CA1124842A - Sync generator - Google Patents

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
In a sync generator for a color television system, a carrier signal having a frequency of four times the color subcarrier frequency 4fsc is counted down to produce a color subcarrier signal as well as vertical and horizontal synchronizing signals for an NTSC or PAL-M color system. A color framing signal, which indicates a Predetermined point in the four sequentially repeating color fields making up an NTSC color signal, or in the eight sequentially repeating color fields making up a PAL-M color signal, is generated in response to the carrier signal, and a re-timing circuit establishes synchronism between the color subcarrier and the color framing signal. Burst-flag and line odd-even signals are also produced for the PAL-M system.

Description

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a sync or synchronizing signal generator, and particularly to a sync generator for a color television system applicable to an NTSC or PAL-M
system.
It is well known to produce television sync pulses such as, for example, horizontal and vertical sync pulses, by counting down a carrier signal. A carrier signal having a frequency of four times a color sub-carrier frequency fsc may be counted down to produce a color sub-carrier signal Ssc having a frequency of fsc and further counted down to produce horizontal and vertical sync signals.
When the ?ower is first turned ON in such a sync generator, the counters thereof may come up in. any condition and the relative ~hases of the color sub-carrier and synchronizing signals begin at random.
As is well known, in the NTSC color television signal, there is an exact frequency relationship between the horizontal synchronizing frequency fh and the color subcarrier frequency fsc, namely fsc = 455/2fh, and con-sequently four television fields must occur before the color.subcarrier signal exactly repeats itself in phase with respect to the horizontal synchronizing signal. In other words, the periodicity of the color frame is four ~ 2 48 42 fields. Assuming that the color subcarrier signal has its positive peak value at the front edge of the horizontal synchronizing signal, the color subcarrier signal has its negative peak value at the front edge of the next horizontal synchronizing signal. This means that the phase of the subcarrier signal is reversed at every horizontal interval.
As a result of the reversal, if the subcarrier has its negative peak value at the front edge of the first equalizing pulse included in the first field of a first frame, the positive peak value of the subcarrier signal occurs at the front edge of the first equalizing pulse included in the first field of the next frame, which immediately succeeds the first frame. In that sense, these two frames are dif-ferent. It will be evident that if a continuous signal is to be reproduced, s~lices must join successive frames in the correct sequence; i.e., the first frame must be joined to the second frame. If the first frame is joined to another frame having the same phase relationship between the color subcarrier and the first eaualizing pulse as the first frame so as to constitute another "first" frame, there will be a sudden 180 phase shift in the burst or color subcarrier signals at the splicing point.

1~24842 The ~hase of the vertical and horizontal synchronizing signals changes from field to field.
In the first field in a frame, the vertical and horizontal synchronizing signals substantially coincide, whereas in the second field in a frame, the vertical synchronizing signal is offset by about 0.5 H where H
is a horizontal interval. As described in the preceding, an NTSC color television signal consists of four fields in two consecutive color frames sequentially repeating.
The first frame, color frame A, contains color field I
and color field II, the second frame, color frame B, contains color field III and color field IV. The vertical synchronizing signals of odd-numbered color fields (I and III) employ vertical and horizontal synchronizing signals substantially ali~ned with each other t-7hereas the even-numbered color fields (II and IV) have the vertical synchronizing signal shifted 0.5 H with respect to the horizontal synchronizing signal as necessary to produce interlaced scanning. The phase of the color sub-carrier signal is the same in color fields II and III and also the ssme in color fields IV and I. Hot~ever, the phase of the color sub-carrier in fields II and III is 180 out of phase with the phase of the color sub-carrier in fields I and IV. A PAL-M color signal employs four consecutive frames (eight consecutive fields3 sequentially repeating instead of the four used in an MTSC system.

When signals from more than one source such as, for example, a video tape recorder and a television camera, are combined for editing purposes, the editing apparatus requires a color framing signal indicating a starting pOiTIt in the sequence of color fields (four in NTSC and eight in PAL-M) in order to maintain color synchronization through an editing point.
Merely counting down the vertical frequency to 1/4 fv (for NTSC) or 1/8 fv (for PAL-M) is not satis-factory for such a color framing signal since, as a result of synchronizing uncertainties arising when the equipment is turned ON, the phase relationships between the vertical and horizontal synchronizing sip,nals as wéll as between the color sub-carrier signal produced by counting down a carrier signal 4 fsc by 1/4 and such a counted down vertical frequency, are not determined.

