Patents Represented by Attorney Parick T. Bever
  • Patent number: 5483209
    Abstract: The invention provides a filter circuit for use in a double-conversion TV tuner exhibiting low diode insertion loss, in which intermodulation distortion does not occur even when an incoming signal has a large amplitude. In the filter circuit according to one preferred embodiment of the invention, there are provided three bandpass filters (BPFs) which allow corresponding RF signals in different frequency bands to pass through them, and six variable attenuation diodes whose impedance is controlled by an AGC voltage applied to an AGC terminal (16). There are also provided switching diodes (20) disposed between an input terminal (1) and the inputs of three BPFs so that the switching diodes (20) select exclusively one of three BPFs so as to apply an RF signal received at the input terminal (1) only to the selected BPF (it will be assumed hereinbelow that the BPF (21) is selected).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Takayama