Luminance and chrominance signal separation network

Abstract

A composite filter in a color television receiver includes a bridged-T network and a chrominance bandpass filter for mutually separating the luminance and chrominance components of a color television signal. In the bridged-T network, first and second signal paths are coupled between an input source of television signals and an output, the second path including a first reactance. A third signal path including a second reactance is coupled between an intermediate point in the second path and the input of the bandpass filter. The first and second reactances are tuned to the frequency of the color subcarrier signal of the chrominance component. A fourth, resistive signal path is coupled between the input of the bandpass filter and a reference potential. The four signal paths form a first filter for attenuating the chrominance component at the output of the bridged-T network to provide a separated luminance component at the output of the bridged-T network. The bridged-T filter and the bandpass filter cooperate to produce a double-tuned chrominance passband response for selectively passing signal frequencies of the chrominance component to yield a separated chrominance component at the output of the bandpass filter.