Tuning circuit and receiver

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9491395-B2
Application number	US-201514754703-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 30, 2015
Priority date	Jul 1, 2014
Publication date	Nov 8, 2016
Grant date	Nov 8, 2016

Abstract

The present invention discloses a tuning circuit that includes a first band-pass filter that passes a first predetermined frequency band corresponding to the selected channel in the broadcast signal, a mixing circuit that generates a mixed signal by mixing a signal having a predetermined frequency band corresponding to the selected channel with the broadcast signal passed through the first band-pass filter, and a second band-pass filter that passes a second predetermined frequency band in the mixed signal. At least one of a first frequency of the first band-pass filter and a second frequency of the second band-pass filter of the selected channel is changed. The present invention provides a receiver that can improve a quality of the output signal. By using the tuning circuit for a receiver, a quality of the output signal can be improved.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A tuning circuit that outputs an output signal corresponding to a selected channel from a broadcast signal, comprising:
a first band-pass filter that passes a first predetermined frequency band corresponding to the selected channel in the broadcast signal;
a mixing circuit that generates a mixed signal by mixing a signal having a frequency band corresponding to the selected channel with the broadcast signal passed through the first band-pass filter;
a second band-pass filter that passes a second predetermined frequency band in the mixed signal, and
a circuit that is connected to an output side of the second band-pass filter and generates the output signal, and
at least one of a first adjustment portion that specifies the first frequency of the first band-pass filter and a second adjustment portion that specifies the second frequency of the second band-pass filter, wherein
the first adjustment portion and the second adjustment portion change the first frequency and the second frequency to make an evaluation value of the output signal output from the circuit become a predetermined value, further wherein
the first adjustment portion acquires the evaluation value each time when the first frequency is changed, and if the evaluation value is improved, the first adjustment portion applies the changed first frequency to the first band-pass filter, and
the second adjustment portion acquires the evaluation value each time when the second frequency is changed, and if the evaluation value is improved, the second adjustment portion applies the changed second frequency to the second band-pass filter.

2. The tuning circuit according to claim 1 , wherein
the evaluation value includes at least one of a carrier/noise ratio and a bit error rate.

3. The tuning circuit according to claim 1 , wherein
the evaluation value used in the first adjustment portion is different from the evaluation value used in the second adjustment portion.

4. The tuning circuit according to claim 2 , wherein
the first adjustment portion uses the carrier/noise ratio as the evaluation value and, the second adjustment portion uses the bit error rate as the evaluation value.

5. The tuning circuit according to claim 1 , wherein
the first adjustment portion acquires a plurality of evaluation values by changing the first frequency, and
when one of the acquired plurality of evaluation values exceeds the predetermined value, the first adjustment portion applies the first frequency corresponding to the one of the acquired plurality of evaluation values to the first band-pass filter.

6. The tuning circuit according to claim 1 , wherein
the first adjustment portion changes the first frequency and acquires a plurality of evaluation values for each of the changed first frequency,
the first adjustment portion modifies each of the evaluation values based on the acquired plurality of evaluation values,
the first adjustment portion selects the first frequency based on the modified evaluation values, and
the first adjustment portion applies the selected first frequency to the first band-pass filter.

7. The tuning circuit according to claim 1 , wherein
the second adjustment portion acquires a plurality of evaluation values by changing the second frequency, and
when one of the acquired plurality of evaluation values exceeds the predetermined value, the second adjustment portion applies the second frequency corresponding to the one of the acquired plurality of evaluation value to the second band-pass filter.

8. The tuning circuit according to claim 1 , wherein
the second adjustment portion changes the second frequency and acquires a plurality of evaluation values for each of the changed second frequency,
the second adjustment portion modifies each of the evaluation values based on the acquired plurality of evaluation values,
the second adjustment portion selects the second frequency based on the modified evaluation values, and
the second adjustment portion applies the selected second frequency to the second band-pass filter.

9. The tuning circuit according to claim 1 , wherein
the first adjustment portion and the second adjustment portion adjust the first frequency and the second frequency when the channel is selected.

10. The tuning circuit according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a storage portion that stores the first frequency adjusted by the first adjustment portion and the second frequency adjusted by the second adjustment portion; and
a setting portion that applies the first frequency stored in the storage portion to the first band-pass filter each time when the channel is selected and applies the second frequency stored in the storage portion to the second band-pass filter each time when the channel is selected.

11. The tuning circuit according to claim 10 , wherein
the first adjustment portion and the second adjustment portion adjust the first frequency and the second frequency in a predetermined timing, and
the storage portion stores the adjusted first frequency and second frequency.

12. A receiver including the tuning circuit according to claim 1 .

13. The receiver according to claim 12 , further comprising:
a display portion that displays the evaluation values acquired after the first frequency and the second frequency are adjusted.

14. The receiver according to claim 12 , wherein
the receiver includes two or more tuning circuits.

Assignees

• Funai Electric Co

Inventors

• Fujimura Kenji

Classifications

• H04B1/28

  the receiver comprising at least one semiconductor device having three or more electrodes · CPC title

• H04B2001/1072

  by tuning the receiver frequency · CPC title

• H04B1/1638

  Special circuits to enhance selectivity of receivers not otherwise provided for (resonant circuits H03H) · CPC title

• H04N21/42607

  for processing the incoming bitstream · CPC title

• H04N5/50 Primary

  Tuning indicators; Automatic tuning control · CPC title