IP Library Granted Patent US 10,075,667
Granted Patent B2
US 10,075,667 · App. 15/380,055 · Granted Sep 11, 2018

Signal receiving end of digital television and signal processing method thereof

Inventors: You-Tsai Jeng (Hsinchu County, TW); Tai-Lai Tung (Hsinchu County, TW); keng-Lon Lei (Hsinchu County, TW); Kuo-Yu Lee (Hsinchu County, TW)
Assignee: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
H04N5/52H03G3/3005H03G3/3089H04N5/21H04R3/00H04R3/04H04R2430/01H04R2499/15
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Patent No.
US 10,075,667
App. No.
15/380,055
Granted
Sep 11, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A signal receiving end of a digital television includes: an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), converting an input signal from an analog format to a digital format, the input signal including a target signal and an interference signal; a digital gain control circuit, coupled to the ADC, adjusting an amplitude of the target signal according to a gain; a detecting module, coupled to the digital gain control circuit, detecting a variance in the gain to generate a detection value; and a control circuit, coupled to the digital gain control circuit, determining a gain setting parameter according to the detection value. Wherein, the digital gain control circuit further updates the gain according to the gain setting parameter.

Claims (44)

1. A signal receiving end of a digital television, comprising:

an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), converting an input signal from an analog format to a digital format, the input signal comprising a target signal and an interference signal;

a digital gain control circuit, coupled to the ADC, adjusting an amplitude of the target signal according to a gain;

a detecting module, coupled to the digital gain control circuit, detecting a variance of the gain to generate a detection value; and

a control circuit, coupled to the digital gain control circuit, determining a gain setting parameter according to the detection value;

wherein, the digital gain control circuit further updates the gain according to the gain setting parameter, the gain setting parameter has a greater absolute value when the detection value is larger, and the gain setting parameter has a smaller absolute value when the detection value is smaller.

2. The signal receiving end according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a filter, coupled between the ADC and the digital gain control circuit, filtering out the interference signal to generate the target signal.

3. The signal receiving end according to claim 2 , wherein the interference signal is an adjacent channel interference (ACI) signal of the target signal, and the filter is one of a band-pass filter, a high-pass filter and a low-pass filter.

4. The signal receiving end according to claim 1 , wherein the detection value is associated with a change in the ACI.

5. The signal receiving end according to claim 1 , wherein the detecting module is a function module of the control circuit and is formed by a program code, and the control circuit executes the program code to generate the detection value.

6. The signal receiving end according to claim 1 , wherein the digital gain control circuit updates the gain further according to the amplitude.

7. The signal receiving end according to claim 1 , wherein the digital gain control circuit updates the gain further according to a difference between the adjusted target signal and an ideal value.

8. A signal processing method for a digital television receiving end, comprising:

converting an input signal from an analog format to a digital format, the input signal comprising a target signal and an interference signal;

adjusting an amplitude of the target signal according to a gain;

detecting a variance of the gain to generate a detection value;

determining a gain setting parameter according to the detection value, comprising:

determining the gain setting parameter to have a greater absolute value when the detection value is larger; and

determining the gain setting parameter to have a smaller absolute value when the detection value is smaller; and

updating the gain according to the gain setting parameter.

9. The signal processing method according to claim 8 , further comprising:

filtering the input signal to filter out the interference signal to generate the target signal.

10. The signal processing method according to claim 8 , wherein the detection value is associated with a change in the ACI.

11. The signal processing method according to claim 8 , further comprising:

updating the gain according to the amplitude.

12. The signal processing method according to claim 8 , further comprising:

updating the gain according to a difference between the adjusted target signal and an ideal value.

13. A signal processing method for a digital television receiving end, comprising:

converting an input signal from an analog format to a digital format, the input signal comprising a target signal and an interference signal;

adjusting an amplitude of the target signal according to a gain;

detecting a variance of the gain to generate a detection value;

determining a gain setting parameter according to the detection value; and

updating the gain according to the gain setting parameter and amplitude, comprising:

determining the gain to have a greater absolute value when the amplitude is larger; and

determining the gain to have a smaller absolute value when the amplitude is smaller.

14. A signal processing method for a digital television receiving end, comprising:

converting an input signal from an analog format to a digital format, the input signal comprising a target signal and an interference signal;

adjusting an amplitude of the target signal according to a gain;

detecting a variance of the gain to generate a detection value;

determining a gain setting parameter according to the detection value; and

updating the gain according to the gain setting parameter and a difference between the adjusted target signal and an ideal value, comprises:

updating the gain to have a greater absolute value when the difference is larger; and

updating the gain to have a smaller absolute value when the difference is smaller.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Jun 12, 2020
From: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
To: MEDIATEK INC.
Reel/Frame 052931/0468 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2016
From: JENG, YOU-TSAI; TUNG, TAI-LAI; LEI, KENG-LON; LEE, KUO-YU
To: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
Reel/Frame 040987/0811 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 105110971 A · Apr 7, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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