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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
May. 26, 2006
Alexander G. Macinnis, Los Altos, CA (US);
Chengfuh Jeffrey Tang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Xiaodong Xie, San Jose, CA (US);
James T. Patterson, Saratoga, CA (US);
Greg A. Kranawetter, San Jose, CA (US);
Alexander G. MacInnis, Los Altos, CA (US);
Chengfuh Jeffrey Tang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Xiaodong Xie, San Jose, CA (US);
James T. Patterson, Saratoga, CA (US);
Greg A. Kranawetter, San Jose, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A graphics integrated circuit chip is used in a set-top box for controlling a television display. The graphics chip processes analog video input, digital video input, a graphics input and an audio input simultaneously. The chip includes a display engine that processes graphics images organized as windows. The system includes plurality of line buffers for receiving the graphics contents. The graphics contents are composited into each of the plurality of line buffers by blending the graphics contents with the existing contents of the line buffer until all of the graphics surfaces for the line have been composited.