OBJECTS AND SUMMARY ~F THE INVENTION
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a novel sync ge,nerator.
It is another object of the invention to provide a sync generator for use with a color television system.
It is a further obJect of the invention to provide a sync generator which produces a color framing signal in which the phase relation between the color framing signal and a color sub-carrier is fixed.
According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a sync generator for a color television system of the type employing a color sub-carrier frequency and a plurality of sequentially repeating color fields comprising means for generating a carrier signal having a frequency an integral number of times the color sub-carrier frequency, means responsive to the carrier signal for generating a color framing signal synchronized with one of the plurality of sequentially repeating color fields,'color sub-carrier . .
generating means responsive to the carrier signal for dividing the carrier signal to produce the color sub-carrier frequency, and means for establishing a fixed Phase relation between the color sub-carrier frequency and the color framing signal.

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-The above, and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention, will become apparent from the following description read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which like reference numerals designate the same elements.

1~2g842 - _RIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a sync generator according to an embodiment of the present invention suitable for use in an NTSC color television system;
Figs. 2A-2L and 3A-3E are waveform diagrams to which reference will be made in explaining the operation - of the embodiment of the invention in Fig. l;
Fig. 4 is a block diagram of a sync generator according to a second embodiment of the invention suitable for use in a PAL-M color television system; and Figs. 5A-5L are waveform diagrams to which reference will be made in explaining the operation of the embodiment of the invention in Fig. 4.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED E~ODIr~NTS
Referring to Fig. 1, a sync signal generator according to an embodiment of the Present invention is seen, which is adapted to generate sync signals for an NTSC system. An oscillator 1 produces a carrier signal SO having a frequency of 4fsc (fsc is the frequency of a color sub-carrier signal). Carrier signal SO from oscillator 1 is supplied to a frequency dividing counter

2 which divides carrier signal SO by 455 and thereby produces a sync frequency signal S2H having a frequency of 2fH which is twice the horizontal frequency fH.
Sync frequency si~nal S2H is supplied to a 1/2 counter

3 which delivers a horizontal sync frequency signal SH
with a frequency of fH to an output terminal 3a. The sync frequency signal S2H from frequency dividing counter 2 is also fed to a divider 4 where it is further divided by 525 to producè a vertical synchronizing signal Sv having a frequency equal to the vertical frequency fv and having a duty cycle of 50~/O. Vertical synchronizing signal Sv is applied to an output terminal 4a. A 1/4 counter 5 counts down carrier signal SO to produce a color sub-carrier signal Ssc consisting of a pulse signal having a duty cycle of 50~/O and a frequency of fsc Color sub-carrier signal Ssc is applied to an output terminal 5a.

1~24842 The horizontal and vertical sync signals SH, SV and the color sub-carrier signal S c are su~plied to a sync pulse syntllesizer (not shown), such as that dis-closed in U.S. Patent 4,162,508, which then produces the required horizontal and vertical sync pulses and other sync signals.
A color framing signal generating circuit, shown generally at 10, ~enerates a color framing signal PD having 1/4 the vertical frequency fv. Thus, the frequency of color framing signal PD is 15 Hz for an NTSC color system. A field identification circuit 11 in color framing signal generating circuit 10 produces a pulse PB at the beginning of each odd and even field.
The vertical sync frequency signal Sv from divider or . counter 4 is supplied to one input of an exclusive OR
circuit 13 in field identification circuit 11. The vertical sync frequency signal is also delayed a constant delay time D2 in a delay circuit 12 and applied to the second input of exclusive OR circuit 13. For the period during which ... ..
the two inputs of exclusive OR circuit 13 are different (namely delay time D2 following each positive and negative alternation of signal Sv) exclusive OR circuit 13 produces a field identification pulse PB. Field identification pulse PB is applied to an input of an AND c~rcuit 16.
An output of AN~ circuit 16 is applied to an output terminal 16a.

