the frequency-shift keying of the coded data signal is performed such that binary bits having a predetermined first logical state are coded at the clock signal frequency and binary bits having a predetermined second logical state are coded at a predetermined multiple of the clock signal frequency.