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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8159620 | Receiver for different types of reception signals A receiver can handle different types of reception signals, such as, for example, TV and FM-radio signals. In the receiver, a mixer (MIX) mixes a reception signal with an oscillator signal (OOS) so as to obtain a mixer output signal (MOS), which comprises a frequenc... | 04/17/2012 |
| 7605873 | LCD TV capable of being used as a music station only An LCD TV capable of being used as a music station only, which can turn off the internal video decoder and the internal backlight power when the LCD TV only desires to output an audio. The LCD TV panel has a backlight control terminal with a first state and a second... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7466366 | TV tuner providing FM radio reception A TV receiver capable of producing audio output from an FM radio signal substitutes an oscillator (217) and mixer (218) with an output at the sound intercarrier frequency for the normal TV receiver split or quasi-split sound output (212) on FM r... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7420627 | Digital television broadcast signal receiver In a multi-directional antenna that is connected to a digital TV broadcast signal receiver, an RF amplifier in which its transmission gains are controlled is installed on the front of a tuner, a BER (BIT ERROR RATE) threshold is set as a reception determination stan... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421040 | Modem tuner A tuner includes a mixer which receive first and second inputs via a multiplexer in different frequency ranges from different sources such as cable and satellite. A local oscillator supplies signals via a bandswitch which switches the local oscillator frequency rang... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7414675 | Television tuner being capable of receiving FM broadcast signal A television tuner contains a mixer 1 to which a television signal or an FM broadcast signal is input and outputs an intermediate frequency signal based on the television signal or an intermediate frequency signal based on the FM broadcast signal, an intermed... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412009 | Apparatus and method for automatic performance control in a digital radio In digital radio technology, information channels describing the properties of the associated performance channel(s) are included in the broadcast band. The digital radio determines when selected signal groups are present in the information channels. Upon identifica... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408593 | Digital television broadcast signal receiver In a digital TV broadcast signal receiver connected to a multi-directional antenna called smart antenna, even when a user reshuffles a channel frequently, it is aimed to shorten a time delay between channel choice by the user and switching operation of the multi-dir... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7394504 | Television with the frequency modulation receiver The present invention concerns a television with the frequency modulation receiver. The sound demodulation method of the television as well as that of a FM radio is a way of frequency modulation. Therefore, the users may utilize the identical tuner, sound demodulati... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7388622 | Television tuner which can obtain sufficient receiving sensitivity even when receiving FM broadcasting signal First varactor diodes for changing tuning frequency are provided at tuning circuits, a second varactor diode for changing an oscillating frequency is provided at an oscillator, tuning voltages between both ends of the first varactor diodes become equal to the tuning... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7369184 | Digital broadcast receiving apparatus In a digital broadcast receiving apparatus, when a power source operation input is done by a user during execution of a starting sequence, a control part stops the execution of the starting sequence and counts the number of operations for a preset time. When the num... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363015 | Wide-frequency-range television tuner A television tuner includes a tuning circuit having two first varactor diodes for changing a tuning frequency, a mixer for converting a television signal to an intermediate frequency signal, an oscillator having a second varactor diode, and a PLL circuit for outputt... | 04/22/2008 |
| RE40241 | Communication system At the transmitter side, carrier waves are modulated according to an input signal for producing relevant signal points in a signal space diagram. The input signal is divided into, two, first and second, data streams. The signal points are divided into signal point g... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358885 | Mixing DAC architectures for a radio frequency receiver A receiver (300) includes a mixing digital-to-analog converter (DAC) (118A), a direct digital frequency synthesizer (DDFS) (132) and a dynamic element matching (DEM) circuit (304). A DAC of the mixing DAC (118A) is implemented as a... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349034 | Television tuner using integrated circuit An integrated circuit is provided with a power supply terminal and an external circuit connecting terminal which is DC insulated from an internal high-frequency circuit and is connected to an external circuit. An interface is provided with an address identifying cir... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7333155 | Quadratic video demodulation with baseband nyquist filter A television tuner is fully implemented on a monolithic integrated circuit. The television tuner includes a baseband SAWF function fully integrated in silicon. The SAWF function includes trap and bandpass filters. A video demodulation circuit includes an I, Q demodu... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7327406 | Methods and apparatus for implementing a receiver on a monolithic integrated circuit A monolithic integrated circuit includes a tuner and a SAW filter function. The tuner receives a radio frequency (RF) television signal that has a range of fundamental frequencies from 55 mega hertz (Mhz) to 880 Mhz. The tuner down converts the RF television signal ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7301581 | Television receiver and method for receiving broadcast signal A ground wave video signal is extracted by a ground wave video decoder from a ground wave broadcast signal received by a ground wave tuner. A BS program link information signal is extracted by a BS program link information decoder from a BS broadcast signal received... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301584 | Dual mode tuning arrangement In a local oscillator for a tuning arrangement for both TV and FM signals there is substantial risk of parasitic oscillation. A special provision is disclosed for effectively reducing this risk. The special provision is a connection of a damping resistor (R1 | 11/27/2007 |
