Patent · US Expired

Digital signal processing circuit driven by a switched clock and used in television receiver for processing standard and nonstandard television signals

US4860090A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 7, 1988
Grant dateAug 22, 1989
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Expiry dateMar 7, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N9/641
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A digital television receiver includes a decision circuit for deciding whether an input television signal is a standard signal or a nonstandard signal. A first clock signal generator circuit for generating a first sampling clock signal synchronized with a color burst signal is provided in combination with a second clock signal generator circuit for generating a second sampling clock signal synchronized with a horizontal synchronizing signal. When the standard television signal is received, the television signal is processed by employing the first sampling clock signal. When the nonstandard television signal is received, the television signal is processed by employing the second sampling clock signal.

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