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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2009
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);
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);
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
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.