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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:
Dec. 03, 2013

Filed:

Oct. 22, 2009
Applicants:

Alan Hendrickson, Rollingwood, TX (US);

David Trager, San Marcos, TX (US);

Mitch Reid, Austin, TX (US);

LI Gao, Austin, TX (US);

John Khoury, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Alan Hendrickson, Rollingwood, TX (US);

David Trager, San Marcos, TX (US);

Mitch Reid, Austin, TX (US);

Li Gao, Austin, TX (US);

John Khoury, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

According to one aspect, a mixed-signal tuner for analog and digital TV reception incorporates a demodulator for analog TV, employing various features for resolving limitations of the analog circuitry and for achieving compatibility with various global TV standards. Such features, which may be present in one or more embodiments, include the use of a variable sample rate in all digital clocks for frequency planning, and use of a microcontroller (MCU) to control various circuitry of the tuner.


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