WO1995019074A2 - High-frequency wideband tuner - Google Patents
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- WO1995019074A2 WO1995019074A2 PCT/IB1994/000422 IB9400422W WO9519074A2 WO 1995019074 A2 WO1995019074 A2 WO 1995019074A2 IB 9400422 W IB9400422 W IB 9400422W WO 9519074 A2 WO9519074 A2 WO 9519074A2
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- frequency
- bandpass filter
- tuner
- mixer stage
- oscillator
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04B—TRANSMISSION
- H04B1/00—Details of transmission systems, not covered by a single one of groups H04B3/00 - H04B13/00; Details of transmission systems not characterised by the medium used for transmission
- H04B1/06—Receivers
- H04B1/16—Circuits
- H04B1/26—Circuits for superheterodyne receivers
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
- H03J—TUNING RESONANT CIRCUITS; SELECTING RESONANT CIRCUITS
- H03J3/00—Continuous tuning
- H03J3/02—Details
- H03J3/06—Arrangements for obtaining constant bandwidth or gain throughout tuning range or ranges
- H03J3/08—Arrangements for obtaining constant bandwidth or gain throughout tuning range or ranges by varying a second parameter simultaneously with the tuning, e.g. coupling bandpass filter
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- the invention relates to a high-frequency wideband tuner for converting signals in an radio-frequency (r.f.) band that ranges from a frequency f(l) to a frequency f(2) in an intermediate frequency signal having a fixed frequency f(if), comprising a tunable r.f. bandpass filter, an oscillator and a mixer stage which has a first input for the output signal of the bandpass filter and a second input for the signal produced by the oscillator.
- the invention specifically relates to a tuner for signals transmitted by broadcasting satellites.
- Such a tuner is described in the article "Television Broadcasting from Satellites” by D.B. Spencer in Wireless World, March 1974, pp. 39-44. This article particularly relates to the problems with respect to image frequencies which may occur in this type of tuners.
- the frequency band used by the broadcasting satellites may currently range from 10.95 to 12.75 GHz and to date it is customary for this frequency band to be split up at the satellite antenna into a band from 10.95-11.7 GHz which is converted to an intermediate frequency band from 9.50-1700 MHz by a first low noise converter (LNC) whose oscillator has a 10 GHz frequency, and to a band from 11.7-12.75 GHz which is converted to an intermediate frequency band from 950-2000 MHz by a second low noise converter (LNC) whose oscillator has a 10.75 GHz frequency.
- LNC low noise converter
- the two intermediate frequency bands thus obtained are applied to a tuner having a tuning range from 950-2000 MHz which produces for its output signal the television signal transmitted by the satellite.
- a tuner is to be used which can cover this range completely and which can convert the signal in this band to a second intermediate frequency signal having a frequency of, for example, 479.5 MHz (the second intermediate frequency determined to be used in Europe).
- Such a tuner is unavailable for the moment and, with a conventional design for a tuner, cannot be realised either, because the oscillator of such a conventional tuner would have to have a frequency range from 1429.5-3229.5 MHz, which is even hard to realise with three varicaps, but would also have to contain a tunable bandpass filter for the range from 950-2750 MHz, which cannot (yet) be realised with the techniques currently available.
- Another option is to provide a twofold tuner comprising two bandpass filters, two mixer stages and two oscillators, in which there are adjacent frequency ranges and they together cover the desired frequency band. Obviously, such a solution is extra costly due to the twofold configuration of a number of high-frequency circuits which are costly by themselves.
- the invention comprises a tuner of said type,
- the invention is based on the recognition that an oscillator having a limited frequency range (about 2xf(if)) can be used in combination with a pair of tunable bandpass filters which have each a limited frequency range, if the output signal of the first bandpass filter is converted to the desired intermediate frequency signal by the implementation of the double heterodyne principle and the output signal of the second bandpass filter is converted to the same intermediate frequency signal by the implementation of the single heterodyne principle.
- Reference character 1 in the drawing Figure denotes a satellite dish antenna arranged for receiving television signals in a frequency band, for example, from 10.95 GHz to 12.75 GHz.
- the signal received by antenna 1 is applied via an amplifier 2 to a first input of a mixer stage i.e. mixer 3, whose second input receives the output signal of an oscillator 4 which has, for example, a fixed frequency of 10 GHz.
- the amplifier 2, mixer 3 and oscillator 4 together form a low noise converter LNC 5.
- the output signal of the LNC 5 which then has a frequency range from 950-2750 MHz, is applied to a tuner according to the invention, which tuner as a whole is denoted by reference character 6.
