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Channel selection system for an electronic tuner

US4438528A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 3, 1982
Grant dateMar 20, 1984
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Expiry dateAug 3, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03J7/065
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a channel selection system using a PPL frequency synthesizing method in which the local oscillation frequency of a tuner is frequency-divided and compared with the frequency and the phase of a reference oscillator thereby to control the tuning voltage of a tuner, a channel selection system disclosed by this invention comprises a controller, a variable frequency divider the frequency division ratio of which is controlled by the above controller, an AFC circuit connected to this tuner, a first comparator having a first threshold voltage for detecting an H level of the inverted S character output of the AFC circuit, a second comparator having a second threshold voltage for detecting an L level of the inverted S character output, and a delay circuit connected to the output of at least one of the first and second comparators and delaying the rising edge of the comparison output.

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