Color television receiver

A color television receiver for receiving a color television signal transmitted from a transmitter end comprising:

• tuner means for converting said received color television signal into a video intermediate frequency signal;
• video intermediate frequency circuit means for receiving said intermediate frequency signal from said tuner means for converting said video intermediate frequency signal to a video signal, said video intermediate frequency circuit means including surface acoustic wave filter means for imparting a predetermined amplitude characteristic and a group delay characteristic to said video intermediate frequency signal and means for amplifying and detecting said video intermediate frequency signal obtained from said surface acoustic wave filter means;
• luminance signal circuit means coupled to said video intermediate frequency circuit means for separating a luminance signal from said video signal obtained from said means for amplifying and detecting said video intermediate frequency signal and including luminance signal amplifying means for amplifying said luminance signal;
• chrominance signal circuit means coupled to said video intermediate frequency circuit means for separating a chrominance signal from said video signal obtained from said means for amplifying and detecting said video intermediate frequency signal and including bandpass filter means for separating a chrominance signal from said video signal, and picture signal processing means for demodulating said chrominance signal obtained from said bandpass filter means for converting the same into color difference signals;
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• color display means responsive to said luminance signal obtained from said luminance signal amplifying means and said color difference signals obtained from said chrominance signal processing means for displaying a color picture;
• wherein said surface acoustic wave filter means provides an overall delay characteristic from the transmitter end to the input of said luminance signal circuit means which offsets the time difference between the delay time period of said luminance signal in said luminance signal circuit means and the delay time period of said chrominance signal in said chrominance signal circuit means and wherein said surface acoustic wave filter means provides an overall delay characteristic which compensates the slope of the delay characteristic in said bandpass filter means such that the delay characteristic with respect to said chrominance signal at the output end of said bandpass filter means is flat.