- the tuner 6 comprises a first tunable bandpass filter 7 and a second tunable bandpass filter 8.
- the output signal of either filter 7 or 8 may be applied via switch 9 to a first input of a mixer 10 whose second input receives the output signal of the tunable oscillator 11.
- the output signal 12 of the mixer 10 forms the desired intermediate frequency output signal which may further be converted to the desired television signal by a conventional intermediate frequency stage.
- tuner 6 will be clarified with a numerical example, there being emphasized that the frequencies to be mentioned below, but also mentioned previously, are given merely for explanatory purposes and that the tuner according to the invention can be used in all those cases where there is a need for a tuner having such a large frequency range that cannot be covered at all or only in an economically unattractive manner with a conventional tuner.
- the signal produced by the LNC 5 and having a frequency range from 950-2750 MHz is applied to the filters 7 and 8. It is assumed that the filter 7 has a tuning range from 950-1850 MHz and the filter 8 a tuning range from 1850-2750 MHz.
- the transition frequency of 1850 MHz may also be, for example, 1750 or 2000 MHz. If the first terminal of mixer 10 is connected to the output of filter 7 via switch 9, the oscillator frequency is varied in a conventional manner from 1429.5 to 2329.5 MHz i.e. the second intermediate frequency, 479.5 MHz, above the 950-1850 MHz tuning range so as to convert this frequency band to the second intermediate frequency by implementing the double heterodyne principle.
- the oscillator frequency is varied from 1370.5 to 2270.5 MHz i.e. the second intermediate frequency, 479.5 MHz, below the 1850-2750 MHz tuning range so as to convert this frequency band to the second intermediate frequency by implementing the single heterodyne principle.
- the oscillator 11 needs to have only a frequency range from 1370.5-2329.5 MHz which can easily be realised with an oscillator comprising a varicap, so that still the whole frequency range from 950-2750 MHz can be covered.
- Either of the tunable filters 7 and 8 has a limited frequency range too, so that these filters too can be realised simply and economically.
- the television signal available in the frequency band from 1850-2750 MHz is inverted relative to the signal from the other, lower, frequency band which is converted in a conventional manner.
- this problem may simply be solved by including an inverter circuit in the signal path downstream of the tuner, which inverter circuit is then only activated if filter 8 applies its output signal in the high-frequency band to the mixer 10.
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EP95901580A EP0686318A1 (en) | 1993-12-24 | 1994-12-14 | High-frequency wideband tuner |
JP7518390A JPH08507431A (en) | 1993-12-24 | 1994-12-14 | High frequency broadband tuner |
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EP93203679.1 | 1993-12-24 | ||
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US4234965A (en) * | 1978-06-28 | 1980-11-18 | Motorola, Inc. | Communication tuning system utilizing local oscillator frequency selection for maximum RF filter bandwidth and method thereof |
EP0534278A1 (en) * | 1991-09-26 | 1993-03-31 | THOMSON multimedia | High frequency converter |
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- 1994-12-14 EP EP95901580A patent/EP0686318A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1994-12-14 JP JP7518390A patent/JPH08507431A/en active Pending
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DE2651300A1 (en) * | 1975-11-11 | 1977-05-18 | Sony Corp | CHANNEL SELECTION |
US4234965A (en) * | 1978-06-28 | 1980-11-18 | Motorola, Inc. | Communication tuning system utilizing local oscillator frequency selection for maximum RF filter bandwidth and method thereof |
EP0534278A1 (en) * | 1991-09-26 | 1993-03-31 | THOMSON multimedia | High frequency converter |
EP0555132A1 (en) * | 1992-02-05 | 1993-08-11 | Alcatel Telspace | Wide band superheterodyne receiver |
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PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 6, no. 99 (E-111) & JP 57 031 235 A (HITACHI DENSHI K.K.) 19 February 1982 * |
Cited By (4)
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EP1162740A1 (en) * | 2000-06-08 | 2001-12-12 | THOMSON multimedia | Radiofrequency transmitter and/or receiver |
FR2810173A1 (en) * | 2000-06-08 | 2001-12-14 | Thomson Multimedia Sa | RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSMISSION AND / OR RECEPTION DEVICE |
US7274919B2 (en) | 2000-06-08 | 2007-09-25 | Thomson Licensing | Radiofrequency transmitter and/or receiver |
WO2005101680A1 (en) * | 2004-04-19 | 2005-10-27 | Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. | Device for exchanging ultra wide band signals |
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