Television tuner circuit

Claim 1

A tuner device which uses a variable capacity diode as a tuning element, switches one supply voltage by a single-pole, triple-throw switch having a common contact, first, second and third contacts so as to be set selectively in a VHF-low-band, a VHF high-band and a UHF band, and, when receiving the UHF band, uses a mixer circuit in a VHF tuner unit as an amplifier for an intermediate frequency of a UHF tuner unit, said VHF tuner unit having a VHF input tuner, radio frequency amplifier, interstage tuner, and mixer, connected in the above-mentioned order, said VHF tuner comprising a low and a high band tuning coil; said supply voltage being connected to said common contact of said switch and said mixer; said first contact of said switch being connected to a local oscillation circuit and, by way of biasing means, to the radio frequency amplifier in said VHF tuner unit to thereby turn on said local oscillation circuit and radio frequency amplifier; said second contact of said switch being connected to intermediate switching diodes which are thereby connected to tuning coils in said interstage tuner for switching on said tuning coils, said second contact being also connected by way of a biasing means to said radio frequency amplifier and connected to said local oscillation circuit to thereby actuate said radio frequency amplifier and local oscillation circuit, said second contact being connected to a circuit node, said node being connected in common to a high-frequency grounding condenser and the anode of a first switching diode, said second contact applying to said node a conduction voltage for the first switching diode through a second switching diode to void said low band coil at said VHF input tuner; and said third contact of said switch being connected to said UHF tuner unit and also to the node of said first switching diode and high-frequency grounding condenser through a third switching diode, thereby turning on said first switching diode when receiving the UHF band.