~10-l~Z4B~2 Referring now also to Figs. 2A-2L, delays in divider 4 delay the positive going transition of the verticalsync signal Sv by a fixed delay ti~e Dl (Fig. 2D) relative to the positive going transition of horizontal sync signal SH (Fig. 2A). The vertical sync signal in Fig. 2D is labeled SVO to indicate that it is the odd vertical sync pulse in the first color field of the NTSC sequence. Fig. 2E shows the relationship of the next vertical sync pulse SVEII wh vertical sync pulse in the second color field of the NTSC system. It will be noted that the positive going leading edge of vertical syncsignal SvE occurs 0.5 H
later relative to the horizontal sync signal SH than does vertical sync si~nal SVO . The two vertical . synchronizing signals for color fields in the second V~ I I I VE IV
its preceding vertical sync signal, are sho~-~ in Figs.
2K and 2L.
Vertical sync signal SVO ~Fig. 2D) is delayed a fixed delay period D2 by delay circuit 12 to produce a further delayed vertical sync signal S'VO (Fig. 2F).
Vertical sync signal SvE is similarly delayed to produce a further delayed vertical sync signal S'vE (Fig. 2~.

r The horizontal sync signal S~ fro~. 1/2 counter 3 is also applied to inputs of a counter 14 and an AND
circuit 15. Counter 14 counts down the horizontal sync signal SH by 1/2 to produce a signal Sl/2H having a frequency of l/2fH (Fig. 2B) which is applied to a second input of AN~ circuit 15. AND circuit 15 produces an output PA (Fig. 2C) which is "1" or high during every second positive alternation of horizontal sync signal SH (Fig. 2A).
For convenience of descriPtion, field identification pulse PB, produced during delay time D2 of delay circuit 12 (Figs. 2F and 2G), for color frame A of the NTSC system has been separated into odd field identification pulse PBo for color field I (Fig. 2H) and even field identification pulse PBE (Fig. 2I) for color field II. It would be clear that odd and even field identification pulses for color fields III and IV would appropriately occur in spaced relation to the signals previously described. Odd field identification pulse PBo occurs within the time defined by signal PA
(Fig. 2C) to produce color framing signal PD (Fig. 2J) having a frequency of 1/4 fv~ Even field identification pulse PBE (Fig. 2I) occurs while signal PA (Fig. 2C) is l0l- or low. Consequently, even field identification pulse PBE is blocked or inhibited by ~D circuit 16.
Similarly, corresponding field identification pulses from fields III and IV are also bloc~ed or inhibited by AN~ circuit 16. Thus, color framing signal PD (Fig. 2J) occurs only in association with field I of the NTSC color signal.

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The color framing signal PD must have a fixed predetermined phase relationship with the color sub-carrier signal Ssc; When the power is first turned ON, 1/4 counter 5 may come up having any one of its four possible conditions therein. Thus, as 1/4 counter 5 is clocked by carrier signal SO, it may have any one of four possible phase relationships to color framing signal PD.
The relatinnship between the color sub-carrier : 10 signal Ssc and the horizo~tal sync signal SH is expressed as follows:

4 fsc = 910 fH

fsc 227 fH + 1/2 fH (1) The phase of the color sub-carrier signal Ssc thus returns to its original phase every 2 m H (m = 1, 2, 3...
and H is the horizontal period), Thus, 1/4 counter 5 may be reset or preset by a divided output at the proper time in every other cycle of the horizontal sync signal SH.
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~ In the example, a signal Sl/2 with a frequency of 1/2 fH
(m=l) is utilized to reset or preset 1/4 counter 5.

l~Z4842 In a practical circuit, counters 2, 3 and 14 ' divide carrier signal frequency 4fsc by approPriate integral values to produce signal ~1/2 . As a result, due to the existence of the counters., the signal Sl/2 experiences a slight delay (such as lrl in Fig. 3A) from the occurrence of a positive ~oing or negative going edge of carrier signal S0 (Fig. 3A). The time delay may be different de~ending upon the ~articular logic circuits used and also may fluctuate with external factors such as temperature and so on. Since the freguency l/2 f~ is verv slow relative - to carrier freauency 4fsc~ resetting or presetting l/4 counter 5 directly ~ith the requency l/2 fH may not always accomplish reset of l/4 counter 5 within a particular cycle of the carrier si~nal SO. The state of l/4 counter 5, which is to be controlled bv the si~nal Sl/2 , would be different if the time delay ~l is less than or greater than one Pulse of the carrier signal SO. Therefore, if l/4 counter 5 were controlled directly by the signal Sl/2 containing such fluctuation, a fixed phase relation could 2d r not be ensured between the signals PD and Ssc. To over-come this problem, l/4 counter 5 is reset or rreset by the signal Sl/2 after it is, in effect, gated by carrier signal SO in a re-ti~ing circuit 20. Fluctuations in signal Sl/2 can thus be absorbed. As a result, the timing of 114 counter 5 is constant and a constant Phase relation is obtained between color sub-carrier signal Ssc and color framing signal PD.

