Patents Represented by Attorney Sterne, Keesler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
  • Patent number: 7239357
    Abstract: A digital IF demodulator receives and demodulates an analog IF input signal to produce a digital audio signal and a digital video signal. The digital IF demodulator includes an A/D converter, a first digital complex mixer, a second digital complex mixer, and various digital filters. The first digital complex mixer receives the output of the A/D converter and down-converts the output of the A/D converter to baseband. Additionally, the picture carrier is recovered from the output of the first digital complex mixer, and fed back to a direct digital synthesizer to control the tuning accuracy of the first digital complex mixer. More specifically, a feedback loop is formed to so that the picture carrier is down-converted to DC so as to control the tuning accuracy of the first digital complex mixer. The complex output of the first complex mixer is further processed using Nyquist filtering and other filtering to recover the digital video signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Steven T Jaffe