EP1603189A1 - Broadcast receiver - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to, for example, a broadcast receiver appropriate for use in a portable broadcast receiver and the like to receive terrestrial digital broadcasting.
- terrestrial digital broadcasting has been putting in practical use.
- This terrestrial digital broadcasting provides low data rate broadcasting, so-called mobile broadcasting, one segment broadcasting, mainly to a mobile object such as a portable broadcast receiving terminal as a service object.
- the terrestrial digital broadcasting uses a broadcast frequency lower in frequency and longer in wavelength than those of a frequency of a mobile telephone. Therefore, a broadcast receiving terminal for receiving the mobile broadcasting requires measures to efficiently receive an electric wave with a long wavelength while moving.
- Jpn. Pat. Appln. KOKAI 2002-299933 and U.S. patent No. 6,614,401 disclose configurations that realizes miniaturization and broadening of frequency by providing a non-feed radiation electrode for generating a double resonance state to an electrode structure of an antenna of which the ground unit of a mounted substrate also performs an antenna operation by being energized by an antenna operation of a feed radiation electrode.
- an object of the invention is to provide a broadcast receiver capable of maintaining high receiving performance even in a low frequency without deteriorating miniaturization.
- a broadcast receiver comprising: a housing; a dipole antenna composed of a first antenna element arranged in a loop shape inside the housing and a second antenna element arranged in parallel with the first antenna element so that a direction where a current in the housing flows becomes same as that of the first antenna element; and a receiving circuit to be supplied a broadcast signal received through the dipole antenna.
- FIG. 1 shows an external appearance of a broadcast receiving terminal 11 to be explained in a first embodiment of the invention.
- the receiving terminal 11 has a portable housing 12 shaped in a thin box.
- One plane section 12a of the housing 12 of the receiving terminal 11 has a display unit 13 and an operation unit 14, and one side face 12b of the housing 12 has a connector 15 for sound outputting so as to connect a headphone or the like.
- the receiving terminal 11 receives a broadcast signal through a dipole antenna 16 incorporated in the housing 12 and performs tuning, demodulation processing and the like by supplying the received signal to a receiving circuit 17.
- a first antenna element 16a composing the dipole antenna 16 is arranged so that one end of the first antenna element 16a is connected to the receiving circuit 17 and the other end thereof forms a loop along an inner wall of the housing 12.
- a second antenna element 16b composing the dipole antenna 16 is arranged in parallel with the first antenna element 16a in a manner that one end of the second antenna element 16b is connected to the receiving circuit 17 and the other end thereof forms a loop in the reverse direction to the first antenna element 16a.
- the dipole antenna 16 can make an antenna length long and sufficiently respond to a low frequency without deteriorating miniaturization.
- the first and the second antenna elements 16a, 16b are arranged in parallel with each other so as to form loops in reverse directions with each other. Thereby, at paralleled parts of the first and the second antenna elements 16a, 16b, currents flow in the same direction as shown by an arrow "a" and affect to increase each other, so that the dipole antenna 16 can enhance its receiving performance.
- FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 show external appearances of a broadcast receiving terminal 18 to be explained in the second embodiment.
- the receiving terminal 18 rotatably connects two housings 19, 20 with thin box shapes by a hinge mechanism 21.
- the receiving terminal 18 can take a folded position in which a housing 19 and a housing 20 are overlapped with each other as shown in FIG. 3 and take a developed position as shown in FIG. 4 by rotating the housings 19, 20 around a Y axis as a center by the hinge mechanism 21.
- the housing 19 is provided with a display unit 22 on a surface 19a facing the housing 20 in the folded position. Furthermore, the housing 20 is provided with an operation unit 23 on a surface 20a facing the housing 19 in the folded position. One side face 20b of the housing 20 is also provided with a connector 24 for a sound output to connect a headphone, etc.
- the receiving terminal 18 receives a broadcast signal through a dipole antenna 25 incorporated in one housing 19 and performs tuning, demodulation processing and, etc., by supplying the received signal to a receiving circuit 26.
- a dipole antenna 25 is arranged, in which one end of a first antenna element 25a composing the dipole antenna 25 is connected to the receiving circuit 26 and the other end thereof is shaped in a loop along an inner wall of the housing 19.
