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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
May. 20, 2005
Donald G. Mcmullin, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Lawrence M. Burns, Los Altos, CA (US);
Leonard Dauphinee, Irvine, CA (US);
Ramon A. Gomez, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
Loke Tan, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Donald G. McMullin, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Lawrence M. Burns, Los Altos, CA (US);
Leonard Dauphinee, Irvine, CA (US);
Ramon A. Gomez, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
Loke Tan, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is an integrated set-top box. In one embodiment, the up-stream path and the down-stream path are integrated on a common semiconductor substrate. The down-stream path can include a TV tuner and a digital receiver portion that is integrated on the common semiconductor substrate with a power amplifier of the up-stream path. In another embodiment, the TV tuner is implemented on a first semiconductor substrate and the digital receiver portion and the power amplifier are configured on a second semiconductor substrate. However, the two substrates are mounted on a common carrier so that the set-top box appears to be a single chip configuration to the user.