Abstract:
An emitter coupled sync separator for a television receiver comprising a pair of transistors connected together with the first transistor receiving the composite video signal and gated to the on condition at a level which is approximately 50% of the height of the sync pulse and remains on until it is turned off at a time t2 when the signal drops down to the same level again. The second transistor is coupled to the first transistor such that it is turned off when the first transistor is turned on. The input signal is coupled to the base of the first transistor through a parallel resistor and capacitor which determines the level at which the first transistor turns on and off. The circuit provides extremely fast response and is inherently immune to noise due to the very small window of the horizontal pulse. The circuit is capable of use over a wide range of amplitude of the composite video.
Abstract:
A television tuner control circuit which provides equal presentation of all channels on the VHF and UHF bands is disclosed. The tuner used in combination with the circuit of this invention is capable of receiving both VHF and UHF channels, and includes a plurality of tuned resonant circuits including voltage controlled impedance and switching elements. The control circuit includes a sequential switch for selecting between VHF and UHF bands of broadcast channels and a variable voltage supply device for controlling the impedance and switching elements and thus selecting the channel of interest within the chosen band of frequencies. Utilizing the control circuit of this invention, a single control on the television receiver''s control panel may be used to select any station on the VHF and UHF bands.
Abstract:
A reactance oscillator having a pentode as the active oscillator element and having a triode as a variable reactance element. A number of energy storage elements are associated with the pentode oscillator in the usual manner, and one of these elements comprises the variable capacitance of the triode. Feedback from the pentode oscillator is accomplished through an integrating circuit which couples energy of the correct phase to the cathode of the triode. The pentode operates as a peak detector or a class C oscillator, conducting for less than 90* of the operating cycle. Essentially, the signal developed at the cathode of the pentode is a pulse waveform, resulting in a sawtooth waveform after being integrated. The sawtooth waveform, however, has a fundamental frequency which lags the voltage at the anode of the triode by approximately 90*. This fundamental, being coupled to the cathode of the triode, produces a current in the triode which is 180* out of phase. The result is that the current through the triode leads the voltage by approximately 90* producing the desired reactance. The magnitude of this reactance may be varied by varying the applied voltage to the control grid of the triode.
Abstract:
The first IF stage in a color television receiver comprises a transistor biased for forward AGC operation and having a collector impedance varying inversely with the strength of a selected television signal. A double-tuned circuit, incorporating the transistor collector impedance, displays a frequency characteristic having a maximum response approximately midway between two preselected optimum frequencies when the collector impedance is small, and maximum responses near both optimum frequencies when the collector impedance is large, whereby the receiver can be desirably fine tuned even under weak signal conditions.