CA1203330A - Digital aft system which is activated during vertical retrace intervals - Google Patents

Digital aft system which is activated during vertical retrace intervals

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Publication number
CA1203330A
CA1203330A CA000435566A CA435566A CA1203330A CA 1203330 A CA1203330 A CA 1203330A CA 000435566 A CA000435566 A CA 000435566A CA 435566 A CA435566 A CA 435566A CA 1203330 A CA1203330 A CA 1203330A
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Prior art keywords
signal
tuning control
count
frequency
counter
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CA000435566A
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English (en)
French (fr)
Inventor
Juri Tults
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RCA Corp
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RCA Corp
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Priority claimed from US06/413,762 external-priority patent/US4484221A/en
Priority claimed from US06/413,769 external-priority patent/US4485404A/en
Application filed by RCA Corp filed Critical RCA Corp
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Publication of CA1203330A publication Critical patent/CA1203330A/en
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Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03J—TUNING RESONANT CIRCUITS; SELECTING RESONANT CIRCUITS
    • H03J7/00—Automatic frequency control; Automatic scanning over a band of frequencies
    • H03J7/02—Automatic frequency control
    • H03J7/04—Automatic frequency control where the frequency control is accomplished by varying the electrical characteristics of a non-mechanically adjustable element or where the nature of the frequency controlling element is not significant
    • H03J7/06—Automatic frequency control where the frequency control is accomplished by varying the electrical characteristics of a non-mechanically adjustable element or where the nature of the frequency controlling element is not significant using counters or frequency dividers
    • H03J7/065—Automatic frequency control where the frequency control is accomplished by varying the electrical characteristics of a non-mechanically adjustable element or where the nature of the frequency controlling element is not significant using counters or frequency dividers the counter or frequency divider being used in a phase locked loop
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N5/00—Details of television systems
    • H04N5/44—Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards
    • H04N5/50—Tuning indicators; Automatic tuning control

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Channel Selection Circuits, Automatic Tuning Circuits (AREA)
  • Television Receiver Circuits (AREA)
  • Measuring Frequencies, Analyzing Spectra (AREA)
CA000435566A 1982-09-01 1983-08-29 Digital aft system which is activated during vertical retrace intervals Expired CA1203330A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US413,769 1982-09-01
US06/413,762 US4484221A (en) 1982-09-01 1982-09-01 Shared counter arrangement for a digital frequency locked loop tuning system for selectively measuring the frequencies of the LO and IF signals
US413,762 1982-09-01
US06/413,769 US4485404A (en) 1982-09-01 1982-09-01 Digital aft system which is activated during vertical retrace intervals

Publications (1)

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CA1203330A true CA1203330A (en) 1986-04-15

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JP (1) JPH0793710B2 (de)
KR (1) KR920009011B1 (de)
AT (1) AT386713B (de)
AU (1) AU567304B2 (de)
CA (1) CA1203330A (de)
DE (1) DE3331609A1 (de)
ES (1) ES8406020A1 (de)
FR (1) FR2541545B1 (de)
GB (1) GB2126813B (de)
HK (1) HK59291A (de)
IT (1) IT1171083B (de)

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JPS59106265U (ja) * 1982-12-31 1984-07-17 日本電気ホームエレクトロニクス株式会社 自動微同調回路
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US4601060A (en) * 1984-10-24 1986-07-15 Rca Corporation Automatic digital fine tuning system
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JPH0648778B2 (ja) * 1989-09-29 1994-06-22 三洋電機株式会社 衛星放送受信装置のａｆｃ方法
US5163164A (en) * 1990-12-31 1992-11-10 Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. Microprocessor controlled digital aft unit

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ES525161A0 (es) 1984-06-16
IT8322693A1 (it) 1985-03-02
HK59291A (en) 1991-08-09
FR2541545A1 (fr) 1984-08-24
JPS5964980A (ja) 1984-04-13
GB8323490D0 (en) 1983-10-05
KR840006116A (ko) 1984-11-21
IT8322693A0 (it) 1983-08-30
JPH0793710B2 (ja) 1995-10-09
IT1171083B (it) 1987-06-10
GB2126813B (en) 1986-07-23
ES8406020A1 (es) 1984-06-16
GB2126813A (en) 1984-03-28
KR920009011B1 (ko) 1992-10-12
ATA313583A (de) 1988-02-15
DE3331609A1 (de) 1984-03-01
AU567304B2 (en) 1987-11-19
FR2541545B1 (fr) 1989-06-30
AU1854483A (en) 1984-03-08
DE3331609C2 (de) 1988-01-21
AT386713B (de) 1988-10-10

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