RF modulator

• US 4,747,159 A
• Filed: 07/18/1986
• Issued: 05/24/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/1985
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: ALPS Electric Company Limited (Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: ALPS Electric Company Limited (Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kato, Masashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Masinick, Michael A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kuntz, Curtis
• Application Number:
  US06/887,906
• Time in Patent Office: 676 Days
• Field of Search: 455/116, 455/110, 455/117, 358/186, 358/143, 358/341, 330/129, 330/285, 330/130, 330/135, 331/182, 331/109, 331/161
• US Class Current: 455/116
• CPC Class Codes: H03C 3/02 Details
• CPC Class Codes: H03C 5/00 Amplitude modulation and angle modulation produced simultaneously or at will by the same modulating signal H03C7/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H03G 3/3042 in modulators, frequency-changers, transmitters or power amplifiers transmission power control in bidirectional transmission systems H04W52/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/40 Modulation circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/7755 the recorder being connected to, or coupled with, the antenna of the television receiver

Abstract

An RF modulator is characterized by a gain adjusting circuit for gain adjustment incorporated with an RF amplifier for amplifying a carrier wave provided from a carrier oscillator and applying the same to a video signal modulator and to an audio signal mixer so that the gain of the RF amplifier is adjustable so as to adjust a difference in level of the carrier wave provided differently depending upon a resonance element being connected to the carrier oscillator.

Claims

1. In an RF modulator, for converting video and audio signal inputs to modulated video and audio signal outputs, having a resonance element for generating a resonance signal of a given frequency, and a modulator circuit including a carrier oscillator connected to the resonance element for receiving the resonance signal and providing a carrier wave output, an RF amplifier connected to the carrier oscillator for amplifying the level of the carrier wave output, a video signal modulator connected to the RF amplifier for modulating the video signal input with the amplified carrier wave output to provide the modulated video signal output, and an audio signal mixer connected to the RF amplifier for mixing the amplified carrier wave output with a frequency modulated audio signal generated from the audio signal input to provide the modulated audio signal output,

the improvement comprising a gain adjusting circuit connected to said RF amplifier for adjusting a gain of the RF amplifier to thereby adjust the level of the amplified carrier wave output provided by the RF amplifier if the resonance element is changed so as to have a different resonance signal characteristic.

2. An RF modulator according to claim 1, wherein said modulator circuit is incorporated in an IC chip, said RF amplifier includes a differential amplifier circuit and a base terminal for adjusting a bias of the differential amplifier circuit, said base terminal of said RF amplifier is connected to a high frequency grounding terminal of said IC chip, and said gain adjusting circuit is a variable resistor outside of said IC chip having its ends coupled between ground and a power source and its variable contact connected to said high frequency grounding terminal of said IC chip.

3. An RF modulator according to claim 1, wherein the resonance element of said carrier oscillator is formed by coil and condenser.

4. An RF modulator according to claim 2, wherein said gain adjusting circuit is a d.c. bias circuit for setting the bias of said RF amplifier.