-1 b.-Re-timing circuit 20 produces a control signal for presetting or resetting 1/4 counter 5 which has a pulse width equal to the width of one clock pulse of carrier signal SO. Two D-type fliP-flop circuits 21 and 22 receive the signal Sl/2 from cou~ter 14 at clear terminals Cl.
Carrier signal SO is applied to clock terminal Ck of D-type fli~-flo~ circuits 21 and 22.- An inverted output Ql f D-type fli~-flop circuit 21 is applied to a data input D2 of D-type flip-floP circuit 22. A data terminal Dl of D-type flip-flop circuit 21 is su~plied with a DC voltage B+.
I^Jhen the signal Sl/2 (Fig. 3B) is supplied to clear terminals Cl after a time delay of ~1 in counters 2, 3 and 14 from the triggering edge of the reference signal SO
(Figs. 3A and 3B), inverted output ~1 of D-type flip-flop circuit 21 produces a signal Sqi (Fig. 3D) which becomes "O"
. after the input of the signal Sl/2 . A direct output Q2 of flip-flo? circuit 22 produces a signal Sq2 (Fig. 3E) which is synchronized with the first cycle of the carrier signal SO
immediately after the positive-going edge of the signal Sl/2 .
Re-timing signal Sq2 may bé used to reset or preset 1/4 counter 5 (for example, to "00"), at a precisely defined time whereby a Predetermined phase relation between the color framing signal PD and the color sub-carrier signal Ssc is established. Therefore, if editing is done using color framing signal PD, color synchronization is performed correctly while switching from source to source.

Fig. 4 is an embodiment of the present invention adapted to the PAL-M system. A carrier si~nal S'0 having a frequency of 4f'sc is produced by an oscillator 30.
; Frequçncy f'sc in the PAL-M system is slightly different from the frequency fsc in the NTSC system. In the PAL-M
system, 4f'sc is 909fH. The carrier signal S0 from oscillator 30 is counted do~m by 1/9 in a counter 31 and is further counted down by 1/101 in a counter 32 for a total frequency division by 909 to thereby produce the horizontal sync signal SH with a frequency of fH.
Horizontal sync signal SH is used internally by circuits in Fig. 4 but is not applied to an output terminal.
Frequency division by a counter is limited to division by an integer. It is therefore impossible to directly produce the vertical sync frequency signal SV from the output SH delivered from counter 32 due to the non-integral relation of 2fH = 525 fv. Therefore, a signal S2h having a frequency of 2 fh (fh is the horizontal frequency) is produced in a phase locked loop 40. Signal S2h is frequency-divided by 525 : in a counter 47 to produce the vertical sync frequency signal Sv which is applied to output terminal 47a.

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A voltage controlled 06cillator 41 in phase locked loop 40 oscillates at a fre~uency of 2n fh. The output of.voltage controlled oscillator 41 is divided by n, where n is an integer, in a counter 42 to produce the signal S2h having a frequency of 2 fh. The signal ' S2h is further divided by 2 in a counter 43 to produce a horizontal sync signal Sh having a frequency of fh.
Horizontal sync signal Sh is aPplied to output terminal 43a. Horizontal sync signal Sh and horizontal sync frequency signal SH from counter 32 are supplied to a phase comparator 44. The output of phase comparator 44 is supplied through a low pass filter 45 to voltage controlled oscillator 41 as its control voltage. Ac-cordingly, phase locked loop 4~ adjusts the phase of the frequency fh to coincide with that of the frequency fH
. thereby locking the ~hase of signal S2h to the phase of signal SH.
The signal S21~ from counter 42 is applied to a conventional BF (burst flag) pulse generating circuit 48 and a line signal (odd-even signal) ALT (alternation) generating circuit 49 which produce a burst flag pulse BF and line signal ALT, res~ectively, based upon the signal S2h.
The burst flag pulse is applied to output terminal 48a and the line signal ~LT is applied to output terminal 49a.

