CA1289080C - Separation of l+r from l-r in btsc system - Google Patents

Separation of l+r from l-r in btsc system

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CA1289080C
CA1289080C CA000538392A CA538392A CA1289080C CA 1289080 C CA1289080 C CA 1289080C CA 000538392 A CA000538392 A CA 000538392A CA 538392 A CA538392 A CA 538392A CA 1289080 C CA1289080 C CA 1289080C
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Scott E. Zink
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04NPICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N5/00Details of television systems
    • H04N5/44Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards
    • H04N5/60Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards for the sound signals
    • H04N5/607Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards for the sound signals for more than one sound signal, e.g. stereo, multilanguages

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Abstract

Abstract of the Disclosure A stereo signal separation system for separating the L+R and L-R components of a BTSC stereo signal mixes the BTSC signal with a multiple of the pilot frequency. To recover the L+R component the mixer output is combined with the input BTSC signal, and to recover the L-R component the mixer output is combined with a second mixer output shifted ninety degrees.
The combined output is low pass filtered to recover the desired component.

Description

SEP~RATION OF L~ FROM h-R IN BTSC SYSTE~

Back~round o~ the ~n~ention The present i~ention relates to 6ignal ~eparation aircuit~, and more partiaularly to a circuit for separating the L+~ and L-~ components of stereo audio in the BTSC Bystem.
The B~SC ~ystem define~ a m~in audio L~R channel up ko 15 kHz, a pilot signal at the horizontal ~weep freguency of 15.734 k~z, and a double ~ide band, ~uppressed carrier ~tereo ~ubchannel ~ymmetrically about a frequency which ts twice the pilot 6ignal frequency. To design lowpass filter~ for this ~y~tem requires ~ilter per~ormance sç~veral order6 of magnitude beyond performance adeguats for.an FM stereo 8y5tem. ~he guaxdband~ between the main channel, the pilot signa} and the ~ubchannel ar~ much narrower, and a dbx n~i~e reduction compxes~or is placed in the subchannel, increasing th~ potential ~or subchannel to main channel crosstal~. The guardbands between the main channel and the pilot ~ignal an~ between the pilot ~ignal ~nd the subchannel are only 734 Hz each, "

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with the separation between the main channel and the subchannel being 1.468 kHZ. Thus, a significant factor in channel separation is the subchannel to main channel crosstalk.
Subchannel to main channel crosstalk occurs when the lower sideband of the subchannel leaks into the main channel due to inadequate lowpass filtering of the subchannel audio.
This crosstalk is nonlinear, i.e., it is highly offensive to the ear because it is not harmonically related to the main channel signals. Additionally when the signal levels are low but the program material contains substantial L-R content, the dbx noise reduction compressor can cause suhchannel levels to be 20-30 dB higher than main channel levels. When this occurs the main channel has negligible ability to psychoacoustically mask the crosstalk. Further the greatest gain is likaly to be produced at high frequencies -- the very frequencies that appear at the edge of the lower sideband and which are most likely to cause audible crosstalk.
High performance filters which are adequate for the BTSC
system are quite complex, one such having as many as 29 poles of filtering overall, are expensive and require great stability. If the filter is too abrupt at cutoff, the result is ringing coming out of the filter.
What is desired is a stable~ simple circuit for separating the L+R and L-R components of the BTSC signal while still eliminating crosstalk between the main channel and the subchannel.
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Summary of the_Invention In accordance with one aspe.ct of the invention there is provided a stereo signal separation system comprising: means for mixing an input stereo signal, having a lower frequency first component, an upper frequency double sideband second component and a pilot signal at a frequency between the two components, with a multiple of the pilot signal frequency to produce a mixed output signal; means for summing said mixed output signal with said input stereo signal to produce a .

~, `' ' ~a .. summed output signal with one of said components eliminated;
and means for filtering said summed output signal to recover the remaining component.
In accordance with another aspect of the invention there is provided a stereo signal separation system comprising: a first mixing means having, as a first input, an input stereo signal, having a lower frequency first component, an upper frequency double sideband second component and a pilot signal at a frequency between the two components, and as a second input a multlple of the pilot signal frequency, and having as an output a first mixed output signal; a second mixing means having, as a first input, said input stereo signal and as a second input a phase shifted multiple of the pilot signal frequency, and having as an output a second mixed output signal; means for summing said first mixed output signal with said second mixed output signal to produce a summed output signal with one of the components eliminated; and means for filtering said summed output signal to recover the remaining component.
Accordingly the present invention provides a circuit for separatiny L+R and 1-R components of a BTSC signal by mixing the components with a given !, !;
~, i multiple of the p~lot signal ~regucncy and then adding or ~ubtra¢ting ~he resultant ~ignal~. To recover ~he L+R component the BTSC ~ignal i8 low pa6~ filtered to obtain b~th compone.nt~ ~+R ~nd L-~), the component~
5 are mixed with a s1gnal ~our ti~es the pilot s$gnal freguency, and then 6ubtracted ~r~m the unmixed, low pa~ filtered BTSC signal. ~o o~tain the L-R
component the BTSC ~ignal i~ ~ixed with an unshi~ted subcarrier freguency ~nd with a 9O degree phase shi~ted ~ubcarrier ~requency, the output o~ the 6hifted ~ixer being 6h~fted an additional 90 degraes, ~nd the DUtpUt~ 0~ the mixer~ then being Qither addad or subtracted depending upon ~he direction oP the additional phase ~hift.
The objects, advantages an~ other n~vel ~eature~
of the present invention will b~ apparent fro~ the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the appended cla~m and attached drawing.
BriQf Description of the_Drawing ~ig. 1 i8 a frequency ~omain view of a portion of the BTSC 6tereo 6ignal.
Fig. 2 ls a block diagram view o~ a circuit for obtainlng the L+~ ~omponent of the BTSC stereo signal according to the present invention.
~ig. 3 i~ a ~requ~nay domain view illustrating the operation o~ the circuit o~ Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a block diagram view o~ a circuit rOr obtaining the ~-R component o~ the B~SC stereo signal according to the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a frequency domain ~iew illustrating the operation of the circuit of ~ig. 4 ~L2~

