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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Linley F Gumm, Beaverton, OR (US);
Richard T King, Beaverton, OR (US);
Assignee:
Tektronix, Inc., Wilsonville, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358139 ; 358 10 ; 358 86 ; 358145 ; 358 / ; 455-31 ; 455 674 ;
Abstract
A non-interference method of determining the frequency characteristics of a cable television (CATV) system adds an RF test pulse to an RF video signal in the vertical interval between equalizer pulses. A gated receiver coupled to the distribution system receives the RF video signal only during the vertical interval and extracts the envelope of the RF test pulse, with the sync pulses being attenuated. RF pulses of different frequencies within each channel of the CATV system are used to determine the frequency characteristics of each channel.