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  • noun Any electronic device that accomplishes downconversion

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Examples

  • The chair provides the same level of reception as a 24-inch dish, and manages to incorporate a hidden LNB, or low-noise block downconverter, which is that small arm you see positioned in front of modern dishes.

    Gizmodo Andrew Liszewski 2011

  • Lattice provides many DSP-based IP (intellectual-property) cores, including DUC (digital upconverter), DDC (digital downconverter), an FFT (fast-Fourier-transform) compiler, a CIC

    Engineering Hardware-Software 2010

  • For example a radar warning receiver can rapidly spot the signal 'signature' of an incoming missile or other threat, and the downconverter will extract the specific signal and measure its parameters.

    WebWire | Recent Headlines 2010

  • RFEL bases the core on a novel channelization architecture that provides the flexibility you traditionally associate with DDC (digital-downconverter) cores and ASIC devices with greater silicon efficiency.

    Gadget Freak Files 2010

  • Lattice provides many DSP-based IP (intellectual-property) cores, including DUC (digital upconverter), DDC (digital downconverter), an FFT (fast-Fourier-transform) compiler, a CIC

    Gadget Freak Files 2010

  • RFEL bases the core on a novel channelization architecture that provides the flexibility you traditionally associate with DDC (digital-downconverter) cores and ASIC devices with greater silicon efficiency.

    Engineering Hardware-Software 2010

  • The new synthetic instrument developed by the companies is based on five new 3U PXI Express-compatible RF/microwave downconverter modules that can operate over a frequency range of 100 kHz to 26.5 GHz.

    The Gadgeteer 2010

  • Audio Authority says it will launch two new scaler products in the second quarter of this year: the 1360 component downconverter, which converts HD component signals to 480i composite or S-video with a pass-through; and the 1366 HD scaler that can convert either VGA or component signals to VGA or

    Tech News 2009

  • DirecTV captures KXAS 'off-air ATSC HD signal, then uses an AFD-compliant Sencore receiver / downconverter to derive an NTSC version for SD distribution.

    unknown title 2009

  • Audio Authority says it will launch two new scaler products in the second quarter of this year: the 1360 component downconverter, which converts HD component signals to 480i composite or S-video with a pass-through; and the 1366 HD scaler that can convert either VGA or component signals to VGA or component, while preserving the original signal via the passthrough jack.

    Marketnews Latest News 2009

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