Video receiver with adaptive image rejection

1. A video receiver formed within an integrated circuit device, the video receiver comprising:

first and second mixing circuits to generate a complex baseband signal by mixing a carrier-frequency analog video signal with respective sinusoids of a quadrature sinusoid pair;

a filtering circuit to subtract a first scaled complex conjugate of the complex baseband signal from the complex baseband signal, the filtering circuit including:

a conjugating circuit to generate a complex conjugate of the complex baseband signal;

a multiplier circuit, coupled to the conjugating circuit, to multiply the complex conjugate of the complex baseband signal with a first scaling factor to generate the first scaled complex conjugate of the complex baseband signal;

a first circuit, coupled to the multiplier circuit, to generate a difference between the first scaled complex conjugate of the complex baseband signal and the complex baseband signal; and

an adaptation circuit, coupled to the multiplier circuit, to generate the first scaling factor, the adaptation circuit including:

adaptive circuitry to generate a second scaling factor based on a difference between the complex baseband signal and a second scaled complex conjugate of the complex baseband signal; and

a divider, coupled to the adaptive circuitry, to divide the second scaling factor by a predetermined value.

2. The video receiver of claim 1 further comprising an oscillator circuit to generate the quadrature sinusoid pair at a frequency substantially equal to the carrier frequency of the carrier-frequency analog video signal.

3. The video receiver of claim 1 wherein the filtering circuit is implemented, at least in part, by a programmed digital signal processor.

4. The video receiver of claim 1 further comprising an analog-to-digital converter to convert the complex baseband signal into a digital representation thereof and wherein the filtering circuit comprises digital processing circuitry to generate the first scaled complex conjugate of the digital representation of the complex baseband signal and to subtract the first scaled complex conjugate of the digital representation of the complex baseband signal from the digital representation of the complex baseband signal.

5. The video receiver of claim 1 wherein the adaptive circuitry is an adaptive filter which iteratively adiusts filter coefficients and thereby adaptively generates the second scaling factor.

6. The video receiver of claim 1 wherein the predetermined value is two.

7. The video receiver of claim 5 wherein the adaptive filter and divider are implemented, at least in part, by a programmed digital signal processor.

8. A method of operation within an integrated circuit device, the method comprising:

mixing a carrier-frequency analog video signal with respective sinusoids of a quadrature sinusoid pair to generate a complex baseband signal;

subtracting a first scaled complex conjugate of the complex baseband signal from the complex baseband signal;

generating a complex conjugate of the complex baseband signal;

generating the first scaled complex conjugate of the complex baseband signal by multiplying the complex conjugate of the complex baseband signal with a first scaling factor;

adaptively generating the first scaling factor, including:

adaptively generating a second scaling factor based on a difference between the complex baseband signal and a second scaled complex conjugate of the complex baseband signal; and

dividing the second scaling factor by a predetermined value to generate the first scaling factor.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising generating the quadrature sinusoid pair at a frequency substantially equal to the carrier frequency of the carrier-frequency analog video signal.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising generating the second scaled complex conjugate by multiplying the complex conjugate of the complex baseband signal by the second scaling factor.

11. The method of claim 8 wherein adaptively generating the first scaling factor comprises iteratively updating the second scaling factor based, at least in part, on a sign of the difference between the complex baseband signal and the conjugate of the complex baseband signal.

12. The method of claim 8 wherein adaptively generating the first scaling factor comprises iteratively adjusting the second scaling factor to reduce a mean-squared value of the difference between the complex baseband signal and the second scaled complex conjugate of the complex baseband signal.

13. The method of claim 8 further comprising digitizing the complex baseband signal prior to subtracting the scaled complex conjugate.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein subtracting the scaled complex conjugate of the complex baseband signal from the complex baseband signal comprises executing one or more sequences of instructions in a digital signal processor.

15. The method of claim 8 wherein adaptively generating the first scaling factor based on a difference between the complex baseband signal and a second scaled complex conjugate of the complex baseband signal comprises iteratively applying a least-mean-squares update.

16. A video receiver comprising:

means for mixing a carrier-frequency analog video signal with respective sinusoids of a quadrature sinusoid pair to generate a complex baseband signal; and

means for subtracting a first scaled complex conjugate of the complex baseband signal from the complex baseband signal, the means for subtracting including:

conjugating means for generating a complex conjugate of the complex baseband signal;

multiplier means for multiplying the complex conjugate of the complex baseband signal with a first scaling factor to generate the first scaled complex conjugate of the complex baseband signal;

means for subtracting the first scaled complex conjugate of the complex baseband signal from the complex baseband signal; and

adaptation means for generating the first scaling factor, the adaptation circuit including:

means for generating a second scaling factor based on a difference between the complex baseband signal and a second scaled complex conjugate of the complex baseband signal; and

means for dividing the second scaling factor by a predetermined value.

17. The video receiver of claim 1 wherein the first scaling factor is a complex value.

18. The video receiver of claim 1 wherein the multiplier circuit is a complex multiplier that multiples the complex conjugate of the complex baseband signal with the first scaling factor, which is a complex value.

19. The video receiver of claim 1 wherein the conjugating circuit, multiplier circuit, first circuit and adaptation circuit are circuitry of or within a digital processor.

20. The video receiver of claim 1 wherein the adaptation circuit further includes a second circuit, coupled to the adaptive circuitry, to generate a difference between the complex baseband signal and the second scaled complex conjugate of the complex baseband signal.