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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:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary A. Jones, Hawthorn Woods, IL (US);
Gary J. Sgrignoli, Mt. Prospect, IL (US);
Minglu Zhang, Mundelein, IL (US);
Assignee:
Zenith Electronics Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 3/00 ;
Abstract
A reference generator includes a memory that stores reference data which, when clocked out of the memory, produces an ATSC compliant VSB reference signal substantially free of sub-harmonics of the clock signal. A digital-to-analog converter converts the clocked out reference data to an analog signal. The analog signal may be at low IF. An up converter is arranged to upconvert the output of the digital-to-analog converter to an RF reference signal. The RF reference signal can be used, for example, to calibrate a VSB demodulator.