Digital broadcast receiving apparatus and receiving method

• US 7,561,212 B2
• Filed: 07/09/2004
• Issued: 07/14/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Nakamura, Naohito
• Primary Examiner(s): LEE, MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US10/563,617
• Publication Number:
  US 20070060184A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,831 Days
• Field of Search: 348/725, 348/726, 348/731, 348/732, 348/733, 375/329, 375/279, 375/326, 375/332, 375224-226, 375/346, 375/338, 4552261-2264, 370/333, 370/332, 370/334, 714/49, 714/704
• US Class Current: 348/725
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/206 for modulated signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/22 Demodulator circuits; Receiver circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4382 Demodulation or channel decoding, e.g. QPSK demodulation analog front ends or means for connecting modulators, demodulators or transceivers to a transmission line H04L27/0002

Abstract

A factor in deterioration of receiving characteristics of an antenna is automatically determined and automatically improved. In an apparatus for receiving digital broadcast signal, when receiving the signal, a received signal sent from the antenna 1 is orthogonally detected to a baseband signal; an average value of amplitude in radial direction of signal points of phase mapping of the baseband signal is then measured to calculate a C/N value for the received signal; an average value of amplitude in circumferential direction of signal points of the phase mapping of the baseband signal is measured to calculate an amount of phase noise of the received signal; a bit-error rate of transport stream that is given by demodulating the baseband signal is then measured; a factor in deterioration for receiving characteristics of the antenna is determined based on these results; and a desired measure mode is set based on the determination result thereof.

Claims

1. An apparatus for receiving a digital broadcast signal that is available to receive a digital satellite broadcast signal via an antenna comprising:

a detecting circuit configured to orthogonally detect a received signal sent from the antenna to a baseband signal;

a carrier/noise (C/N)-value-calculating circuit configured to measure an average value of amplitude in a radial direction of signal points of phase mapping of the baseband signal obtained by the detecting circuit to calculate a carrier/noise ratio for the received signal;

a phase-noise-amount-calculating circuit configured to measure an average value of amplitude in a circumferential direction of signal points of the phase mapping of the baseband signal to calculate an amount of phase noise of the received signal;

a bit-error-rate-measuring circuit configured to measure a bit-error rate of transport stream that is given by demodulating the baseband signal;

a determining circuit configured to determine a factor in deterioration for receiving characteristics of the antenna based on results of the C/N-value-calculating circuit, the phase-noise-amount-calculating circuit, and the bit-error-rate-measuring circuit; and

a measure-mode-setting circuit configured to set a desired measure mode based on the determination result of the determining circuit.

2. The apparatus for receiving a digital broadcast signal according to claim 1 wherein the measure-mode-setting circuit is configured to set the desired measure mode to one of:

a first measure mode responding to a case where carrier/noise ratio is low;

a second measure mode for improving deterioration for receiving characteristics due to phase noise of local oscillator in a frequency converter accompanied with the antenna; and

a third measure mode for improving deterioration for receiving characteristics due to parasitic oscillation of the local oscillator in the frequency converter accompanied with the antenna.

4. The apparatus for receiving a digital broadcast signal according to claim 2 wherein the detecting circuit is configured to set a bandwidth of noise in the second measure mode to a value greater than a bandwidth of the noise in the first measure mode.

5. The apparatus for receiving a digital broadcast signal according to claim 2 wherein the detecting circuit is configured to set a bandwidth of noise in the third measure mode to a value greater than or equal to a bandwidth of the noise in the second measure mode.

6. The apparatus for receiving a digital broadcast signal according to claim 2 wherein the detecting circuit is configured to set a dumping factor in the second measure mode to a value greater than a dumping factor in the first measure mode.

7. The apparatus for receiving a digital broadcast signal according to claim 2 wherein the detecting circuit is configured to set a dumping factor in the third measure mode to a value greater than or equal to a dumping factor in the second measure mode.

3. A method for receiving a signal in an apparatus for receiving a digital broadcast signal that is available to receive a digital satellite broadcast signal via an antenna, the method comprising:

orthogonally detecting a received signal sent from the antenna to a baseband signal;

measuring an average value of amplitude in a radial direction of signal points of phase mapping of the baseband signal obtained in the orthogonally detecting to calculate a carrier/noise ratio for the received signal;

measuring an average value of amplitude in a circumferential direction of signal points of the phase mapping of the baseband signal to calculate an amount of phase noise of the received signal;

measuring a bit-error rate of transport stream that is given by demodulating the baseband signal;

determining a factor in deterioration for receiving characteristics of the antenna based on results of the measuring an average value of amplitude in a radial direction, measuring an average value of amplitude in a circumferential direction, and measuring a bit error rate; and

setting a desired measure mode based on the determination result of the determining.