US4689825A
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Receiver stage for radio or television receiver
Assignee: Deutsche Thomson Brandt GmbH
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Filing: 1984-08-03
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Granted: 1987-08-25
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Expires: 2004-08-03
Abstract
Abstract A receiver stage for radio or television receiver. A single case enclosing a device comprises inside a tuner, an intermediate frequency amplifier connected to the tuner, a demodulator connected to the intermediate frequency amplifier, and a phase locked loop provision connected to the tunner. The joint case allows joint shielding of all components with shield plates mounted inside the case, avoids unreliable plug connections and reduces the production cost of radio and television receiver sets.
Inventors
- 👤 Erich Geiger
- 👤 Gerhard Maier
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 11:47
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N5/00; H04N5/64; H03; H03J; H03J5/00; H03J5/02; H03J5/0245; H03J5/0272; H04B; H04B1/00; H04B1/06; H04B1/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
261 words
A single case having first, second side walls and first, second end walls for housing the circuitry of a radio or television receiver comprising a tuner section wherein the tuner section comprises a VHF section and a UHF section which are disposed about in parallel between said first and second side walls and between an antenna input filter section and a phase locked loop section, data inputs mounted on said first side wall of the case near the phase locked loop section, the VHF section being located next to the first side wall of the case with the data inputs; the phase locked loop section being connected to the tuner section and separated from the tuner section by a first subdivision metal shielding plate; the antenna input filter section located between an antenna input end on the first end wall of the case and the tuner section; a second subdividing metal shielding plate for separating the tuner section from the antenna input filter section; a third subdividing metal shielding plate attached to the first and second subdividing metal shielding plates for providing a separation between the UHF section and the VHF section; an intermediate frequency amplifier connected to the tuner section and located between the phase locked loop section and the second end wall of the case and separated from the phase locked loop section by a fourth subdividing metal shielding plate, the first, second, third and fourth subdividing shielding plates each comprising brackets at the top for attaching a cover plate; and, a demodulator connected to the intermediate frequency amplifier.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
261 words
A single case having first, second side walls and first, second end walls for housing the circuitry of a radio or television receiver comprising a tuner section wherein the tuner section comprises a VHF section and a UHF section which are disposed about in parallel between said first and second side walls and between an antenna input filter section and a phase locked loop section, data inputs mounted on said first side wall of the case near the phase locked loop section, the VHF section being located next to the first side wall of the case with the data inputs; the phase locked loop section being connected to the tuner section and separated from the tuner section by a first subdivision metal shielding plate; the antenna input filter section located between an antenna input end on the first end wall of the case and the tuner section; a second subdividing metal shielding plate for separating the tuner section from the antenna input filter section; a third subdividing metal shielding plate attached to the first and second subdividing metal shielding plates for providing a separation between the UHF section and the VHF section; an intermediate frequency amplifier connected to the tuner section and located between the phase locked loop section and the second end wall of the case and separated from the phase locked loop section by a fourth subdividing metal shielding plate, the first, second, third and fourth subdividing shielding plates each comprising brackets at the top for attaching a cover plate; and, a demodulator connected to the intermediate frequency amplifier.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
123 words
The single case for housing the circuits of a radio or a television receiver according to claim 1 wherein the phase locked loop section comprises a quartz oscillator reference source; a phase detector connected to the reference source; a low pass filter connected to the output of the phase detector and to the tuner section; a programmable predivider having its output connected to the phase detector and having an input connected to the tuner section; a shift register having an output connected to the tuner and having an output connected to the programmable predivider, wherein the phase locked loop section is disposed near the middle of the case where data inputs are disposed on the case next to the phase locked loop section.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
71 words
The single case for housing the circuits of a radio or a television receiver according to claim 2 wherein the tuner section comprises an oscillator; a preamplifier; and a mixer stage connected to the preamplifier and to the oscillator and having its output connected to the intermeidate frequency amplifier; and a band switch having inputs connected to the shift register and having outputs connected to the preamplifier and to the oscillator.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
The single case for housing the circuits of a radio or a television receiver according to claim 1 wherein the case comprises metal as a structural element.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
The single case for housing the circuits of a radio or a television receiver according to claim 1 wherein the case comprises plastic as a structural element.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
39 words
The single case for housing the circuits of a radio or a television receiver according to claim 1 wherein leads between the circuits of the phase locked loop section and a tuner circuit section are at most 5 centimeters.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
40 words
The single case for housing the circuits of a radio or a television receiver according to claim 1 wherein the leads between the circuits of the phase locked loop section and the tuner circuit section are at most 2 centimeters.
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