CARRIER PHASE AND SYMBOL TIMING RECOVERY CIRCUIT FOR AN ATSC RECEIVER AND METHOD OF RECOVERING A CARRIER PHASE AND A SYMBOL TIMING IN RECEIVED DIGITAL SIGNAL DATA

A carrier phase and symbol timing recovery circuit and method may be used for robust synchronization in a broadcasting ATSC receiving system. Carrier phase and symbol timing offsets may be simultaneously adjusted by using redundancy information contained in an ATSC signal spectrum. A desired sampling time instant and carrier phase offset for synchronization may be simultaneously obtained due to correlation between carrier phase and symbol timing detectors.