• DocumentCode
    812729
  • Title

    New system approach to TV tuner design

  • Author

    Maier, Gerd M.

  • Author_Institution
    Thomson Consumer Electron. R&D Lab., Villingen, West Germany
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    8/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    403
  • Lastpage
    406
  • Abstract
    A new tuner design approach which leads to a two-band tuner, using only VHF varactor diodes and a discrete mixer/oscillator in each band is presented. This tuner provides performance equal to or better than that of today´s three- or four-band tuners, with much reduced component costs. This approach allows improved RF filter selectivity in the UHF and VHF bands, thus allowing a simple mixer design due to selectivity protection. A schematic diagram of the tuner is presented
  • Keywords
    mixers (circuits); radiofrequency filters; radiofrequency oscillators; television receivers; tuning; varactors; RF filter selectivity; TV tuner design; UHF; VHF varactor diodes; discrete mixer/oscillator; two-band tuner; Filters; Inductance; Oscillators; Preamplifiers; Radio frequency; Schottky diodes; TV; Tuners; Tuning; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0098-3063
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/30.103151
  • Filename
    103151