Television – Receiver circuitry
Patent
1992-05-22
1994-02-01
Groody, James J.
Television
Receiver circuitry
348735, 348441, H04N 546
Patent
active
052836533
ABSTRACT:
A dual HDTV/NTSC receiver includes a microprocessor for controlling a tuner for synthesizing the carrier frequencies of HDTV signals and NTSC signals. The HDTV signals are inherently of much lower power than the NTSC signals. The tuner initially synthesizes the carrier frequency of a desired HDTV signal which is attempted to be detected in an narrow band synchronous detector. Detection of the HDTV signal produces a high lock detect signal which causes the microprocessor to enable an HDTV processing channel. If no HDTV signal is detected, the lock detect signal remains low and the microprocessor controls the tuner for synthesizing the carrier frequency of the NTSC co-channel television signal. A high lock detect signal from the narrow band synchronous detector, indicating detection of the NTSC co-channel causes the microprocessor to enable the NTSC processing channel. A system for automatically programming the receiver and memorizing which type signal is present on each television channel is also shown.
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Groody James J.
Kail Jack
Murrell Jeffrey S.
Zenith Electronics Corp.
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