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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2001
Applicants:
Michael Anthony Pugel, Noblesville, IN (US);
Max Ward Muterspaugh, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventors:
Michael Anthony Pugel, Noblesville, IN (US);
Max Ward Muterspaugh, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing, Issy les Moulineaux, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/00 (2006.01); H04B 17/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/06 (2006.01); H04N 5/44 (2006.01); H04N 5/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A signal processing arrangement has a signal source for providing a radio frequency (RF) signal, a signal output point, and first control means coupled between the signal source and the signal output point for controlling the selection of a low noise figure amplifier in response to the magnitude of an RF signal on a tuned channel frequency and the magnitude of an RF signal in the vicinity of said tuned channel frequency.