Patent ID: 7692726

Claim:
A video decoder comprising: a tuner configured to separate a signal from an antenna into audio information and video information and to provide each of the audio information and the video information as a separate output signal to an input multiplexer; a plurality of programmable gain controllers having a direct connection to the input multiplexer; a plurality of analog to digital converters, where each of the plurality of analog to digital converters has a direct connection to a corresponding one of the plurality of programmable gain controllers, wherein each of the plurality of analog to digital converters can digitize the audio information and the video information; an audio demodulator coupled with at least a first of the plurality of analog to digital converters and a first corresponding one of the plurality of programmable gain controllers; a video decoder coupled with at least a second of the plurality of analog to digital converters and a second corresponding one of the plurality of programmable gain controllers; a feedback loop from the audio demodulator to control the first corresponding one of the plurality of programmable gain controllers; and a feedback loop from the video decoder to control the second corresponding one of the plurality of programmable gain controllers.