- a second antenna element 25b composing the dipole antenna 25 is arranged in parallel with the first antenna element 25a so that one end of the antenna element 25b is connected to the receiving circuit 26 and the other end thereof forms a loop in the reverse direction to the first antenna element 25a.
- the dipole antenna 25 can make an antenna length long and sufficiently respond to a low frequency without deteriorating miniaturization.
- the first and the second antenna elements 25a, 25b are arranged in parallel with each other so as to form loops in reverse directions with each other. Thereby, at paralleled parts of the first and the second antenna elements 25a, 25b, currents flow in the same direction as shown by an arrow "b" and affect to increase each other, so that the dipole antenna 25 can enhance its receiving performance.
- the dipole antenna 25 and the receiving circuit 26 may be provided in the housing 20.
- FIG. 6 shows a third embodiment of the invention.
- the first antenna element 25a extended from the receiving circuit 26 incorporated in the housing 19 is arranged so as to form a loop along an inner wall of the housing 20.
- the second antenna element 25b extended from the receiving circuit 26 is arranged so as to form a loop along an inner wall of the housing 19.
- the display unit 22 of the housing 19 and an operation unit 23 (not shown in FIG. 11) of the housing 19 can be faced in reverse directions with each other by rotating the housing 20 by 180 degree around an X axis as a center from the developed position shown in FIG. 4.
- the two housings 19, 20 may be also folded from this developed position.
- the housings 19, 20 can rotate in a plurality of directions by increasing the number of axes of the hinge mechanism 21.
- the housing 20 it is possible for the housing 20 to rotate from the developed position in which the housing 20 is rotated by 180 degree around a Y axis as a center to the housing 19 shown in FIG. 4 to the position in which the housing 20 is rotated by 90 degree around an X axis as a center as shown in FIG. 9 and further rotate to the position in which the housing 20 is rotated by 90 degree around a z axis as a center.
- the housing 20 slides from the developed position shown in FIG. 4 by its thickness in a direction of the z axis and rotates by 180 degree around the z axis as a center from the slid position.
- the housings 19, 20 can be overlapped so as to make the surface 19a with the display unit 22 of the housing 19 is disposed thereon and a surface on its opposed side and the surface 20a with the operation unit 23 of the housing 20 disposed thereon face with one another.
- the first and the second antenna elements 25a, 25b in the folded position are sometimes not arranged in parallel with each other in reverse directions and, in contrast, they are arranged in parallel with each other in the same direction.
- first and the second antenna elements 25a, 25b can not be folded so that they are put in parallel by loops having the same direction and to promote a user to put marks on side faces of the housings 19, 20 and fold the housings 19, 20 in order to each mark come into matching with each other.
- each housing 19, 20 can be made thinner by respectively arranging the first and the second antenna elements 25a, 25b composing the dipole antenna 25 inside the two housings 19, 20 connected rotatably.
- the first and the second antenna elements 25a, 25b are arranged in parallel while forming a loop oppositely in direction to each other. Therefore, at the section where the first and the second antenna elements 25a, 25b are paralleled with each other, currents flow in the same direction and affect to increase each other, so that the dipole antenna 25 can enhance its receiving performance.
- the first and the second antenna elements 25a, 25b composing the dipole antenna 25 are respectively arranged inside the two housings 19, 20 connected rotatably. Thereby, a V-shaped dipole antenna 25 can be formed by varying the opening angle formed by the housing 19 and 20.
- the V-shaped dipole antenna 25 can enhance directivity in an opening end direction of a V shape. Accordingly, the dipole antenna 25 can obtain higher receiving performance by facing the V-shaped opening end toward an incoming direction of an electric wave by adjusting the opening angle formed by the housings 19 and 20.
- the dipole antenna 25 is normally set to achieve matching in the case that the opening angle formed by the housings 19 and 20 is set to 180 degree as shown in FIG. 6, that is, in the state that the first and the second antenna elements 25a, 25b are put on a straight line.
- FIG. 8 shows an example of a means for correcting the deviation in the resonant frequency resulting from the forming of the V-shaped dipole antenna 25. That is, the matching circuit 29 corrects the deviation in the resonant frequency of the broadcast signal received at the dipole antenna 25 by controlling the matching circuit 29 on the basis of a detection result from an angle detector 28 detecting the opening angle of the dipole antenna 25 and supplies the corrected signal to the receiving circuit 26.