| 7289780 | Band switchable type tuning circuit of television signal A band switchable type tuning circuit has first switch means interposed between a power supply Vcc and an anode of a switch diode, a first resistor whose one end is connected to a cathode of the switch diode, second switch means interposed between the other end of t... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286808 | Broadcast receiving system and broadcast receiving method In a broadcast receiving system, a first antenna receives a broadcast signal of a first frequency band and a second antenna receives a signal of a second frequency band different from the first frequency band. A frequency conversion unit converts the signal of the s... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7269399 | Receiver of double conversion system with antenna tuning with variable capacitance using digital-to-analog converter having temperature coefficient setting section A receiver of double conversion system wherein unwanted components included in received signals can be removed without fail and wherein the number of constituent parts has been reduced. The receiver comprises an antenna tuning circuit 10 including a tuning co... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7259800 | Television signal receiver with a universal output for surface-acoustic wave filters of different types The invention relates to a television signal receiver comprising a radio-frequency tuner (1) and at least one subsequent surface-acoustic wave filter (2), in which the radio-frequency tuner (1) filters a RF television signal applied to its input... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7231192 | High frequency receiver A high frequency receiver of the present invention has a mixer of which one input part is connected to an output part of a filter and the other input part is connected to an output part of a frequency-variable local oscillator, and an output terminal connected to an... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227591 | Apparatus and method for receiving television and radio broadcasting signals using a single tuner There is provided a combined TV and FM radio receiver for selectively receiving TV and FM radio signals via a single tuner using a digital intermediate frequency (IF) stage. The receiver includes a tuner that selects TV band or FM radio band signals and converts the... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224408 | Television tuner in which the number of integrated circuits can be reduced A television tuner contains a mixer 4 for converting a television signal into an intermediate frequency signal and outputting it, an intermediate frequency tuning circuit 5 for tuning the intermediate frequency signal, an intermediate frequency amplifi... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221412 | Digital broadcasting receiver and channel information registration processing method in digital broadcasting receiver Disclosed in a digital broadcasting receiver comprising first means for performing pre-scan processing for successively tuning in on channels previously set, to examine whether or not a received signal on each of the channels is of a predetermined quality or more, a... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218671 | Equalizer for a VSB receiver enabling equalizations using segment synchronization information An equalizer for a VSB receiver, which enables equalizations using segment synchronization information, has an extraction unit extracting the segment synchronization information included in the VSB broadcast signal, a storage unit storing the extracted segment synch... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215938 | Radio-frequency receiver and integrated circuit for use in receiver A radio-frequency (RF) receiver includes an input terminal for receiving RF signals in a first frequency band and a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band, a first tuned filter allowing a signal of a passing frequency in the RF signal in the first... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7209188 | Intermediate-frequency circuit having flat group delay characteristic An intermediate-frequency circuit includes a mixer for converting a received TV signal to an intermediate-frequency signal; an intermediate-frequency amplifier for amplifying the intermediate-frequency signal; an intermediate-frequency tuning circuit for tuning to t... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7190414 | Input circuit of television tuner in which interference caused by FM broadcasting signal is attenuated An object of the present invention is to switch a television signal or an FM broadcasting signal by a small number of active elements, to input the switched television signal or FM broadcasting signal to an input tuning circuit, to reduce loss in the television sign... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7151577 | Broadcast receiving system and method, and medium storing a broadcast reception control program For receiving a voice FM broadcast it has so far been necessary to separately provide an SAW filter and a voice intermediate frequency amplifier circuit and the freedom of circuit design has been limited. In the present invention there is used a variable filt... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7147475 | Personal computer lesson system using videophones In this system, an instructor's device for teaching how to operate a personal computer is bidirectionally connected to a student's device for learning how to operate a personal computer, via a communication line of various types. The instructor's device has a person... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7123309 | Television tuner suitable for demodulation of both analog signals and digital signals There are provided a mixer for subjecting entered digital television signals or analog television signals to frequency conversion into an intermediate frequency band and an intermediate frequency tuning circuit so configured as to enable tuning frequency to be switc... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7120407 | Receiver and its tracking adjusting method A receiver such that the period required for tracking adjustment, temperature compensation is not needed, and tracking errors due to fluctuation of the power supply voltage are prevented from increasing, and a tracking adjusting method for the receiver. A DAC 4 | 10/10/2006 |
| 7120404 | Radio reception system with automatic tuning A method and apparatus for operating a radio reception system, which comprises a plurality of receivers assigned to a common output device, in which one of the receivers is designated as audio receiver and is tuned to a frequency of a radio transmitter, and outputs ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7113523 | Data multiplexing device, program distribution system, program transmission system, pay broadcast system, program transmission method, conditional access system, and data reception device In a data multiplexing device which multiplexes and transmits the transport stream packets of program data consisting of a plurality of data elements constructed in the form of transport stream packets, a program distribution system, a program transmission system, a... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7106382 | Information processing system and information processing apparatus An information processing system and apparatus receiving a television broadcast includes: a direct receiving unit directly receiving television broadcast waves; an indirect receiving unit indirectly receiving the television broadcast waves; and a switching unit dete... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7102465 | Frequency discrete LC filter bank An inductive (“L”)-capacitive (“C”) filter bank has application for use in a television receiver. The LC filter includes inductors configured in at least one inductive (“L”) bank, and capacitors configured in at least one capacitive (“C”) bank. The i... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7088202 | Methods and apparatus for an improved discrete LC filter A discrete inductive-capacitive (LC) filter selects between at least two inductor banks to tune the LC filter. The filter receives an input signal that includes one or more bands of frequencies. A control signal selects a band of frequencies for processing. A first ... | 08/08/2006 |
