New video signal-processing LSIs for 8 mm VCRs

A fully integrated bipolar large-scale integration (LSI) signal processing system is described. The system is composed of a single-chip Y/C signal processor, a multifunction charge-coupled device (CCD) comb filter a head amplifier with active equalizers, and a PAL signal processor. About 8800 elements are integrated in the single-chip Y/C signal processor which takes the place of 5 ICs in a conventional video cassette recorder (VCR) system. The design and characteristics of the subsystems are each briefly discussed. >