Digital television receiving technology

Author: Jerry Whitaker
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: Digital Television Reception Technology, edited by world-class expert Jerry Whitaker, systematically showcases the brand-new world of 21st-century television reception technology, including design, specifications, installation, and maintenance. It provides a comprehensive technical guide for the ever-expanding field of digital television and is the best choice for professionals. Digital Television (DTV), especially High Definition Television (HDTV), is the development trend of television reception systems. This book comprehensively and systematically discusses the reception, decoding, display, and measurement technologies of television video signals, covering key technologies in modern television receivers and providing several typical application examples. The content includes: electromagnetic wave frequency band division and propagation characteristics, frequency sources and references, receiver characteristics, wireless channels, power amplifiers, signal analog-to-digital conversion, digital filtering, digital modulation and coding, Digital Signal Processors (DSP), adaptive equalization, television reception principles, ATSC DTV reception systems, consumer video and networking, cable (fiber-optic) television, satellite transmission systems, receiving antenna systems, interactive television and video conferencing, Internet content distribution and PC-based DTV receivers, CRT display devices, projection displays, flat-panel displays (LCD, plasma, field emission), as well as the measurement of displays and image quality.