Abstract: A control integrated circuit (IC) for maintaining video output to a conditional access module (CAM) with aid of reference clock regeneration, an associated television receiver and an associated method are provided. The control IC may include an input control circuit, a frame processing circuit, a clock control circuit, and an output control circuit. The input control circuit receives a transport stream (TS) data signal from a demodulator circuit, the frame processing circuit performs frame processing operations on the TS data signal to prepare a plurality of frames, the clock control circuit generates a second reference clock signal according to the TS valid signal to be a replacement for a first reference clock signal, and the output control circuit outputs the plurality of frames to the CAM according to the second reference clock signal, to allow the CAM to perform conditional access (CA) control for the television receiver.

Abstract: A timing generator, a timing generating method and an associated control chip are provided, wherein the timing generator includes a receiving circuit, a transmitting circuit coupled to the receiving circuit, and a control unit respectively coupled to the receiving circuit and the transmitting circuit. The receiving circuit may be configured to receive a timing data set from a storage device. The transmitting circuit may be configured to select a specific signal type within multiple signal types according to the timing data set, and output an output signal having the specific signal type with a specific time length, wherein the timing data set indicates the specific signal type and the specific time length. The control unit may be configured to control operations of the receiving circuit and the transmitting circuit.

Abstract: A timing generator, a timing generating method and an associated control chip are provided, wherein the timing generator includes a receiving circuit, a transmitting circuit coupled to the receiving circuit, and a control unit respectively coupled to the receiving circuit and the transmitting circuit. The receiving circuit may be configured to receive a timing data set from a storage device. The transmitting circuit may be configured to select a specific signal type within multiple signal types according to the timing data set, and output an output signal having the specific signal type with a specific time length, wherein the timing data set indicates the specific signal type and the specific time length. The control unit may be configured to control operations of the receiving circuit and the transmitting circuit.