Color signal demodulating circuit

Abstract: In order to resolve the problems of the conventional color demodulation circuit of the PAL system which adopts 1H delay line to delay modulated subcarrier color signal, that is, complexity in the circuit structure of the 1H delay line and the possible errors occurring in color difference signal when the fineness of the 1H delay line is reduced, there is provided a color signal demodulating circuit comprising a first demodulator 10, a second demodulator 20 and phase restoration means 30. The phase restoration means comprises the horizontal sync separator 31, a pulse generator 32, a D-type flip-flop 33, a differential amplifier 34 and switching means 35.

Description: This invention relates to a color signal demodulating circuit for the PAL system as stated in the preamble of the patent claim having simple structure of circuit. Such a demodulating circuit is known from the GB-A-2 044 577. Color television systems are classified into the NTSC (National Television System Committee) system, the PAL (Phase Alternatation by Lines) system and the SECAM (Sequentiel Couleur A Memoire )according to the difference particularly in the transmission process of color difference signal and in the multiplexity of color difference signal and luminance signal. The PAL system adopts a modulation system in which signal R-Y among two color difference signals of R-Y and B-Y is modulated by inverting its phase every other scanning line. The color burst signal used in the PAL system shifts its phase ± 45° about the zero phase reference at the back porch of the horizontal synchronization pulse on alternate lines to be multiplexed. This phase-alternate color burst signal is for the receiver not only to utilize as color burst signals, but to distinguish between color difference signals R-Y and - (R-Y) according to the phase difference between +45° and -45° color burst signals. From the US-A-4 300 155 a PAL system is known with which, the modulated subcarrier color signal is delayed by 1H delay line, wherein the unit "H" is determined by the 15.734KHz horizontal sync frequency standard and equivalent to approximately 63.5µs. As shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings the delayed signal is added to the modulated subcarrier color signal by an adder. At the same time, the delayed signal is subtracted from the modulated subcarrier color signal by a subtractor. As a result, the adder produces a B-Y modulated signal and the subtracting circuit produces ±(R-Y)subcarrier signals. The two subcarrier color signals produced as above are supplied to a first color demodulator 10 and a second color demodulator 20, respectively. Accordingly, two color difference signals are obtained. This conventional system, however has problems such as a complexity of 1H delay line circuit structure and errors occurred in color difference signals if the 1H delay line loses fineness. It is an object of the present invention to provide a color signal demodulation circuit for the PAL system having a simplified structure. The above-mentioned object is obtained by the construction stated in the characterizing part of the patent claim. The present invention is described in detail by reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram showing a conventional color demodulating circuit of the PAL system. FIG. 2 illustrates a color demodulating circuit for the PAL system according to the present invention FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram of a preferred embodiment of the phase restoration means as illustrated in FIG. 2 FIG. 4 is a waveform chart illustrating waveforms at each stage in FIG. 3 Referring to FIG. 2, this invention mainly comprises a first demodulator 10 for generating color difference signals ±(R-Y), a second demodulator 20 for generating a color difference signal B-Y and a phase restoration means 30 for generating color signal R-Y. The first demodulator 10 which produces color difference signals ±(R-Y) by demodulating the modulated subcarrier color signals input is known to someone skilled in the art. The second demodulator 20 which generates color difference signal B-Y by demodulating the modulated subcarrier color signals input is also known to someone skilled in the art. The phase restoration means 30 generates a color difference signal R-Y in the manner that color difference signals ±(R-Y) supplied from the first demodulator 10 are amplified in an inverted or non-inverted state, the inverted and non-inverted amplified signals are alternatively selected in accordance with a switching control pulse of which the initial state is determined by each of the phases of color burst signals in the modulated subcarrier color signal. A preferred embodiment of phase restoration means 30 is described with reference to FIG.3 as follows. As shown in FIG 3, the synchronization (referred to as sync, hereinafter) separator 31 of the phase restoration means 30 receives a composite signal and produces a horizontal sync signal SH. Meanwhile, a pulse generator 32 extracts only color burst signal out of the modulated subcarrier color signal according to the color burst gate signal which delays the horizontal sync signal SH to the position of the color burst signal, and generates a line shifting pulse Sp by producing "High" signal at +45° phase and "Low" signal at -45° phase. A control pulse generator 33 produces a switching control signal Sc using a flip-flop in the manner that the above mentioned line shifting pulse Sp is supplied to the preset input terminal PR of a D-type flip-flop DFF in order to determine the initial state of the switching control signal and the horizontal sync signal SH is received to a clock input terminal CK and a negative output terminal Q is connected to a data input terminal D, so that a positive output terminal Q generates the switching control signal Sc. The differential amplifier 34 amplifies color difference signals ±(R-Y) supplied from the first color demodulator 10 and outputs the non-inverted and inverted amplified signals. The non-inverted and inverted amplified signals as described above are connected to input terminals a and b of the changeover switch 35 respectively. The switch 35 selectively connects input terminal a and b to an output terminal c according to the switching control signal Sc generated by the control pulse generator 33 in the manner that input terminal a is connected to output terminal c during a "High" position of the switching control signal Sc and input terminal b to output terminal c during a "Low" position. Accordingly the composite video signal Vc, as shown in the waveforms chart of FIG 4, is provided to the sync separator 31, which then produces the horizontal sync signal SH and is also provided to the pulse generator 32, which then generates the line shifting pulse Sp, i.e., "High" signal at +45 phase of the color burst signal and "Low" signal at -45 phase of the color burst signal. The D-type flip-flop DFF contained in the control pulse generator 33 is preset by the "High" signal of the line shifting pulse Sp to determine its initial stage to be a high state at the positive output terminal Q and a Low state at the negative output terminal Q . Being toggled at every rising edge of the horizontal sync signal SH, the D-type flip-flop DFF generates the switching control signal Sc wherein the output Q of the flip-flop is inverted by every horizontal line. Subsequently, the switching control signal Sc is in a High state at +45° color burst signal and in a Low state at -45° color burst signal. Meanwhile, the first color demodulator 10 supplies the demodulated color difference signals ±(R-Y) to the differential amplifier 34 which then amplifies the color difference signals ±(R-Y) in a non-inverted and inverted states. Accordingly, non-inverted color difference signals ±(R-Y) are supplied to the input terminal a of the switch 35, while inverted color difference signals ∓(R-Y) to the input terminal b. The switch 35 connects input terminal a with output terminal c at a high period of the switching control signal Sc so as to output the color signal +(R-Y) and input terminal b with output terminal c at low period also to output the color signal +(R-Y). As a result, only the color difference signal +(R-Y) is provided at output terminal c of the switch 35. As described above, since a color difference signal R-Y of PAL system is extracted from the demodulated color difference signals ±(R-Y) by utilizing a differential amplifier , a switch, a sync separator and a line shifting pulse generator, the color signal demodulating circuit according to the present invention has a very practical advantage in that the performance is more developed and the structure of circuit is simpler than that of the conventional PAL system which adopts the 1H delay line, the adder and the subtractor.