- the matching circuit 29 is composed of, for example, variable coils connected in series and can correct the deviation in resonant frequency by varying inductance of the variable coils in response to the opening angle of the dipole antenna 25.
- the resonant frequency becomes higher as the opening angle formed by the first and the second antenna elements 25a and 25b is made narrower from the position of the matching.
- the matching circuit 29 can correct the deviation in resonant frequency by increasing the inductance of the variable coils as the opening angle formed by the first and the second antenna elements 25a and 25b becomes narrow.
- the angle detector 28 for example, by varying the opening angle formed by the housings 19 and the 20 step by step in a rage form 0 degree to 180 degree, a method of detecting that which step is currently set, a method of having a slide resister, etc., varying a resistance value in response to the opening angle formed by the housings 19 and 20 and detecting its resistance value or the like can be considered.
- the invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described herein without any change, and the invention can be brought into shape by varying constituent elements without departing from the sprit and the scope of the invention.
- a variety of inventions can be achieved by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the embodiment described herein. For example, it is preferable that some constituent elements to be eliminated from the whole of the constituent elements shown in the embodiments. Furthermore, it is preferable to appropriately combine the constituent elements relevant to different embodiments.
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Abstract
An broadcast receiver has a housing (12), a dipole
antenna (16) composed of a first antenna element (16a)
arranged in a loop shape inside the housing (12) and a
second antenna element (16b) arranged in parallel with
the first antenna element (16a) so that a direction
where a current in the housing (12) flows becomes same
as that of the first antenna element (16a), and a
receiving circuit (17) to be supplied a broadcast
signal received through the dipole antenna (16).
Description
The present invention relates to, for example, a
broadcast receiver appropriate for use in a portable
broadcast receiver and the like to receive terrestrial
digital broadcasting.
As is commonly known, in recent years, terrestrial
digital broadcasting has been putting in practical use.
This terrestrial digital broadcasting provides low data
rate broadcasting, so-called mobile broadcasting, one
segment broadcasting, mainly to a mobile object such as
a portable broadcast receiving terminal as a service
object.
By the way, the terrestrial digital broadcasting
uses a broadcast frequency lower in frequency and
longer in wavelength than those of a frequency of a
mobile telephone. Therefore, a broadcast receiving
terminal for receiving the mobile broadcasting requires
measures to efficiently receive an electric wave with a
long wavelength while moving.
Jpn. Pat. Appln. KOKAI 2002-299933 and U.S. patent
No. 6,614,401 disclose configurations that realizes
miniaturization and broadening of frequency by providing
a non-feed radiation electrode for generating a
double resonance state to an electrode structure of an
antenna of which the ground unit of a mounted substrate
also performs an antenna operation by being energized
by an antenna operation of a feed radiation electrode.
However, both of these two patent documents
describe about mobile telephones and do not at all
describe about the measures especially suitable for
receiving of the mobile broadcasting in a lower
frequency than that of the mobile telephone.
In view of the foregoing, an object of the
invention is to provide a broadcast receiver capable of
maintaining high receiving performance even in a low
frequency without deteriorating miniaturization.
According to one aspect of the present invention,
there is a broadcast receiver comprising: a housing; a
dipole antenna composed of a first antenna element
arranged in a loop shape inside the housing and a
second antenna element arranged in parallel with the
first antenna element so that a direction where a
current in the housing flows becomes same as that of
the first antenna element; and a receiving circuit to
be supplied a broadcast signal received through the
dipole antenna.
This summary of the invention does not necessarily
describe all necessary features so that the invention
may also be a sub-combination of these described
features.
The invention can be more fully understood from
the following detailed description when taken in
conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the invention will
be explained in detail by referring drawings. FIG. 1
shows an external appearance of a broadcast receiving
terminal 11 to be explained in a first embodiment of
the invention. The receiving terminal 11 has a portable
housing 12 shaped in a thin box.
One plane section 12a of the housing 12 of the
receiving terminal 11 has a display unit 13 and an
operation unit 14, and one side face 12b of the housing
12 has a connector 15 for sound outputting so as to
connect a headphone or the like.
Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the receiving terminal
11 receives a broadcast signal through a dipole antenna
16 incorporated in the housing 12 and performs tuning,
demodulation processing and the like by supplying the
received signal to a receiving circuit 17.
In this case, a first antenna element 16a composing
the dipole antenna 16 is arranged so that one end
of the first antenna element 16a is connected to the
receiving circuit 17 and the other end thereof forms a
loop along an inner wall of the housing 12.
A second antenna element 16b composing the dipole
antenna 16 is arranged in parallel with the first
antenna element 16a in a manner that one end of the
second antenna element 16b is connected to the
receiving circuit 17 and the other end thereof forms a
loop in the reverse direction to the first antenna
element 16a.
Since the first and the second antenna elements
16a, 16b composing the dipole antenna 16 are arranged
in a loop shape along the inner wall of the housing 12,
the dipole antenna 16 can make an antenna length long
and sufficiently respond to a low frequency without
deteriorating miniaturization.
The first and the second antenna elements 16a, 16b
are arranged in parallel with each other so as to form
loops in reverse directions with each other. Thereby,
at paralleled parts of the first and the second antenna
elements 16a, 16b, currents flow in the same direction
as shown by an arrow "a" and affect to increase each
other, so that the dipole antenna 16 can enhance its
receiving performance.
Next, a second embodiment of the invention will be
explained. FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 show external appearances
of a broadcast receiving terminal 18 to be explained in
the second embodiment. The receiving terminal 18
rotatably connects two housings 19, 20 with thin box
shapes by a hinge mechanism 21.
In this case, the receiving terminal 18 can take a
folded position in which a housing 19 and a housing 20
are overlapped with each other as shown in FIG. 3 and
take a developed position as shown in FIG. 4 by rotating
the housings 19, 20 around a Y axis as a center by
the hinge mechanism 21.
The housing 19 is provided with a display unit 22
on a surface 19a facing the housing 20 in the folded
position. Furthermore, the housing 20 is provided with
an operation unit 23 on a surface 20a facing the
housing 19 in the folded position. One side face 20b
of the housing 20 is also provided with a connector 24
for a sound output to connect a headphone, etc.
As shown in FIG. 5, the receiving terminal 18
receives a broadcast signal through a dipole antenna 25
incorporated in one housing 19 and performs tuning,
demodulation processing and, etc., by supplying the
received signal to a receiving circuit 26.
In this case, a dipole antenna 25 is arranged, in
which one end of a first antenna element 25a composing
the dipole antenna 25 is connected to the receiving
circuit 26 and the other end thereof is shaped in a
loop along an inner wall of the housing 19.
A second antenna element 25b composing the dipole
antenna 25 is arranged in parallel with the first
antenna element 25a so that one end of the antenna
element 25b is connected to the receiving circuit 26
and the other end thereof forms a loop in the reverse
direction to the first antenna element 25a.
Since the first and the second antenna elements
25a, 25b composing the dipole antenna 25 are arranged
in a loop shape along the inner wall of the housing 19,
the dipole antenna 25 can make an antenna length long
and sufficiently respond to a low frequency without
deteriorating miniaturization.
The first and the second antenna elements 25a, 25b
are arranged in parallel with each other so as to form
loops in reverse directions with each other. Thereby,
at paralleled parts of the first and the second antenna
elements 25a, 25b, currents flow in the same direction
as shown by an arrow "b" and affect to increase each
other, so that the dipole antenna 25 can enhance its
receiving performance.
It is obvious that the dipole antenna 25 and the
receiving circuit 26 may be provided in the housing 20.
FIG. 6 shows a third embodiment of the invention.
Referring now to FIG. 6 in which like elements in
FIG. 5 are given like reference marks, the first
antenna element 25a extended from the receiving circuit
26 incorporated in the housing 19 is arranged so as to
form a loop along an inner wall of the housing 20. The
second antenna element 25b extended from the receiving
circuit 26 is arranged so as to form a loop along an
inner wall of the housing 19.
As shown in FIG. 11, the display unit 22 of the
housing 19 and an operation unit 23 (not shown in
FIG. 11) of the housing 19 can be faced in reverse
directions with each other by rotating the housing 20
by 180 degree around an X axis as a center from the
developed position shown in FIG. 4. The two housings
19, 20 may be also folded from this developed position.