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Since circuits 48 and 49 are conventional and do not constitute an inventive ~art of the present disclosure, detailed descri~tions thereof are omitted. Counter 47 and generating circuits 48 and 49 are each reset by the color framing signal P'D which is produced in a manner to be described later.
The following relationshi~ exists among the color sub-carrier frequency f'sc ~lertical sync frequency fV and horizontal sync frequency fH:

f~ = 909 f sc H

= 227 f~ + ~ fH

= 909 525 MfV + ~ fV (3) where M is 59653.
From equation (3) it is seen that the phase of the color sub-carrier signal S~sc returns to its original - phase every 8m V (M = 1, 2, 3,., and V is the vertical period), As a result, the color framing signal P'D for a PAL-M system should occur only once in eight field periods (four frames) as described hereinbelow.

_ 1 Q_ The horizontal sync frequency signal SH (Fig. 5A) with a frequency of fH from counter 32 is divided by 2 in a counter 50 of color framing signal generating circuit 10.
The divided signal Sl/2 having a frequency of 1/2 fH
(Fig. 5B) from counter 50 and the horizontal sync frequency signal SH from counter 32 are supplied to an AND circuit 51 which then delivers an output PA (Fig. 5D) to an AND circuit 53. The signal Sl/2 from counter 50 is further divided by 2 in a counter 52 to produce a signal Sl/4 having a 1~ frequency of 1/4 fH (Fig. 5C). Signal Sl/4 is fed to an input of AND circuit 53 which then produces an outnut PC
having a period of 4H (Fig. 5E). It should be noted that - signal PC is "1" or Positive only during every fourth "1"
or positive half cycle of horizontal sync signal SH (i.e., coinciding with every ei~hth vertical sync signal).
Delay circuit 12 of field identification circuit 11, produces further delayed vertical sync signals S'VO
and S'VO (Figs. 5H and 5I), as well as the remaining six corresponding vertical sync signals (not shown) in a PAL-M
sequence, ~hich are applied to exclusive OR circuit 13.
Vertical sync signals SVO and SvE (Figs. 5F and 5G) are applied to the other input of exclusive OR circuit 13.
Outputs PB, consisting of pulses PBo and PBEII (Figs. 5J
and 5K) of exclusive OR circuit 13 from field identification circuit 11 begin at the delayed leading edges of vertical llZ484Z

sync frequency signals SvOI AN~ SVEI~ p and end at the further delayed leading edges of signals S VOI and S VEII Signals PB and PC are applied to an AND circuit 54 which produces color framing si~nal P'D
(Fig. 5L) only during the first of the eight consecutive color fields used in the PAL-M system. Color framing signal P'D is applied to output terminal 54a. Although color framing signal P'D is described using an example which is aligned with the first of the eight fields in the PAL-M system, alignment with any one of the eight fields is satisfactory for color synchronization with appropriate changes in the circuits which use the outputs of the present invention.
- - A counter 35 divides the carrier signal S'0 by 4 to produce the color sub-carrier signal S'sc which is applied to output terminal 5a. Counter 35 is preset or reset by a suitable divided signal from color framing signal generating circuit 10. The relation between the color sub-carrier signal S'sc and the vertical sync Sv, expressed by equation (2) above, indicates that the phase of the color sub-carrier signal S'sc returns to its original phase everY 4 mH (m = 1, 2, 3...) relative to a particular horizontal period H. Therefore, counter 35 may be reset or preset at 4 mH (m = 1, 2, 3...).
Fig. 4 illustrates the case where m=l and the output signal Sl/4 from counter 52 resets counter 35. Re-timing circuit 20 is substantially the same as re-timing circuit 20 in Fig. 1, so that its description is omitted.

