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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2010
Pascal Blouin, Domloup, FR;
Frederic Nicolas, Chateaugiron, FR;
David Rault, Hede-Bazouges, FR;
Olivier Souloumiac, St Sulpice la Foret, FR;
Emmanuel Gautier, Betton, FR;
Stephane Faudeil, Cesson Sevigne, FR;
Eric Vapillon, Chateaugiron, FR;
Gaetan Guillaume, Laille, FR;
Laurent Appercel, Rennes, FR;
Pascal Blouin, Domloup, FR;
Frederic Nicolas, Chateaugiron, FR;
David Rault, Hede-Bazouges, FR;
Olivier Souloumiac, St Sulpice la Foret, FR;
Emmanuel Gautier, Betton, FR;
Stephane Faudeil, Cesson Sevigne, FR;
Eric Vapillon, Chateaugiron, FR;
Gaetan Guillaume, Laille, FR;
Laurent Appercel, Rennes, FR;
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A multi-standard single-chip receiver for digital demodulation of TV signals broadcasted over any of multiple digital television means, e.g., satellite, cable and terrestrial, is provided. The receiver can receive and demodulate a variety of different signal types received from one or more up-front tuners. A demodulator architecture in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention can be optimized to re-use common demodulation processing blocks for the different incoming signal types.