Claims: A color demodulating circuit for the PAL system comprising: a first color demodulator (10) for receiving a modulated subcarrier color signal and demodulating it, so as to produce first color difference signals ± (R - Y); a second color demodulator (20) for receiving said modulated subcarrier color signal and demodulating it, so as to produce a second color difference signal B - Y; and phase restoration means (30) for amplifying the first color difference signals ± (R - Y) having non-inverting and inverting states and generating a color difference signal R - Y by selectively switching said non-inverted and inverted first color difference signals ± (R - Y) according to a switching control signal of which the initial state is determined pursuant to each of the phases of the color burst signals of the modulated subcarrier color signal, characterized in that said phase restoration means (30) comprises a differential amplifier (34) for phase-splitting and amplifying which receives said first color difference signals ± (R - Y) from said first color demodulator (10) and produces color difference signals having a phase relationship inverted with respect to each other; a sync separator (31) for separating a horizontal sync signal from a composite video signal and outputting it; a pulse generator (32) for generating a high signal or a low signal pursuant to said horizontal sync signal from said sync separator (31) and to the phases of the color burst signals extracted from said composite video signal; a D-type flip-flop (DFF) which is preset according to the output signal of said pulse generator (32) and produces a switching control signal by receiving the horizontal sync signal from said sync separator (31) as a clock pulse; and switching means (35) for generating the color difference signal R - Y by selectively choosing one output of the two outputs from said differential amplifier (34) in accordance with said switching control signal supplied from said D-type flip-flop (DFF).

Inventors: KIM SUN-TAE, KIM, SUN-TAE
Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
Application year: 1991
Main classification: H04N11
IPC codes: H04N11