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As described above, according to the present g . 1/ 2H 1/ 4H
respectively produced by frequency division, are used to reset or preset counters 5 and 35, the phase relation among the horizontal sync frequency signal SH (Sh), color sub-carrier signal Ssc (S'sc), color framing signal PD
(P'D) and the vertical sync frequency signal Sv are initialized to overcome turn-on uncertainties and are thereafter kept constant. ~lso, since a color framing signal P~ (P'D) is synchronized to a particular frame, if the color framing signal PD (P'D) together with a color video si~nal from a.camera are supplied to an editor such as a video tape recorder or the like to be used as a control framing signal during editing, - color synchronization is maintained through the editing point.
Since the circuit for resetting or presetting counter 5 (Fig. 1) or 35 (Fig. 4) is needed only for a short time after the power is turned O.~l and is not normally needed thereafter, a switch may be provided to remove the output of re-timing circuit 20 from counter 5 or 35 after initialization is completed.

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1~24842 Having described specific preferred embodiments of the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to those precise embodiments, and that various changes and modifications may be effected therein by one skilled in the art without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

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Claims (14)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE
IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:

1. A sync generator for a color television system of the type employing a color sub-carrier of a predetermined frequency and a plurality of sequentially repeating color fields comprising:
means for generating a carrier signal having a frequency which is an integral number times said predetermined frequency of the color sub-carrier;
framing signal generating means responsive to said carrier signal for generating a color framing signal synchronized with a predetermined one of each of said plurality of sequentially repeating color fields;
color sub-carrier generating means responsive to said carrier signal for dividing said carrier signal to produce said color sub-carrier of said predetermined frequency; and means for establishing a fixed phase relation between said color sub-carrier and said color framing signal.

2. A sync generator according to claim l; wherein said means for establishing a fixed phase relation includes means for deriving a preset signal related in phase to said color framing signal, and means for applying said preset signal to said color sub-carrier generating means.

3. A sync generator according to claim 2; wherein said integral number is 4, said color sub-carrier generating means includes a 1/4 counter and said preset signal is effective to pre-set said 1/4 counter to a predetermined condition.

4. A sync generator according to claim 3; wherein said color television system is an NTSC color television system, and said color framing signal is effective to identify a predeter-mined one of each four sequential color fields of said NTSC
color television system.

5. A sync generator according to claim 4; wherein said framing signal generating means includes 1/455 counter means receiving said carrier signal and 1/525 counter means connected in series with said 1/455 counter means, said 1/455 counter means being effective to generate a signal having a frequency of 2 times a horizontal sync frequency, and said 1/525 counter means being effective to generate a signal having a frequency equal to a vertical sync frequency.

6. A sync generator according to claim 5; further in-cluding first and second series-connected ? counters receiving an output of said 1/455 counter means, an output of said first and second series-connected ? counters being fed to said ~ counter of said color sub-carrier generating means.

7. A sync generator according to claim 6; wherein said framing signal generating means further includes a field identi-fication circuit receiving an output of said 1/525 counter means and operative in response thereto to produce a field identifica-tion signal, and said framing signal generating means employs outputs of said first and second series-connected ? counters, and said field identification signal for generating said color framing signal.

8. A sync generator according to claim 2; wherein said means for deriving a preset signal includes a re-timing circuit, and said re-timing circuit is effect to re-time said color sub-carrier generating means.

9. A sync generator according to claim 8; wherein said color television system is a PAL-M color television system, and said color framing signal is effective to identify a predeter-mined one of each eight sequential color fields of said PAL-M
color television system.

10. A sync generator according to claim 9; wherein said framing signal generating means includes count-down means for counting down said carrier to a horizontal sync frequency signal, and a phase locked loop phase locked to said horizontal sync fre-quency signal for generating a signal which is an integral mul-tiple of a vertical sync frequency signal.

11. A sync generator according to claim 10; wherein said framing signal generating means further includes first and second series-connected 1/2 counters receiving said horizontal sync fre-quency signal, an output thereof being said preset signal.

12. A sync generator according to claim 11; wherein said signal which is an integral multiple of a vertical sync frequency signal is a signal having a frequency of twice said horizontal sync frequency signal and a 1/525 counter means is responsive to said last mentioned signal to produce said vertical sync fre-quency signal.

13. A sync generator according to claim 12; further including a field identification circuit responsive to said ver-tical sync frequency signal for producing field identification pulses, said framing signal generating means being responsive to said horizontal sync frequency signal, outputs of said first and second series-connected 1/2 counters and said field identification pulses for generating said color framing signal.

14. A sync generator according to claim 13; wherein said color framing signal is effective to preset said 1/525 counter.