Television tuner
Abstract
It is desired to vary the conversion gain in a mixer circuit to reduce the gain variation within one frequency band. A television tuner according to the invention has a balanced mixer circuit (24) for converting television signals into intermediate-frequency signals. The mixer circuit (24) includes a first transistor 1 and a second transistor (2) for amplifying the television signals, the emitter of the first transistor (1) being connected to the emitter of the second transistor (2) through a gain-setting resistance (3); a first constant-current source (4) connected to the emitter of the first transistor (1); and a second constant-current source (5) connected to the emitter of the second transistor (2). Reactance means (6) is connected in parallel to the gain-setting resistance (3). The reactance of the reactance means (6) decreases as the frequency increases.

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| US5563545A | Cites | United States of America | A | Search report | 1-5 |
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Numbers
- Publication
- 1455441
- Publication, DOCDB
- 1455441
- Publication, EPODOC
- EP1455441
- Application
- 4000143
- Application, DOCDB
- 04000143
- Application, EPODOC
- EP20040000143
Titles3
- German
- Fernsehertuner
- English
- Television tuner
- French
- Syntoniseur de télévision
Classification
- CPC, 6
- H03D7/1425
- H03D7/1433
- H03D7/1458
- H04N21/4263
- H03D7/1491
- H03D2200/0025
- IPC, 1
- H03D7 14
Designated states31
- Contracting states, 27
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Switzerland
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Germany
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Spain
- Finland
- France
- United Kingdom
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Monaco
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
- Portugal
- Romania
- Sweden
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- Slovenia
- Slovakia
- Türkiye
- Extension states, 4
- Albania
- Lithuania
- Latvia
- North Macedonia