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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010

Filed:

Apr. 18, 2007
Applicant:

Barry Harvey, Los Altos, CA (US);

Inventor:

Barry Harvey, Los Altos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Elantec Semiconductor, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A video synchronization signal generating circuit includes a sample and hold circuit, a voltage divider and an amplifier. The voltage divider produces an adaptive voltage level based at least in part on an output of the sample and hold circuit. The amplifier, which receives a video signal, is connectable by switches in different configurations. In a first configuration the amplifier acts as a comparator to compare the adaptive voltage level with the video signal. An output of the amplifier in the first configuration is an output of the video synchronization signal generating circuit. In a second configuration the amplifier forms part of the sample and hold circuit.


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