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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1996
Rudy J Van De Plassche, Eindhoven, NL;
Arnoldus G Venes, Eindhoven, NL;
U.S. Philips Corporation, NY, NY (US);
Abstract
A signal-processing arrangement includes a conversion circuit CONV which converts an input signal Sin into sub-ranging signals Sc(1)..Sc(N) corresponding to different amplitude sub-ranges of the input signal Sin. Each sub-range signal is supplied to a respective one of an array of sampling circuits SC(1)..SC(N) which supplies successive samples thereof to a processing circuit PROC for processing in accordance with operations which may constitute or include A/D conversion. Such an arrangement is particularly suitable for use in a television receiver, multimedia or other video image display apparatus, and various types of disc-players and tape-recorders.