David wrote:
wrote:
Are you sure about the patent cost? I thought sync detection was mostly
implemented through a PLL type circuit.

A PLL and a Product Detector

You can do without the PLL, too. You just create the signal with a
separate stage that overamplifies the signal into clipping, then
you have basically a sorta-square wave to feed into the product
detector.

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