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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1998
Applicant:
S. Vincent Birleson, West Tawakoni, TX (US);
Inventor:
S. Vincent Birleson, West Tawakoni, TX (US);
Assignee:
Microtune (Texas), L.P., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/18 (2006.01); H04B 1/16 (2006.01); H03J 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A circuit and method for adjusting the operating characteristics of a tuner in accordance with information derived from the signals being processed by the tuner. Depending upon signal type and/or signal strength, the power levels of certain components are adjusted and/or certain components are added to (or subtracted from) the tuner.