Patent ID: 8732788

Claim:
An integrated set-top box, comprising: a common semiconductor substrate; a down-stream path disposed on said common semiconductor substrate configured to down-convert a radio frequency (RF) signal, including: a down-conversion circuit configured to produce a down-converted signal; an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), coupled to an output of said down-conversion circuit, configured to digitize said down-converted signal; a first demodulation circuit, coupled to an output of said ADC, configured to demodulate said digitized down-converted signal using a first demodulation method, wherein said first demodulation circuit includes a Motion Picture Expert Group (MPEG) decoder; a second demodulation circuit, coupled to said output of said ADC, configured to demodulate said digitized down-converted signal using a second demodulation method, wherein said second demodulation circuit comprises: an Audio/Video (A/V) processor configured to receive an input from said MPEG decoder, a video encoder coupled to a first output of said A/V processor, and an audio encoder coupled to a second output of said A/V processor; and an upstream power amplifier disposed on said common semiconductor substrate.