IP Library Granted Patent US 6,417,890
Granted Patent Utility
US 6,417,890 · App. 09/422,442

Modulation of pilot tone amplitude in DTV broadcast for faster channel acquisition

Inventors: Kenneth Brakeley Welles, II, John Erik Hershey, Mark Lewis Grabb
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Granted: Jul 9, 2002 Filed: Oct 21, 1999
Inventors
Kenneth Brakeley Welles, II
John Erik Hershey
Mark Lewis Grabb
Assignee (at issue)
General Electric Company

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 6,417,890
App. No.
09/422,442
Filed
1999-10-21
Granted
2002-07-09
Kind
B1