SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT OF CAR NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND MULTIMEDIA PROCESSING METHOD APPLIED TO CAR NAVIGATION SYSTEM INTEGRATED WITH FM/AM BROADCAST RECEIVING FUNCTION

• US 20120294458A1
• Filed: 05/17/2011
• Published: 11/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd. (MediaTek, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd. (MediaTek, Inc.)
• Inventors: Wang, Lifang
• Application Number:
  US13/140,017
• Publication Number:
  US 20120294458A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 381/98
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/106 Receiver-side switching
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 40/45 for FM stereophonic broadcast systems receiving

Abstract

A semiconductor IC includes an analog audio input circuit, a selecting unit, and an audio processing circuit, which maybe a car navigation chip. The analog audio input circuit includes an RF module and at least one analog audio input module, respectively for providing a first analog audio input signal and at least one second analog audio input signal. The RF module includes an FM/AM broadcast receiving function. The selecting unit is coupled to the RF module and analog audio input module, and outputs a target analog audio input signal according to the first and second analog audio input signals. The audio processing circuit is coupled to the selecting unit, and performs an audio signal process upon the target analog audio signal to generate an audio output signal.

Claims

1. A semiconductor integrated circuit (IC), comprising:

an analog audio input circuit, comprising;

a radio frequency (RF) module, at least comprising a frequency modulation/amplitude modulation (FM/AM) broadcast receiving function, arranged to provide a first analog audio input signal; and

at least one analog audio input module, arranged to provide at least one second analog audio input signal;

a selecting unit, coupled to the RF module and the at least one analog audio input module, arranged to output a target analog audio input signal according to the first analog audio input signal and the at least one second analog audio input signal; and

an audio processing circuit, coupled to the selecting unit, arranged to perform an audio signal process upon the target analog audio input signal to generate an audio output signal.

2. The semiconductor IC of claim 1, wherein the selecting unit is a multiplexer, and the multiplexer selects the first analog audio input signal or the at least one second analog audio input signal as the target analog audio input signal.

3. The semiconductor IC of claim 1, wherein the selecting unit is a mixer, and the mixer mixes the first analog audio input signal and the at least one second analog audio input signal to generate the target analog audio input signal.

4. The semiconductor IC of claim 1, wherein the RF module comprises a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), a low dropout regulator (LDO regulator), a filter, an intermediate-frequency (IF) transformer coil, a low-noise amplifier (LNA), an automatic gain controller (AGC), and an automatic frequency controller (AFC).

5. The semiconductor IC of claim 1, wherein the at least one analog audio input module further comprises an analog TV, an iPOD, a microphone, or an AV input device.

6. The semiconductor IC of claim 1, wherein the semiconductor IC is a car navigation chip.

7. The semiconductor IC of claim 1, wherein the audio processing circuit comprises:

an analog-to-digital converter, coupled to the selecting unit, arranged to perform an analog-to-digital conversion upon the target analog audio input signal to generate a digital audio input signal;

a first digital signal processor, coupled to the analog-to-digital converter, arranged to perform a digital signal process upon the digital audio input signal to generate a first digital audio output signal; and

a digital-to-analog converter, coupled to the first digital signal processor, arranged to perform a digital-to-analog conversion upon the first digital audio output signal to generate the audio output signal.

8. The semiconductor IC of claim 7, further comprising:

a digital audio input circuit, arranged to provide a second digital audio input signal;

wherein the audio processing circuit further comprises;

a second digital signal processor, coupled to the digital audio input circuit, arranged to perform a digital signal process upon the second digital audio input signal to generate a second digital audio output signal;

a second selecting unit, coupled to the first digital signal processor, the second digital signal processor, and the digital-to-analog converter, arranged to output a resultant digital audio output signal according to the first digital audio output signal and the second digital audio output signal.

9. The semiconductor IC of claim 8, wherein the digital audio input circuit comprises an optical disc drive, a digital TV, a USB/SD device, a Bluetooth module, or a global positioning system (GPS) module.

10. A multimedia processing method applied to a car navigation system, comprising:

disposing an analog audio input circuit, a selecting unit, and an audio processing circuit in a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC), wherein the analog audio input circuit comprises an RF module and at least one analog audio input module, and the RF module at least comprises a frequency modulation/amplitude modulation (FM/AM) broadcast receiving function;

using the RF module to provide a first analog audio input signal, and using the at least one analog audio input module to provide at least one second analog audio input signal;

outputting a target analog audio input signal according to the first analog audio input signal and the at least one second analog audio input signal via the selecting unit;

performing an audio signal process upon the target analog audio input signal to generate an audio output signal via the audio processing circuit.

11. The multimedia processing method of claim 10, wherein the selecting unit is a multiplexer;

and the step of outputting the target analog audio input signal according to the first analog audio input signal and the at least one second analog audio input signal via the selecting unit comprises;

selecting the first analog audio input signal or the at least one second analog audio input signal as the target analog audio input signal via the multiplexer.

12. The multimedia processing method of claim 10, wherein the selecting unit is a mixer;

and the step of outputting the target analog audio input signal according to the first analog audio input signal and the at least one second analog audio input signal via the selecting unit comprises;

mixing the first analog audio input signal and the at least one second analog audio input signal to generate the target analog audio input signal via the mixer.

13. The multimedia processing method of claim 10, wherein the step of performing the audio signal process upon the target analog audio signal to generate the audio output signal via the audio processing circuit comprises:

performing an analog-to-digital conversion upon the target analog audio input signal to generate a digital audio input signal;

performing a digital signal process upon the digital audio input signal to generate a digital audio output signal; and

performing a digital-to-analog conversion upon the digital audio output signal to generate the audio output signal.