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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1997
Shuji Abe, Saitama-ken, JP;
Hideki Oto, Saitama-ken, JP;
Toshimasa Adachi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Katsuya Kudo, Saitama-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A tuner circuit comprising a first frequency conversion means 14 for converting a high frequency input signal into a first intermediate frequency signal according to a first local oscillation signal, a second frequency conversion means 19 for converting the first intermediate frequency signal from the first frequency conversion means 14 into a second intermediate frequency signal according to a second local oscillation signal, a first PLL means 24 for controlling the first local oscillation signal so as to synchronize the phase of the signal with that of a reference oscillation signal having a fixed frequency, a second PLL means 31 for controlling the second local oscillation signal so as to synchronize the phase of the signal with that of a reference oscillation signal. In the first PLL means 24, a phase comparison frequency is set to a frequency higher than a specified value. In the second PLL means 31, a phase comparison frequency is set to a frequency lower than a specified value.