Television – Nonpictorial data packet in television format – Data separation or detection
Patent
1992-03-02
1995-04-04
Groody, James J.
Television
Nonpictorial data packet in television format
Data separation or detection
348461, H04N 7087
Patent
active
054041724
ABSTRACT:
A data and synchronization extraction circuit for processing composite video signals containing closed captioning data is disclosed. A dual mode voltage clamp is realized in CMOS technology which includes temperature compensated current sources in the form of complementary current mirrors. A modified version of such current sources is also disclosed which permits trimming of the current after manufacture and packaging. Sync pulses are separated by doubling the amplitude of a composite video signal with an amplifier and comparing the amplified signal with a back porch level derived by a sample-and-hold device. Frequency and phase synchronization is accomplished by a combination of a frequency lock loop and a phase lock loop working in concert to generate a control voltage for a voltage controlled oscillator in a flywheel mode. The voltage controlled oscillator provides a clean source of timing information for the circuit. The effects of impulse noise in the detection of vertical retrace pulses are eliminated by the use of digital counting circuits which count the requisite number of horizontal synchronization pluses which occur between valid retrace pulse and which block pluses that appear at other times. A slice level for a data line is held by a small on-chip capacitor. Said slice level is periodically encoded. A decoder converts the encoded level back to an analog format during desired intervals.
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Berman Eric B.
Ganesan Apparajan
Jorden William B. H.
McLaughlin Philip R.
Posner William
EEG Enterprises, Inc.
Extratek, Inc.
Groody James J.
Harvey David E.
Novack Martin M.
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