Satellite receiver having improved polarization plane determination means

• US 4,823,135 A
• Filed: 10/01/1986
• Issued: 04/18/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1985
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Omoto, Noriaki, Shizuya, Osamu, Hirashima, Masayoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Blum, Theodore M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): CAIN, DAVID C
• Application Number:
  US06/914,159
• Time in Patent Office: 930 Days
• Field of Search: 342/361, 342/362, 342/363, 342/364, 342/365, 342/366, 343/756, 343/909, 455/12, 333/21 A
• US Class Current: 342/362
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/245 provided with means for varying the polarisation polarising devices H01Q15/24; tracking by comparing linear polarisation compounds G01S3/146; reducing depolarisation effects H04B7/00; polarisation diversity H04B7/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/20 Adaptations for transmission via a GHz frequency band, e.g. via satellite

Abstract

A satellite TV receiver for receiving a satellite broadcasting, wherein neighboring televison signals are vertical and horizontal polarized waves, and wherein a polarizer for the satellite receiver controls an antenna so that the polarization plane of the antenna is adapted to the polarization plane of television signal to be received. The receiver further includes a narrow band-pass filter for rejecting terrestrial interference so that the desired polarization plane can be more easily determined.

Claims

1. A satellite receiver for receiving satellite television signals at a television signal reproducing part thereof, comprising:

an antenna for receiving plural satellite television signals having different polarization planes,

a polarizer for varying a polarization plane of the antenna,

polarizer control means responsive to a received satellite television signal for controlling the polarization plane of the antenna for adaptation of the polarization plane of the antenna to a polarization plane of the television signal to be received,

a first band-pass filter having a first passing bandwidth narrower than a transmission bandwidth allotted for receiving one channel of the plural satellite television signals, said first band-pass filter being provided in a television signal input path of said polarizer control means for feeding a control signal based on a signal of said first bandwidth to said polarizer control means, and

a second band-pass filter having a second passing bandwidth wider than said first passing bandwidth of said first band-pass filter, said second band-pass filter being provided in a television signal input path of said television signal reproducing part.

2. A satellite receiver in accordance with claim 1, wherein the polarizer control means comprises:

changing means for changing the polarization plane of the antenna at least between a horizontal wave and a vertical wave,

holding means for holding a maximum receiving signal level during the change made by the changing means, and

selection means for selecting a suitable polarization plane of the antenna to be that at a reception point of maximum receiving signal level.

3. A satellite receiver in accordance with claim 1, wherein the polarizer control means comprises a memory for storing data for determining a suitable polarization plane of the antenna.

4. A satellite receiver in accordance with claim 1, wherein the first band-pass filter has a passing bandwidth of 20 MHz or less for rejecting terrestrial interference.

5. A satellite receiver in accordance with claim 4, wherein the first band-pass filter for rejecting terrestrial interference is connected as a preceding stage to said second band-pass filter.

6. A satellite receiver in accordance with claim 4, further comprising:

switching means for operating the first band-pass filter so as to reject terrestrial interference at a condition of strong terrestrial interference, but not operating the first band-pass filter at a condition of weak terrestrial interference, and compulsorily operating the first band-pass filter during the operation for determining the desirable polarization plane.