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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
May. 27, 1999
Hisaji Murata, Katano, JP;
Toshihiro Miyoshi, Taisho-ku, JP;
Abstract
An analog-to-digital converter for converting an analog television signal to a signal in compliance with a digital encoding standard is provided. The analog-to-digital converter according to the invention comprises an A-D converter circuit for converting an analog television signal to a 2 -bit digital signal, a synchronizing signal detecting circuit for detecting a synchronizing signal from the digital signal received from the A-D converter circuit, a Y/C separating circuit for separating a luminance signal and a carrier chrominance signal from the digital signal from the A-D converter circuit using the synchronizing signal from the synchronizing signal detecting circuit, a synchronizing signal converter circuit for converting a synchronizing signal portion of the luminance signal into a predetermined value, and a digital amplifying circuit for digitally amplifying the signal level from the synchronizing signal converter by a predetermined multiple value specified by a standard for communication or for video signal apparatus. The digital amplifying circuit may be composed of a shifter. A low pass filter may be used additionally to eliminate rounding errors. Further, depending on the type of video signal, the low pass filter may be bypassed.