SPDIF clock and data recovery with sample rate converter

1. A method, comprising:

oversampling, using a digital oversampler, an input data stream;

using a rate generator selecting a frequency that is not less than an expected frequency of the input data stream;

using a rate generator clock of the rate generator outputting a clock signal that has the selected frequency;

determining whether a sample receiver has received at least one sample of the input data stream from the digital oversampler;

responsive to a determination that the sample receiver has received at least one sample of the input data stream from the digital oversampler, incrementing a sample counter by each received sample;

using a sample rate converter accumulating samples from the sample receiver at the rate of a “toothless” clock signal;

determining whether an output of the sample counter is greater than zero; and

responsive to a determination that the output of the sample counter is greater than zero, passing the “toothless” clock signal, using an AND gate, to the sample rate converter.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the input data stream is a SPDIF-type data stream.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising decoding, using a decoder, non-linear data in the input data stream.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising interpolating, using the sample rate converter, the samples received from the sample receiver to generate an output data stream having the selected frequency.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the output data stream is a PCM output data stream.

6. The method according to claim 4 , further comprising receiving, using a sample output buffer, the output data stream at the frequency provided by a reference clock signal.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising receiving, using the sample rate converter, samples from a USB sample receiver at the rate of the “toothless” clock signal.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising receiving, using the USB sample receiver, USB-type data from a USB-type transceiver.

9. A method, comprising:

oversampling, using a digital oversampler, an input data stream;

using a rate generator, selecting a frequency that is not less than an expected frequency of the input data stream;

using a rate generator clock of the rate generator, outputting a clock signal that has the selected frequency;

determining whether a sample receiver has received at least one sample of the input data stream from the digital oversampler;

responsive to a determination that the sample receiver has received at least one sample of the input data stream from the digital oversampler, incrementing a sample counter by each received sample;

using a sample rate converter, accumulating samples from the sample receiver at the rate of a “toothless” clock signal;

determining whether an output of the sample counter is greater than zero;

responsive to a determination that the output of the sample counter is greater than zero, passing the “toothless” clock signal, using an AND gate, to the sample rate converter; and

responsive to a determination that the sample receiver has not received at least one sample of the input data stream from the digital oversampler, decrementing the sample counter by the “toothless” clock signal at the selected frequency.

10. A method, comprising:

oversampling, using a digital oversampler, an input data stream;

using a rate generator, selecting a frequency that is not less than an expected frequency of the input data stream;

using a rate generator clock of the rate generator, outputting a clock signal that has the selected frequency;

determining whether a sample receiver has received at least one sample of the input data stream from the digital oversampler;

responsive to a determination that the sample receiver has received at least one sample of the input data stream from the digital oversampler, incrementing a sample counter by each received sample;

using a sample rate converter, accumulating samples from the sample receiver at the rate of a “toothless” clock signal;

determining whether an output of the sample counter is greater than zero;

responsive to a determination that the output of the sample counter is greater than zero, passing the “toothless” clock signal, using an AND gate, to the sample rate converter; and

responsive to a determination that the output of the sample counter is zero, blocking pulses of the rate generator clock to generate a “toothless” portion of the “toothless” clock signal.