Digital blocks television tuner having simple baseband signal processing portion

• US 6,559,899 B1
• Filed: 06/21/2000
• Issued: 05/06/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/1999
• 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: Takayama, Akira, Suzuki, Takao, Osada, Shigeru
• Primary Examiner(s): HSIA, SHERRIE Y
• Application Number:
  US09/598,966
• Time in Patent Office: 1,049 Days
• Field of Search: H04/N.5455, H04/N.550, H04/N.544, H04/N.966, 348/731, 348/639, 348/641, 348/507, 348/508, 348/726, 348/727, 348/733, 348/725, 348/732, 375/324, 375/326, 375/321, 375/270
• US Class Current: 348/731
• CPC Class Codes: H03D 3/008 Compensating DC offsets
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4263 involving specific tuning arrangements, e.g. two tuners
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/4446 IF amplifier circuits specially adapted for B&W TV RF amplifiers in general H03F3/189
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/455 Demodulation-circuits

Abstract

A digital television tuner is realized in which the construction of a baseband signal processing portion is simple, it is difficult for a local oscillation signal to leak to the input end side, and in which image interference is suppressed. The digital television tuner includes a frequency conversion device for converting the frequency of a digital television signal of a channel to be received from among channels arranged in a predetermined frequency band into the highest frequency of the frequency band or higher; two mixing devices for outputting two baseband signals whose phases are mutually orthogonal to each other by demodulating the frequency-converted digital television signal; a local oscillation device for inputting local oscillation signals whose phases are mutually orthogonal to each other to the two mixing devices; and an addition device for adding together the two baseband signals, wherein the frequency of the local oscillation signals is set to be the same frequency as the frequency at the end of the band in the channel of the frequency-converted digital television signal, and one of the baseband signals is converted into the same phase as that of the other, after which the signals are input to the addition device.

Claims

1. A digital television tuner comprising:

a frequency connector to convert a frequency of a digital television signal of a channel to be received from among channels arranged in a predetermined frequency band into not less than a highest frequency of said frequency band;

two mixers to output two baseband signals whose phases are mutually orthogonal to each other by demodulating the frequency-converted digital television signal;

a local oscillator to input local oscillation signals whose phases are mutually orthogonal to each other to said two mixers;

an adder to add together said two baseband signals, wherein a frequency of said local oscillation signals is set to be a frequency at an end of the band in the channel of the frequency-converted digital television signal, and the phase of one of said baseband signals is converted into the phase of the other baseband signal, after which the baseband signals are input to said adder; and

a Hilbert filter provided between one of said mixers and said adder, wherein one of said baseband signals is input to said adder via said Hilbert filter.

2. A digital television tuner according to claim 1, wherein said local oscillation signals are generated by using a pilot signal superimposed at the end of the band of said channel to be received.

3. A digital television tuner according to claim 1, further comprising an analog-to-digital converter, provided between each of said two mixers and said adder to convert each of said baseband signals into a digital signal, wherein said Hilbert filter is provided between one of said analog-to-digital converters and said adder.

4. A digital television tuner according to claim 1, wherein the frequency of the frequency-converted television signal is set to about 1 GHz.