Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Front-end integrated circuit for television receivers
- Patent Title (中): 电视接收机的前端集成电路
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Application No.: US11878751Application Date: 2007-07-26
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Publication No.: US08457574B2Publication Date: 2013-06-04
- Inventor: Ramon Gomez
- Applicant: Ramon Gomez
- Applicant Address: US CA Irvine
- Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
- Current Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Irvine
- Agency: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.L.L.C.
- Main IPC: H04H20/74
- IPC: H04H20/74 ; H04B1/18 ; H04B1/10

Abstract:
A tuner front-end circuit for processing a radio frequency (RF) signal includes a first filter block that terminates the RF signal for unwanted frequency bands; a second filter block that provides selectivity within the unterminated signal by separating the unterminated signal into a plurality of separate signals, each of a different desired frequency band; and an amplifier block that amplifies each of the separate signals. One or more of the amplified separate signals can be provided to a tuner. The circuit can also include a daisy chain output block that provides the amplified separate signals to one or more additional tuners. One or more tracking filter blocks can also be included to provide further selectivity to the amplified separate signals and to reject signals at specific harmonics to prevent degradation of a signal-to-noise ratio. A method of processing an RF signal is also presented.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080198269A1 Front-end integrated circuit for television receivers Public/Granted day:2008-08-21
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