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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1982
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1980
James H Wharton, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Jack E James, Indianapolis, IN (US);
RCA Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A composite video signal is separated into luminance and chrominance components which are processed in separate channels having transfer functions which differ in terms of frequency response and large signal amplitude response. The luminance channel subjects the luminance signal to high frequency preemphasis and to hard limiting or clipping at predetermined fixed levels. The chrominance channel exhibits a substantially uniform amplitude response and a variable compression characteristic dependent upon the chrominance signal level, a sum of chrominance and processed luminance signals or a composite output signal formed by a sum of processed chrominance and processed luminance signals. The composite signal is suitable for application to a picture carrier frequency modulator whereby an FM signal is produced suitable for video disc or tape recording and in which a tendency for luminance-chrominance crosstalk or interference is minimized.