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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2002
Ivonete Markman, Carmel, IN (US);
Gabriel Alfred Edde, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Ivonete Markman, Carmel, IN (US);
Gabriel Alfred Edde, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
A demodulator for a high definition television receiver includes a first circuit element which receives a signal, and is operative in a first arrangement to produce an output signal having a first dynamic range, and operative in a second arrangement to produce an output signal having a second dynamic range different from the first dynamic range. A second circuit element is arranged for optimally processing a signal having a substantially predetermined fixed dynamic range. A gain control circuit is coupled between the first and second circuit elements, and produces a signal having the substantially predetermined fixed dynamic range.