Front porch

(communications) Portion of a composite picture signal which lies between the leading edge of the horizontal blanking pulse and the leading edge of the corresponding synchronizing pulse.

Type: Private
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a porch for the front door

Portion of a PAL videosignal. From left to right: end of a video scan line, front porch, horizontal sync pulse, back porch with color burst, and beginning of next line

In television broadcasting, the front porch is a brief (about 1.5 microsecond) period inserted between the end of each transmitted line of picture and the leading edge of the next line sync pulse. Its purpose was to allow voltage levels to stabilise in older televisions, preventing interference between picture lines. The front porch is the first component of the horizontal blanking interval which also contains the horizontal sync pulse and the back porch.^[1]

References

1. ^ Gupta, R. G. (2006). Television Engineering and Video Systems. Tata McGraw-Hill. pp. 62. ISBN 0070585962, 9780070585966. http://books.google.com/books?id=P6BlcWaizHUC. Retrieved 2009-05-17. 

See also

• Back porch
• Vertical blanking interval
• Porch (as in buildings)

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