Receiving apparatus and receiving method for receiving broadcasting waves of different frequency bands

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9337945-B2
Application number	US-201214007248-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 23, 2012
Priority date	Mar 31, 2011
Publication date	May 10, 2016
Grant date	May 10, 2016

Abstract

A first high frequency processing unit detects a first broadcasting wave transmitted using a first frequency band, and extracts a first high frequency signal. Further, a second high frequency processing unit detects a second broadcasting wave transmitted using a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, and extracts a second high frequency signal. Furthermore, at least one local oscillator generates a local oscillation signal used in the first high frequency processing unit and the second high frequency processing unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A receiving apparatus comprising:
a first high frequency processing unit that detects a first broadcasting wave transmitted using a first frequency band, and extracts a first high frequency signal;
a second high frequency processing unit that detects a second broadcasting wave transmitted using a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, and extracts a second high frequency signal;
at least one local oscillator that generates a local oscillation signal used in the first high frequency processing unit and the second high frequency processing unit; and
a first switch unit that switches between the first high frequency processing unit and the second high frequency processing unit, wherein one of the first high frequency processing unit and the second high frequency processing unit is set to a power-off mode based on the switching.

2. The receiving apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one local oscillator is configured with a fractional-N PLL circuit.

3. The receiving apparatus according to claim 2 , comprising:
a control unit that switches a connection point of the first switch unit to a high frequency processing unit receiving a broadcasting wave,
wherein the at least one local oscillator supplies the local oscillation signal to the high frequency processing unit selected by the first switch unit between the first high frequency processing unit and the second high frequency processing unit.

4. The receiving apparatus according to claim 3 ,
wherein the control unit sets one of the first high frequency processing unit and the second high frequency processing unit, not selected by the first switch unit to the power-off mode.

5. The receiving apparatus according to claim 4 , comprising:
a first output amplifier that amplifies the local oscillation signal generated by the local oscillator and outputs the amplified local oscillation signal to the first high frequency processing unit; and
a second output amplifier that amplifies the local oscillation signal and outputs the amplified local oscillation signal to the second high frequency processing unit,
wherein, when the power-off mode is set, the control unit performs control of interrupting supply of electric current to processing units other than the first output amplifier or the second output amplifier among respective processing units of the high frequency processing unit set to the power-off mode between the first high frequency processing unit and the second high frequency processing unit.

6. The receiving apparatus according to claim 5 ,
wherein the control unit applies a fixed predetermined constant bias voltage to the first output amplifier and the second output amplifier, and
wherein, when the power-off mode is set, the control unit causes the bias voltage to an output amplifier set to the power-off mode between the first output amplifier and the second output amplifier to be output as an output voltage from the output amplifier.

7. The receiving apparatus according to claim 6 , comprising:
a first output buffer amplifier that amplifies the local oscillation signal output from a frequency divider in the local oscillator, and outputs the amplified local oscillation signal to the first high frequency processing unit;
a second output buffer amplifier that amplifies the local oscillation signal output from the frequency divider, and outputs the amplified local oscillation signal to the second high frequency processing unit; and
a second switch unit that selects one of the first output buffer amplifier and the second output buffer amplifier, and connects the selected output buffer amplifier to a circuit of a following stage,
wherein, when the power-off mode is set, the control unit performs control of switching a connection point of the second switch unit to an output buffer amplifier connected to the high frequency processing unit receiving the broadcasting wave, and setting an impedance of an output buffer amplifier connected to the high frequency processing unit set to the power-off mode to a predetermined high value.

8. The receiving apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein at least one of the first frequency band and the second frequency band is a frequency band of satellite broadcasting.

9. The receiving apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein at least one high frequency processing unit of the first high frequency processing unit and the second high frequency processing unit performs wave detection according to a direct conversion scheme, and
wherein the high frequency processing unit performing wave detection according to the direct conversion scheme includes
respective low noise amplifiers that correspond to the first high frequency signal and the second high frequency signal, and amplify any high frequency signal between the first high frequency signal and the second high frequency signal,
a first mixer that extracts a baseband signal of I phase by mixing the first high frequency signal or the second high frequency signal amplified by the respective low noise amplifiers and a local signal,
a second mixer that extracts a baseband signal of Q phase by mixing the first high frequency signal or the second high frequency signal amplified by the low noise amplifiers and a signal obtained by shifting a phase of the local signal by 90°,
a first filter that limits a frequency of the baseband signal of I phase to a predetermined band,
a second filter that limits a frequency of the baseband signal of Q phase to a predetermined band,
a demodulator that demodulates the baseband signal of I phase whose frequency has been limited to the predetermined band by the first filter and the baseband signal of Q phase whose frequency has been limited to the predetermined band by the second filter, and
a control unit that sets an oscillation frequency of the local oscillator, a frequency division ratio of a frequency divider in the local oscillator, cut-off frequencies of the first filter and the second filter, and a demodulation scheme of the demodulator based on channel selection information set by a user.

10. The receiving apparatus according to claim 9 ,
wherein the first filter and the second filter are configured as a variable low pass filter capable of being set to a given cut-off frequency,
wherein a lowest setting value of the cut-off frequency is determined according to a size of an occupied bandwidth of a carrier wave of a broadcasting wave having a lower frequency band between the first broadcasting wave and the second broadcasting wave, and
wherein a highest setting value of the cut-off frequency is determined according to the size of the occupied bandwidth of the carrier wave of the broadcasting wave having the lower frequency band between the first broadcasting wave and the second broadcasting wave.

11. The receiving apparatus according to claim 10 ,
wherein the local oscillator includes a crystal oscillator, the frequency divider, a phase comparator, a loop filter, and a voltage controlled oscillator, and
wherein a lowest setting value of the frequency division ratio of the frequency divider is determined according to a highest frequency value of a frequency band of a broadcasting wave having a higher frequency band between the first broadcasting wave and the second broadcasting wave.

12. The receiving apparatus according to claim 11 ,
wherein the voltage controlled oscillator of the local oscillator has an LC resonant circuit, and
wherein a coil used in the LC resonant circuit is built in an integrated circuit.

13. The receiving apparatus according to claim 11 , further comprising:
a first swit

Assignees

• Imai Tadashi
• Kaida Takayuki
• Kawakami Satoru
• Masumura Hitoshi
• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Imai Tadashi
• Kaida Takayuki
• Kawakami Satoru
• Masumura Hitoshi

Classifications

• H04H40/90

  specially adapted for satellite broadcast receiving · CPC title

• H04N21/4263

  involving specific tuning arrangements, e.g. two tuners · CPC title

• H04N5/455

  Demodulation-circuits · CPC title

• H04H40/18 Primary

  Arrangements characterised by circuits or components specially adapted for receiving · CPC title

• H04H20/26 Primary

  Arrangements for switching distribution systems · CPC title