Descri~tion of the Preferred Embodiment Fig. 1 illustrates a portion of ~h~ BTSC ~tereo signal hav~ng ~n ~+~ c~mponent; a double ~ideband, suppres~ed carrier L R component; and a pilot ei~nal.
The respective ~lgnal de~iation~ are 25, 50 and 5 ~' 5 kHZ. The second program channel (SAP) and the ~. . ~ ..
pro~essional channel are o~itted as not in~olved in the present invention. As is apparent ~rom this frequency domaln view any ~iltering to 6eparat~ L+R
from L-R is extremely difficult and would re~u~re a very prec~e, and hence very co~plex and expensive, ~FilterO
Referring now to Fig. 2 the B~SC ~tereo ~ignal is input to a rir~t low pass filter (LPF) lO which has a bandwidth su~icient to encompas~ both the L~R and L R
component6. The ~ilter~d out~ut from the LæF lO is input to a mixer 12 and ~ ~ummer 14. The sec~nd input to the mixer 12 $s a frequency 4~H wh$ch is ~cur times the pilGt ~re~uency fH. Sinc~ the ~-~compone~t is symmetrical about the 6uppressed carr$er frequency 2fH, i.e., the lower band i8 the mirror image of the upper band, as illustrated in Fig. 3 the difference freguencies shift the L+R component above the ~-R component while leaving the L-R componant essentially unchanged. The ~um and di~erence outputs from the ~ixer ~2 are input to the eummer 14, the dif~erence outputs being the only signi~lcant outputs. ~he summer 14 subtracts the output 3~a) ~rom the ~ixer 12 from the input 3~b) to the mixer to produce an output 3~c) which contains only the original ~R component and a frequency ~hifted L~R
component. The output ~rom the eummer 14 i6 input to a eecond low pass filter 16 to recover the original L+R component.

~2~39~0 Alternatively the L-R component may be recover~d as 6hown in Fig. 4. The BTSC stereo ~ignal is input to two mixer6 20 and 22. The 6econd input to the ~ixers 20 and 22 is the subcarrier ~reguency 2f~ in phase guadrature, i.eO, identical fre~uencies shlfted 90 degrees fr~m each other. As illustrated in Fig. 5 ~he output 5(a) of the inphase mixer 20 within the portion o~ the ~reguency domain of interest results in the L-R component being ~hifted down to below the pilot ~requency and the L+R component being shifted abo~e the pilot frequency. The output 5(b) of the phase ~hi~ted mixer 22 has only ~he L~R component 6hift d above the pilot freguency, the ~-R component having been cancelled due ko the phase shift and the ~ymmetry of the upper and lower bands. The output of the phase ~hi~ted m$xer 22 i~ passed throug~ a gO
degree phase ~hifter 24 so that the L~R component is either in phase or 180 degreeæ out o~ phase with the L~R component from the inphase mixer 20. The : 20 resulting outputs ~rom the mixerC 20 and ~2 are $nput to a summ~r 26, which either adds or 6ubtract~ the two ~ignals depending upon th0 direct~on of the 90 degree pha6e ~hi~t by the phase ~hifter 24. The re~ulting output ~(c) contains only th~ L-R component whiah can easily be obtained at this point by a low pa68 filter 28.
' Thus the present invention provide~ a circuit for ~eparating the L+R and L-R components o~ a BTSC ~tereo ~ignal by mixing the BTSC signal with a multiple o~
the pilot signal and then summing the results, reguiring only simple low pass filters in the circuit.

Claims (5)

1. A stereo signal separation system comprising:
means for mixing an input stereo signal, having a lower frequency first component, an upper frequency double sideband second component and a pilot signal at a frequency between the two components, with a multiple of the pilot signal frequency to produce a mixed output signal;
means for summing said mixed output signal with said input stereo signal to produce a summed output signal with one of said components eliminated; and means for filtering said summed output signal to recover the remaining component.
2. The stereo signal separation system of claim 1 wherein said means for mixing is comprised of a single mixer and wherein said multiple of the pilot signal frequency is four times the pilot signal frequency.
3. A stereo signal separation system comprising:
a first mixing means having, as a first input, an input stereo signal, having a lower frequency first component, an upper frequency double sideband second component and a pilot signal at a frequency between the two components, and as a second input a multiple of the pilot signal frequency, and having as an output a first mixed output signal;
a second mixing means having, as a first input, said input stereo signal and as a second input a phase shifted multiple of the pilot signal frequency, and having as an output a second mixed output signal;
means for summing said first mixed output signal with said second mixed output signal to produce a summed output signal with one of the components eliminated; and means for filtering said summed output signal to recover the remaining component.
4. The stereo signal separation system of claim 3 further including a phase shifter means connected between the second mixing means and the summing means for shifting the phase of said second mixed output signal by ninety degrees.
5. The stereo signal separation system of claim 3 wherein said multiple of the pilot signal frequency is two times the pilot signal frequency and wherein said phase shifted multiple of the pilot signal frequency is two times the pilot signal frequency.
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