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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 1994

Filed:

Jun. 24, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:

Jack R Harford, Flemington, NJ (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348737 ; 330254 ; 4552422 ; 4552532 ; 348707 ; 348685 ;
Abstract

In TV receiving apparatus, a first IF amplifier chain comprises a first gain-controlled amplifier followed in cascade connection by a second gain-controlled amplifier, and a second IF amplifier chain comprises a third gain-controlled amplifier followed in cascade connection by a fourth gain-controlled amplifier. The second and fourth gain-controlled amplifiers are controlled similarly by an AGC signal, and the first and third gain-controlled amplifiers are controlled similarly by that AGC signal delayed in similar amounts. An RF amplifier is gain-controlled responsive to that AGC signal delayed even more, and a downconverter supplies first detector response to amplified RF, which first detector response is applied to the first and second IF amplifier chains by respective frequency-selective filters. The first IF amplifier response is downconverted to generate sound IF. The second IF amplifier response is detected to recover video signal. An AGC detector detects the peaks of the synchronizing pulses included in the video signal to develop the AGC signal.


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