Television receiver for receiving multi-standards
US6137537A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 28, 1998 |
| Grant date | Oct 24, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 28, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N5/46
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A multi-standard television receiver in accordance with the present invention includes a plurality of video signal processing blocks having tristate functions at their output terminals, at least one memory block used in common for a plurality of video signal processing blocks and a video signal processing selection means for selecting one of the video signal processing blocks and independently controlling the output terminals of the video signal processing blocks using elements having a tristate function and can reduce power consumption by working only a selected video signal processing block and stopping the other video signal processing blocks. Further, using elements having a tristate function, possibility of element breakdown at selection and control of the elements can be removed.
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