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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1997
Joachim Reich, Ahrensburg, DE;
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
For measuring the frequency bandwidth of a signal-processing circuit with minimal external influences, a measuring circuit for a signal-processing circuit (1), arranged on an integrated circuit, for processing at least a picture signal is characterized in that measuring pulses are applied to the signal-processing circuit (1), in that the measuring circuit changes the charge of a capacitance (10) arranged in the measuring circuit, dependent on the time shift experienced by the measuring pulses in the signal-processing circuit (1), in that the measuring circuit switches the measuring capacitance (10) before each measuring process to a reference potential for a short time by means of an electronic switch (8), and in that the measuring circuit is arranged on the same integrated circuit as the signal-processing circuit (1) and is activated only during a measuring process.