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Digital clamp circuit

  • US 20050057693A1
  • Filed: 08/12/2004
  • Published: 03/17/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A digital clamp circuit for clamping a digital video signal which represents a subject image in frame units, a reference black signal and a subject signal periodically appearing for each frame of the digital video signal, the digital clamp circuit comprising:

  • a clamp circuit for clamping the reference black signal of the digital video signal to a predetermined level; and

    a clamp level generation circuit for generating a clamp level by which clamping is performed in the clamp circuit, wherein the clamp level generation circuit includes a comparator circuit for comparing the reference black signal for a plurality of frames with an existing clamp level.

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