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US3133987A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Color television demodulation network

Assignee: General Electric Co
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Filing: 1962-11-13
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Granted: 1964-05-19
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Expires: 1982-11-13
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Michael J Palladino

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 18:45
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N9/00; H04N9/64; H04N9/66

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 204 words
A COLOR-DIFFERENCE VOLTAGE DEMODULATION NETWORK FOR AN EQUIBAND COLOR TELEVISION RECEIVER COMPRISING: FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD SYNCHRONOUS DEMODULATOR CIRCUITS; A SINGLE SOURCE OF BAND LIMITED CHROMINANCE VOLTAGE, SAID BAND LIMITED CHROMINANCE VOLTAGE HAVING FIRST AND SECOND QUADRATURE RELATED COLOR-DIFFERENCE COMPONENTS AND A THIRD COLOR-DIFFERENCE COMPONENT; A SOURCE OF REFERENCE VOLTAGE OF SUBCARRIER FREQUENCY HAVING PHASE COHERENCE WITH ONE OF SAID TWO QUADRATURE RELATED COLORDIFFERENCE COMPONENTS OR A COMPLEMENT THEREOF; MEANS INCLUDING A PHASE SHIFT NETWORK FOR COUPLING SAID BAND LIMITED CHROMINANCE VOLTAGE AND SAID REFERENCE VOLTAGE TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND DEMODULATOR CIRCUITS FOR DEMODULATION OF SAID QUADRATURE RELATED COLOR-DIFFERENCE COMPONENTS; A RESISTIVE MATRIX NETWORK HAVING FIRST AND SECOND INPUT TERMINALS AND AN OUTPUT TERMINAL; MEANS COUPLING SAID BAND LIMITED CHROMINANCE VOLTAGE FROM SAID SOURCE TO SAID FIRST MATRIX INPUT TERMINAL; MEANS COUPLING A VOLTAGE FROM SAID PHASE SHIFT NETWORK TO SAID MATRIX SECOND INPUT TERMINAL; SAID MATRIX NETWORK ARRANGED FOR PROVIDING AN OUTPUT CHROMINANCE VOLTAGE AT SAID OUTPUT TERMINAL HAVING AN AMPLITUDE WHICH IS PROPORTIONAL TO THE AMPLITUDE OF SAID THIRD COLOR-DIFFERENCE COMPONENT; AND MEANS COUPLING SAID OUTPUT VOLTAGE FROM SAID MATRIX OUTPUT TERMINAL AND SAID REFERENCE VOLTAGE FROM SAID SOURCE TO SAID THIRD DEMODULATOR CIRCUIT FOR DEMODULATION OF SAID THIRD COLOR-DIFFERENCE COMPONENT.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 204 words
A COLOR-DIFFERENCE VOLTAGE DEMODULATION NETWORK FOR AN EQUIBAND COLOR TELEVISION RECEIVER COMPRISING: FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD SYNCHRONOUS DEMODULATOR CIRCUITS; A SINGLE SOURCE OF BAND LIMITED CHROMINANCE VOLTAGE, SAID BAND LIMITED CHROMINANCE VOLTAGE HAVING FIRST AND SECOND QUADRATURE RELATED COLOR-DIFFERENCE COMPONENTS AND A THIRD COLOR-DIFFERENCE COMPONENT; A SOURCE OF REFERENCE VOLTAGE OF SUBCARRIER FREQUENCY HAVING PHASE COHERENCE WITH ONE OF SAID TWO QUADRATURE RELATED COLORDIFFERENCE COMPONENTS OR A COMPLEMENT THEREOF; MEANS INCLUDING A PHASE SHIFT NETWORK FOR COUPLING SAID BAND LIMITED CHROMINANCE VOLTAGE AND SAID REFERENCE VOLTAGE TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND DEMODULATOR CIRCUITS FOR DEMODULATION OF SAID QUADRATURE RELATED COLOR-DIFFERENCE COMPONENTS; A RESISTIVE MATRIX NETWORK HAVING FIRST AND SECOND INPUT TERMINALS AND AN OUTPUT TERMINAL; MEANS COUPLING SAID BAND LIMITED CHROMINANCE VOLTAGE FROM SAID SOURCE TO SAID FIRST MATRIX INPUT TERMINAL; MEANS COUPLING A VOLTAGE FROM SAID PHASE SHIFT NETWORK TO SAID MATRIX SECOND INPUT TERMINAL; SAID MATRIX NETWORK ARRANGED FOR PROVIDING AN OUTPUT CHROMINANCE VOLTAGE AT SAID OUTPUT TERMINAL HAVING AN AMPLITUDE WHICH IS PROPORTIONAL TO THE AMPLITUDE OF SAID THIRD COLOR-DIFFERENCE COMPONENT; AND MEANS COUPLING SAID OUTPUT VOLTAGE FROM SAID MATRIX OUTPUT TERMINAL AND SAID REFERENCE VOLTAGE FROM SAID SOURCE TO SAID THIRD DEMODULATOR CIRCUIT FOR DEMODULATION OF SAID THIRD COLOR-DIFFERENCE COMPONENT.

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