In the case that two housings 19, 20 are rotatably
coupled by the hinge mechanism 21, the housings 19, 20
can rotate in a plurality of directions by increasing
the number of axes of the hinge mechanism 21. For
example, it is possible for the housing 20 to rotate
from the developed position in which the housing 20 is
rotated by 180 degree around a Y axis as a center to
the housing 19 shown in FIG. 4 to the position in which
the housing 20 is rotated by 90 degree around an X axis
as a center as shown in FIG. 9 and further rotate to
the position in which the housing 20 is rotated by
90 degree around a z axis as a center.
Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 12, the housing 20
slides from the developed position shown in FIG. 4 by
its thickness in a direction of the z axis and rotates
by 180 degree around the z axis as a center from the
slid position. Thereby, the housings 19, 20 can be
overlapped so as to make the surface 19a with the
display unit 22 of the housing 19 is disposed thereon
and a surface on its opposed side and the surface 20a
with the operation unit 23 of the housing 20 disposed
thereon face with one another.
As shown in FIG. 9 to FIG. 12, if the housings 19,
20 are structured so as to take a variety of rotatable
positions, the first and the second antenna elements
25a, 25b in the folded position are sometimes not
arranged in parallel with each other in reverse directions
and, in contrast, they are arranged in parallel
with each other in the same direction.
In such a case, at the sections in which the first
and the second antenna elements 25a, 25b are in
parallel with each other, such effect that currents
flow in reverse directions and enhance each other can
not be achieved.
Thus, it is required to achieve a structure by
which the first and the second antenna elements 25a,
25b can not be folded so that they are put in parallel
by loops having the same direction and to promote a
user to put marks on side faces of the housings 19, 20
and fold the housings 19, 20 in order to each mark come
into matching with each other.
As mentioned above, each housing 19, 20 can be
made thinner by respectively arranging the first and
the second antenna elements 25a, 25b composing the
dipole antenna 25 inside the two housings 19, 20
connected rotatably.
In the position with two housings 19, 20 folded
therein, the first and the second antenna elements 25a,
25b are arranged in parallel while forming a loop
oppositely in direction to each other. Therefore, at
the section where the first and the second antenna
elements 25a, 25b are paralleled with each other,
currents flow in the same direction and affect to
increase each other, so that the dipole antenna 25 can
enhance its receiving performance.
In the case that lengths of the first and the
second antenna elements 25a, 25b are set 1/4 of a
wavelength of the received signal, the most
advantageous gain can be obtained for the dipole
antenna 25.
However, as shown in FIG. 7, it becomes possible
to obtain performance equivalent to a dipole antenna
with a whole length of λ/2 even if the lengths of the
first and the second antenna elements 25a, 25b are set
shorter than λ/4 by inserting a matching circuit 27
composed of a coil and the like between the dipole
antenna 25 and the receiving circuit 26. This fact
also goes same in the first and the second embodiments.
The first and the second antenna elements 25a, 25b
composing the dipole antenna 25 are respectively
arranged inside the two housings 19, 20 connected
rotatably. Thereby, a V-shaped dipole antenna 25 can
be formed by varying the opening angle formed by the
housing 19 and 20.
It is known for the V-shaped dipole antenna 25 to
enhance directivity in an opening end direction of a V
shape. Accordingly, the dipole antenna 25 can obtain
higher receiving performance by facing the V-shaped
opening end toward an incoming direction of an electric
wave by adjusting the opening angle formed by the
housings 19 and 20.
The dipole antenna 25 is normally set to achieve
matching in the case that the opening angle formed by
the housings 19 and 20 is set to 180 degree as shown in
FIG. 6, that is, in the state that the first and the
second antenna elements 25a, 25b are put on a straight
line.
Whereby, in the case of forming the v-shaped
dipole antenna 25 resulting from change in opening
angle formed by the housings 19 and 20, it becomes
possible to improve the receiving performance by
correcting a deviation in resonant frequency caused by
the change in opening angle.
