1. A brush holder comprising:
a generally flat upper portion;
a front portion at approximately a right angle with the upper portion forming one of two ends of the brush holder;
two brush attachment arms on the upper portion forming a second end of the brush holder;
one of the attachment arms is placed on one side of a brush handle and the other attachment arm is placed on the other side of the brush handle;
a binder clip having two upwardly arms with opening therein and one of upwardly arms is placed on one end of clip and the other upwardly arm is placed on the other end of clip and wherein the attachment arms are inserted in one of the opening of the arms to grip and suspend the brush.
2. A brush holder according to claim 1 in which the front portion is bent at an arc compatible with a circular container.
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. A method, comprising:
in a receiver that operates using multiple clock signals having respective clock frequencies, including a Local Oscillator (LO) signal that down-converts an input Radio Frequency (RF) signal and one or more digital clock signals used in processing the down-converted signal, accepting a request to receive the input RF signal on a target channel frequency;
in response to the request, calculating a preferred frequency for the LO signal that, when applied by the receiver in combination with preferred frequencies calculated for the digital clock signals, will cause the receiver to tune to the target channel frequency while satisfying a predefined criterion relating to interference caused by the clock signals; and
receiving the target channel frequency by setting the clock signals to the preferred clock frequencies.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein calculating the preferred clock frequency comprises executing, in response to the request, software code that searches over multiple combinations of the clock frequencies in order to identify the preferred clock frequencies.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein calculating the preferred clock frequency comprises evaluating frequencies of harmonic products of one or more of the clock frequencies, and verifying that the frequencies of the harmonic products meet the predefined criterion.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the predefined criterion specifies that all harmonic products of one or more of the clock frequencies, up to a given harmonic order, fall outside a predefined bandwidth of interest.
5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the predefined bandwidth of interest comprises an input bandwidth of the receiver.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein calculation of the preferred clock frequencies is performed without a-priori storage of potentially preferred clock frequencies before accepting the request.
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the receiver is fabricated on a single semiconductor die.
8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the receiver is fabricated on two or more semiconductor dies that are packaged in a single device package.
9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the digital clock signals comprise at least one signal type selected from a group of types consisting of:
a sampling clock used for sampling in an Analog to Digital Converter (ADC);
a demodulation clock used for signal demodulation; and
a system clock used for clocking digital circuitry in the receiver.
10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the clock signals comprise a clock of an interface for communicating with a host, and wherein calculating the preferred clock frequency and setting the preferred clock frequencies comprise modifying the clock of the interface in order to meet the predefined criterion.
11. The method according to claim 10, wherein modifying the clock of the interface comprises suspending communication with the host over the interface during modification of the clock of the interface.
12. The method according to claim 1, wherein setting the preferred clock frequencies comprises setting a division factor of a divider that produces the LO signal in the receiver.
13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the receiver comprises a Mobile Digital Television (MDTV) receiver, and wherein receiving the target channel frequency comprises receiving a requested television channel.
14. A receiver, comprising:
one or more clock sources, which are configured to produce multiple clock signals at respective clock frequencies, including a Local Oscillator (LO) signal that down-converts an input Radio Frequency (RF) signal and one or more digital clock signals used in processing the down-converted signal;
reception circuitry, which is configured to receive signals using the clock signals; and
a processor, which is configured to accept a request to receive the input RF signal on a target channel frequency, to calculate in response to the request a preferred frequency for the LO signal that, when produced by the clock sources in combination with preferred frequencies calculated for the digital clock signals, will cause the reception circuitry to tune to the target channel frequency while satisfying a predefined criterion relating to interference caused by the clock signals, and to set the clock sources to the preferred clock frequencies, so as to receive the target channel frequency.
15. The receiver according to claim 14, wherein the processor is configured to execute, in response to the request, software code that searches over multiple combinations of the clock frequencies in order to identify the preferred clock frequencies.
16. The receiver according to claim 14, wherein the processor is configured to calculate the preferred clock frequencies by evaluating frequencies of harmonic products of one or more of the clock frequencies, and verifying that the frequencies of the harmonic products meet the predefined criterion.
17. The receiver according to claim 14, wherein the predefined criterion specifies that all harmonic products of one or more of the clock frequencies, up to a given harmonic order, fall outside a predefined bandwidth of interest.
18. The receiver according to claim 17, wherein the predefined bandwidth of interest comprises an input bandwidth of the receiver.
19. The receiver according to claim 14, wherein the processor is configured to calculate the preferred clock frequencies without a-priori storage of potentially preferred clock frequencies before accepting the request.
20. The receiver according to claim 14, and comprising a single semiconductor die, wherein the clock sources, the reception circuitry and the processor are fabricated on the single semiconductor die.
21. The receiver according to claim 14, and comprising two or more semiconductor dies that are packaged in a single device package, wherein the clock sources, the reception circuitry and the processor are fabricated on the two or more semiconductor dies.
22. The receiver according to claim 14, wherein the digital clock signals comprise at least one signal type selected from a group of types consisting of:
a sampling clock used for sampling in an Analog to Digital Converter (ADC);
a demodulation clock used for signal demodulation; and
a system clock used for clocking digital circuitry in the receiver.
23. The receiver according to claim 14, wherein the reception circuitry comprises an interface for communicating with a host, wherein the clock signals comprise a clock of the interface, and wherein the processor is configured to modify the clock of the interface in order to meet the predefined criterion.
24. The receiver according to claim 23, wherein the processor is configured to suspend communication with the host over the interface during modification of the clock of the interface.
25. The receiver according to claim 14, wherein the clock sources comprise a divider that produces the LO signal, and wherein the processor is configured to set the preferred clock frequencies by setting a division factor of the divider.
26. The receiver according to claim 14, wherein the receiver comprises a Mobile Digital Television (MDTV) receiver, and wherein the target channel frequency comprises a requested television channel.
27. A method, comprising:
accepting a request to receive a target channel frequency in a receiver that operates using multiple clock signals having respective clock frequencies, including at least first and second digital clock signals that are used by digital circuitry of the receiver and whose clock frequencies are produced respectively by different first and second Phase Locked Loops (PLLs);
in response to the request, calculating a set of preferred clock frequencies, including at least first and second clock frequencies to be produced respectively by the first and second PLLs for the first and second digital clock signals, which when applied by the receiver will cause the receiver to tune to the target channel frequency while satisfying a predefined criterion relating to interference caused by the clock signals; and
receiving the target channel frequency by setting the clock signals to the preferred clock frequencies.
28. A receiver, comprising:
one or more clock sources, which are configured to produce multiple clock signals having respective clock frequencies, including at least first and second different Phase Locked Loops (PLLs) that are configured to produce respective first and second digital clock signals for use by digital circuitry of the receiver;
reception circuitry, which comprises the digital circuitry and is configured to receive signals using the clock signals; and
a processor, which is configured to accept a request to receive a target channel frequency, to calculate in response to the request a set of preferred clock frequencies, including at least first and second clock frequencies to be produced respectively by the first and second PLLs for the first and second digital clock signals, which when produced by the clock sources will cause the reception circuitry to tune to the target channel frequency while satisfying a predefined criterion relating to interference caused by the clock signals.