Patent · US Expired

Television receiver having an AGC circuit to control the gain on a tuner

US6333765A · kind A · utility

6Cited by
2References
5Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 30, 1999
Grant dateDec 25, 2001
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Expiry dateAug 30, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N5/52
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A television receiver includes an input terminal (12). Through the input terminal is inputted an input signal having a predetermined electric field intensity. That is, a tuner (14) converts the input signal into a video intermediate frequency signal and audio intermediate frequency signal. The video intermediate frequency signal is amplified by a video intermediate frequency amplifier circuit (16). Based on that frequency, a filter (26) outputs a detection signal (Va). An RF-AGC circuit (32) outputs a reference voltage (Vref). An RF-AGC circuit (30) creates a control voltage (Vb) in response to a difference between the detection signal and the reference voltage. The tuner is controlled in gain by this control voltage. The reference voltage is varied by a micro-computer (36) depending upon the control voltage. Accordingly, the control voltage is adjusted to a desired voltage value.

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