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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2011
Alan F. Hendrickson, Rollingwood, TX (US);
Alessandro Piovaccari, Austin, TX (US);
Ramin Khoini-poorfard, Austin, TX (US);
Mitchell Reid, Austin, TX (US);
Frederick Alan Rush, Austin, TX (US);
Jean-marc Guyot, Austin, TX (US);
David Le Goff, Tinteniac, FR;
Michael Robert May, Austin, TX (US);
Henry William Singor, Austin, TX (US);
Qi Cai, Austin, TX (US);
Peter Jozef Vancorenland, Austin, TX (US);
Chunyu Xin, Austin, TX (US);
Pascal Blouin, Domloup, FR;
Alan F. Hendrickson, Rollingwood, TX (US);
Alessandro Piovaccari, Austin, TX (US);
Ramin Khoini-Poorfard, Austin, TX (US);
Mitchell Reid, Austin, TX (US);
Frederick Alan Rush, Austin, TX (US);
Jean-Marc Guyot, Austin, TX (US);
David Le Goff, Tinteniac, FR;
Michael Robert May, Austin, TX (US);
Henry William Singor, Austin, TX (US);
Qi Cai, Austin, TX (US);
Peter Jozef Vancorenland, Austin, TX (US);
Chunyu Xin, Austin, TX (US);
Pascal Blouin, Domloup, FR;
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
An integrated circuit includes a tuner, a digital television (DTV) demodulator, an analog television (ATV) demodulator, and a controller. The tuner includes an input for receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal including at least one of an analog television signal and digital television signal, and including a first output terminal and a second output terminal. The DTV demodulator includes a DTV input coupled to the first output terminal of the tuner and includes a DTV output terminal. The ATV demodulator includes an ATV input coupled to the second output terminal of the tuner and includes an ATV output terminal. The controller is coupled to the tuner, the DTV demodulator, and the ATV demodulator to configure the tuner and at least one of the DTV demodulator and the ATV demodulator for receiving television content in a selected television format.