Patent ID: 7301994

Claim:
A modulation apparatus, comprising: a baseband signal forming means for forming a baseband signal by combining the output signals of an equalization unit with pre-defined field/segment synchronization signals in a plurality of on-channel repeaters; a pilot inserting means for inserting a pilot signal to the baseband signal; an up-sampling means for up-sampling the baseband signal with the pilot signal; a vestigial sideband (VSB) filtering means for filtering the up-sampled baseband signal based on a Window technique and an Equi-Ripple filter to form an in-phase (I) signal and a quadrature (Q) signal; an up-converting means for up-converting the frequencies of the filtered I and Q signals to frequencies of an intermediate frequency (IF) band; an adding means for adding the up-converted I and Q signals and converting a resultant signal into a digital VSB signal of the IF band; and a digital-to-analogue converting means for converting the digital signal of the IF band to an analogue signal, wherein the modulation apparatus operates to reduce time delay of each of the plurality of on-channel repeaters in a terrestrial digital television broadcasting system.