FIG. 8 shows an example of a means for correcting
the deviation in the resonant frequency resulting from
the forming of the V-shaped dipole antenna 25. That
is, the matching circuit 29 corrects the deviation in
the resonant frequency of the broadcast signal received
at the dipole antenna 25 by controlling the matching
circuit 29 on the basis of a detection result from an
angle detector 28 detecting the opening angle of the
dipole antenna 25 and supplies the corrected signal to
the receiving circuit 26.
The matching circuit 29 is composed of, for
example, variable coils connected in series and can
correct the deviation in resonant frequency by varying
inductance of the variable coils in response to the
opening angle of the dipole antenna 25.
More specifically, when achieving the matching in
the state of arrangement of the first and the second
antenna elements 25a, 25b in the straight line, the
resonant frequency becomes higher as the opening angle
formed by the first and the second antenna elements 25a
and 25b is made narrower from the position of the
matching.
Whereby, the matching circuit 29 can correct the
deviation in resonant frequency by increasing the
inductance of the variable coils as the opening angle
formed by the first and the second antenna elements 25a
and 25b becomes narrow.
As for the angle detector 28, for example, by
varying the opening angle formed by the housings 19 and
the 20 step by step in a rage form 0 degree to
180 degree, a method of detecting that which step is
currently set, a method of having a slide resister,
etc., varying a resistance value in response to the
opening angle formed by the housings 19 and 20 and
detecting its resistance value or the like can be
considered.
It is possible for the matching circuit 27 shown
in FIG. 7 and the matching circuit 29 shown in FIG. 8
to be shared.
It is our intention that the invention is not
limited to the specific embodiments described herein
without any change, and the invention can be brought
into shape by varying constituent elements without
departing from the sprit and the scope of the
invention. A variety of inventions can be achieved by
appropriately combining a plurality of constituent
elements disclosed in the embodiment described herein.
For example, it is preferable that some constituent
elements to be eliminated from the whole of the
constituent elements shown in the embodiments.
Furthermore, it is preferable to appropriately combine
the constituent elements relevant to different
embodiments.
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- A broadcast receiver characterized by comprising:housings (12, 19, 20);a dipole antenna (16, 25) composed of a first antenna element (16a, 25a) arranged in a loop shape inside the housings (12, 19, 20) and a second antenna element (16b, 25b) paralleled with the first antenna element (16a, 25a) so that directions where currents in the housings (12, 19, 20) flow become same as that of the first antenna element (16a, 25a); anda receiving circuit (17, 26) to be supplied a broadcast signal received through the dipole antenna (16, 25).
- The broadcast receiver according to claim 1, characterized in that a display unit (13, 22), an operation unit (14, 23) and a terminal for a sound output (15, 24) are provided in the housings (12, 19, 20).
- The broadcast receiver according to claim 1, characterized in that
the housings (19, 20) are composed of the rotatably connected first and the second housings (19, 20), and
the first and the second antenna elements (25a, 25b) are provided in the first housing (19). - The broadcast receiver according to claim 1, characterized in that
the housings (19, 20) are composed of the first and the second housings (19, 20) rotatably connected to be positioned in such a position that the housings (19, 20) overlap with each other, and
the first antenna element (25a) is arranged in the first housing (19) and the second housings (19, 20) is arranged inside the second housing (20) so that a direction where a current in the second antenna element (25b) flows becomes same as that of the first antenna element (25a) at the folded position of the first and the second housings (19, 20). - The broadcast receiver according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that
a display unit (22) is provided in one of the first or the second housing (19, 20) and the operation unit (23) is provided in the other. - The broadcast receiver according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that
the first and the second housings (19, 20) are rotatably supported around a plurality of axes as centers, respectively. - The broadcast receiver according to claim 3 or 4, characterized by further comprising
a matching circuit (27) shortening lengths of the first and the second antenna elements (25a, 26b) composing the dipole antenna (25). - The broadcast receiver according to claim 4, characterized by further comprising:an angle detection circuit (28) detecting an opening angle formed by the first antenna element (25a) and the second antenna element (25b); anda matching circuit (29) correcting deviation in a resonant frequency from a matching state of the dipole antenna (25) on the basis of a detection result from the angle detection circuit (28).
- The broadcast receiver according to claim 1, characterized in that
the dipole antenna (16, 25) is set so as to respond to receiving of mobile broadcasting.
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