Title :
A Simple Down-Converter for the Direct Reception of Satellite Television Broadcasting
Author :
Berceli, T. ; Geleji, V. ; Juhász, K. ; Kolumbán, T.
Author_Institution :
Research Institute for Telecommunication, TKI 1026 Budapest, Gábor Ã\x81ron-u. 65. Hungary
Abstract :
For the direct reception of satellite television broad-casting, a simple and inexpensive down-converter has been developed utilizing fin-line techniques. Filter and mixer layout is on a common substrate connected to a free running Gunn local oscillator. Excellent transmission quality has been observed testing the down-converter in a complete receiver.
Keywords :
Circuits; Filters; Finline; Frequency; Local oscillators; Microstrip; Receiving antennas; Satellite broadcasting; TV broadcasting; TV receivers;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 1983. 13th European
Conference_Location :
Nurnberg, Germany
DOI :
10.1109/EUMA.1983.333227