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Switchable circuit for processing and demodulating digital and analog signals
Assignee: Deutsche Thomson Brandt GmbH
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Filing: 1995-07-10
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Granted: 1998-08-11
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Expires: 2015-07-10
Abstract
Abstract Components for analog or digital input signals are in each case connected by switchable means to a controllable oscillator. The switch condition of the switchable means is set automatically and/or manually as a function of the input signal.
Inventors
- 👤 Veit Armbruster
- 👤 Herbert Peusens
- 👤 Gerd Siegel
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 13:50
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N5/00; H04N5/44; H04N5/455; H04N21/00; H04N21/40; H04N21/41; H04N21/426; H04N21/42607; H04N21/4263; H04N21/42638; H04N5/46
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
119 words
A circuit operable in a first digital mode and a second analog mode for processing and demodulating input signals comprising digital and analog input signals, respectively said circuit having components including a comparator, a filter, and an external signal which are in each respective case assigned by switchable means to a controllable oscillator, wherein the controllable oscillator is connected in said analog mode corresponding to said analog input signals to both said filter and said comparator, and in said digital mode corresponding to said digital input signals to an externally derived signal, wherein said controllable oscillator is controlled by said input signals when in said analog mode, and is independent of said input signals when in said digital mode.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
119 words
A circuit operable in a first digital mode and a second analog mode for processing and demodulating input signals comprising digital and analog input signals, respectively said circuit having components including a comparator, a filter, and an external signal which are in each respective case assigned by switchable means to a controllable oscillator, wherein the controllable oscillator is connected in said analog mode corresponding to said analog input signals to both said filter and said comparator, and in said digital mode corresponding to said digital input signals to an externally derived signal, wherein said controllable oscillator is controlled by said input signals when in said analog mode, and is independent of said input signals when in said digital mode.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
53 words
The circuit according to claim 1, wherein the switchable means are switched according to whether said input signal is said digital or analog signal, and wherein the switchable means are responsive to a first signal for manually switching, and to a second signal for automatically switching between said digital and analog input signals.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
The circuit according to claim 1, wherein the externally derived signal is generated by a crystal-accurate phase locked loop.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
49 words
The circuit according to claim 1, wherein for said analog input signal, the circuit operates as an analog demodulator and supplies an analog signal at an output terminal, and in the case of said digital input signal, a second intermediate frequency signal (IF) is provided to the output terminal.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
The circuit according to claim 1, wherein the filter is a loop filter, the comparator is a phase comparator, and the controllable oscillator is a voltage controllable oscillator (VCO).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
60 words
The circuit according to claim 4, wherein for said analog input signal, said analog signal at the output terminal is an analog video signal between the frequency of 0 and 5 MHz and in the case of said digital input signal, the second IF provided at the output terminal has a frequency within a band between 2 and 10 Mhz.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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