Abstract: A circuit for identifying the standard of a color television signal includes a gain-controlled amplifier for standardizing an amplitude of oscillations of a composite video baseband signal during a reference burst centered on a reference level. The burst is designed for use by band-pass filters for identifying the standard and is preceded by a line synchronization pulse. The circuit also includes a device upstream of the amplifier for eliminating line synchronization pulses.

Abstract: The invention relates to a detector for detecting reception of a color television signal coded according to the SECAM standard of the type including a filter pretuned by a general control of the filters of an integrated circuit for identifying the standard according to which the television signal is coded and a phase comparator receiving the input and output signals of the filter, and including circuitry for tuning the frequency of the filter on the actual mean frequency of two consecutive lines of the signal.

Abstract: A Standard identification circuit has a capacitor that is gradually charged in a constant progression direction if the Standard is appropriate and in a reverse progression direction when the voltage across the capacitor reaches a low threshold. The circuit operates symmetrically (the charging and discharging currents of the capacitor have equal value) when the voltage across the capacitor is lower than an intermediate threshold, and operates asymmetrically (the discharging current is higher than the charging current) when the voltage is higher than the intermediate threshold.