1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
a tuner which receives a broadcasting signal of a program corresponding to at least one of a plurality of categories;
a UI processor which generates a UI having at least one of a plurality of attributes and capable of being displayed for the program;
an image processor which performs image processing for the received broadcasting signal; and
a controller which controls the UI processor so that the attribute of the UI can correspond to the category of the program,
wherein the UI attribute comprises at least one of different fonts and different themes which are set corresponding to the category of the program; and
wherein the controller determines if a same UI font or a same UI theme is set corresponding to different categories, and outputs a predetermined message if the same UI font or the same UI theme is set corresponding to the different categories.
2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the UI attribute further comprises a color.
3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a memory device which stores information on the UI attribute corresponding to one or more categories,
wherein the controller determines the UI attribute corresponding to the category according to the stored information.
4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the UI attribute is downloaded externally.
5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, the category of the program comprises at least one of a movie, a drama, news, sports, and a documentary.
6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising a display unit which displays the generated UI.
7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the controller controls the UI processor to display the UI on the display unit during tuning a channel selected among the plurality of channels.
8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising a user input unit through which a user’s instruction for the UI attribute is inputted,
wherein the controlling unit determines the UI attribute corresponding to the category according to the inputted instruction.
9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the controller controls the UI processor to generate an attribute setting UI for setting the UI attribute and to display the attribute setting UI on the display unit.
10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein, in the case of setting the plurality of attributes, the controller controls the UI processor to reflect the previously set attribute to the attribute setting UI to be displayed on the display unit.
11. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the UI is displayed automatically in response to a channel change.
12. The image processing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the attribute of the UI comprises of an icon.
13. The image processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the channel number andor the channel name is displayed along with the icon.
14. The image processing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the channel number andor the channel name is displayed according to the attribute of the UI which includes color information corresponding to the category.
15. The image processing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the color of the UI is corresponds to the attribute of the UI which includes color information corresponding to the category.
16. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the UI attribute comprises of an icon corresponding to the category.
17. The image processing apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the icon visually corresponds to the nature of the category.
18. The image processing apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the UI attribute further comprises of sound information.
19. An image processing method comprising:
receiving a broadcasting signal of a program corresponding to at least one of a plurality of categories;
generating a UI capable of being displayed for the program so that a UI attribute having at least one of a plurality of attributes can correspond to the category of the program,
wherein the UI attribute comprises at least one of different fonts and different themes which are set corresponding to the category of the program; and
wherein if a same UI font or a same UI theme is set corresponding to different categories, a predetermined message is output if the same UI font or the same UI theme is set corresponding to the different categories.
20. The image processing method according to claim 19, wherein the UI attribute further comprises a color.
21. The image processing method according to claim 20, wherein the generating the UI comprises: receiving a user’s instruction for the UI attribute, and determining the UI attribute corresponding to the category according to the user’s instruction.
22. The image processing method according to claim 21, wherein the generating the UI further comprises: generating an attribute setting UI for setting the UI attribute, and displaying the generated attribute setting UI.
23. The image processing method according to claim 22, wherein the displaying the attribute setting UI reflects the previously set attribute to the attribute setting UI to be displayed in the case of setting the plurality of UI attributes.
24. The image processing method according to claim 20, wherein the generating the UI further comprises: storing information on the UI attribute, and determining the UI attribute corresponding to the category according to the stored information.
25. The image processing method according to claim 19, the category of the program comprises at least one of a movie, a drama, news, sports, and a documentary.
26. The image processing method according to claim 19, wherein the generating the UI comprises displaying the generated UI.
27. The image processing method according to claim 26, wherein the displaying the generated UI displays the UI during tuning a channel selected among a plurality of channels.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An operational amplifier arranged in a feedback configuration, the operational amplifier comprising:
a plurality of amplifiers connected between input and output terminals of the operational amplifier to form a plurality of at least partially different amplification paths extending from the input terminal to the output terminal, each of the amplification paths including a respective subset of the plurality of amplifiers configured in series and having a respective first-in-order amplifier and a respective last-in-order amplifier,
wherein the first-in-order amplifier of at least a first and a second of the amplification paths is a same first common amplifier, and the first-in-order amplifier of at least a third of the amplification paths is different than the first common amplifier, and
wherein the last-in-order amplifier of the first and second amplification paths is a second common amplifier.
2. The operational amplifier of claim 1, wherein the last-in-order amplifier of the third amplification path is also the second common amplifier.
3. The operational amplifier of claim 1, wherein at least three of the amplification paths are electrically joined at a point immediately before their last-in-order amplifiers, and at least two of the amplification paths are electrically joined at a point immediately after their first-in-order amplifiers.
4. The operational amplifier of claim 1, wherein the amplification paths include a plurality of lower-order amplification paths and a plurality of higher-order amplification paths, the lower-order amplification paths including fewer amplifiers than the higher-order amplification paths, at least one of the lower-order amplification paths includes at least one of: an AC coupling capacitor between the output terminal and a last amplifier of that lower-order amplification path, or an AC coupling capacitor between the input terminal and a first amplifier of that lower-order amplification path.
5. The operational amplifier of claim 1, wherein each amplifier includes at least one amplification transistor configuration selected from the group consisting of a common-source transistor, a differential pair of transistors, a pseudo differential pair of transistors, and complementary pseudo differential pairs of transistors.
