Clamp circuit for clamping a digital video signal

摘要

A clamp control circuit outputs a clamp control signal after a delay of a predetermined time if a digital video signal is detected. A sampling circuit that extracts sampling data of a pedestal level from a luminance corrected signal based on a clamp pulse at a timing of the back porch. A data averaging circuit calculates an average of the sampling data of the pedestal level. A data holding circuit holds a difference between the average and a digital signal processing reference level when the clamp control signal is output and also when the clamp control signal is not output. A level correction circuit corrects a level of the luminance signal based on the difference held by the data holding circuit and outputs the corrected luminance signal.