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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Daniel Mark Hutchinson, Carmel, IN (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing S.A., Boulogne, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/16 ; H04N 5/18 ; H04N 9/72 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/16 ; H04N 5/18 ; H04N 9/72 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus within a television receiver for electronically aligning signals within the receiver by controlling support circuitry for an IF module. A video amplifier is coupled to an output of the IF module. A control voltage source (DAC ) controls a DC level control circuit within the video amplifier ( ) such that the video signal is amplified and DC level shifted to align the video signal with down stream circuitry.