6. The operational amplifier of claim 5, wherein at least one of the plurality of amplifiers further includes a common-gate transistor cascode-connected with a transistor of the amplification transistor configuration.
7. The operational amplifier of claim 1, further comprising a positive feedback amplifier.
8. The operational amplifier of claim 1, wherein at least one amplification path includes at least four amplifiers connected in series.
9. The operational amplifier of claim 1, having a loop gain slope of at least \u221218 dBoctave over a portion of its frequency response lower than the unity-gain frequency of the loop gain.
10. The operational amplifier of claim 1, wherein the first and second common amplifiers have amplification gains at DC greater than or equal to that of all other amplifiers of the plurality of amplifiers.
11. The operational amplifier of claim 1, wherein the plurality of at least partially different amplification paths includes a fifth order amplification path.
12. The operational amplifier of claim 1, wherein the plurality of at least partially different amplification paths includes a first order amplification path.
13. An operational amplifier arranged in a feedback configuration, the operational amplifier comprising:
a plurality of amplifiers connected between input and output terminals of the operational amplifier to form a plurality of at least partially different amplification paths extending from the input terminal to the output terminal, each of the amplification paths including a respective subset of the plurality of amplifiers configured in series and having a respective first-in-order amplifier and a respective last-in-order amplifier,
wherein the last-in-order amplifier of at least a first and a second of the amplification paths is a same first common amplifier, and the last-in-order amplifier of at least a third of the amplification paths is different than the first common amplifier, and
wherein the first-in-order amplifier of the first and second amplification paths is a second common amplifier.
14. The operational amplifier of claim 13, wherein the first-in-order amplifier of the third amplification path is not the second common amplifier.
15. The operational amplifier of claim 13, wherein at least two of the amplification paths are electrically joined at a point immediately before their last-in-order amplifiers, and at least three of the amplification paths are electrically joined at a point immediately after their first-in-order amplifiers.
16. The operational amplifier of claim 13, wherein the amplification paths include a plurality of lower-order amplification paths and a plurality of higher-order amplification paths, the lower-order amplification paths including fewer amplifiers than the higher-order amplification paths, at least one of the lower-order amplification paths including at least one of: an AC coupling capacitor between the output terminal and a last amplifier of that lower-order amplification path, or an AC coupling capacitor between the input terminal and a first amplifier of that lower-order amplification path.
17. The operational amplifier of claim 13, wherein each amplifier includes at least one amplification transistor configuration selected from the group consisting of a common-source transistor, a differential pair of transistors, a pseudo differential pair of transistors, and complementary pseudo differential pairs of transistors.
18. The operational amplifier of claim 17, wherein at least one of the plurality of amplifiers further includes a common-gate transistor cascode-connected with a transistor of the amplification transistor configuration.
19. The operational amplifier of claim 13, further comprising a positive feedback amplifier.
20. The operational amplifier of claim 13, wherein at least one amplification path includes at least four amplifiers connected in series.
21. The operational amplifier circuit of claim 13, having a loop gain slope of at least \u221218 dBoctave over a portion of its frequency response lower than the unity-gain frequency of the loop gain.
22. The operational amplifier circuit of claim 13, wherein the first and second common amplifiers have amplification gains at DC greater than or equal to that of all other amplifiers of the plurality of amplifiers.
23. The operational amplifier circuit of claim 13, wherein the plurality of at least partially different amplification paths includes a fifth order amplification path.
24. The operational amplifier circuit of claim 13, wherein the plurality of at least partially different amplification paths includes a first order amplification path.
25. An operational amplifier arranged in a feedback configuration, the operational amplifier comprising:
a first and a second amplifier, connected in series in that order, defining a first amplification path that extends between an input terminal and an output terminal; and
a third, a fourth, and the second amplifier, connected in series in that order, defining a second amplification path that extends between the input and output terminals; and
the third, a fifth, a sixth, and the second amplifier, connected in series in that order, defining a third amplification path that extends between the input and output terminals.
26. The operational amplifier of claim 25, further comprising a seventh amplifier connected between the input and output terminals.
27. The operational amplifier of claim 25, wherein each amplifier includes at least one amplification transistor configuration selected from the group consisting of a common-source transistor, a differential pair of transistors, a pseudo differential pair of transistors, and complementary pseudo differential pairs of transistors.
28. The operational amplifier of claim 27, wherein at least one of the plurality of amplifiers further includes a common-gate transistor cascode-connected with a transistor of the amplification transistor configuration.
29. The operational amplifier of claim 25, further comprising a series connection of eighth and ninth amplifiers, the series connection connected in parallel with at least one of: the fifth amplifier or the sixth amplifier.
30. The operational amplifier of claim 25, further comprising a positive feedback amplifier.
31. An operational amplifier arranged in a feedback configuration, the operational amplifier comprising:
a first amplifier to receive an input from an input terminal and produce a first output;
a second amplifier to receive the input from the input terminal and produce a second output;
a plurality of third amplifiers connected at least partially in parallel and each to receive the first output from the first amplifier and to produce a plurality of third outputs; and
a fourth amplifier to receive the second output and a plurality of signals based on the third outputs and to produce a fourth output to an output terminal.