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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2006
Masaki Yamamoto, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Masaki Yamamoto, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A television tuner includes an unbalanced output type VHF-side block, a balanced output type UHF-side block, and a mixing circuit that performs frequency conversion on the output from the VHF-side block or the UHF-side block. In the television tuner, in a first mode where the VHF-side block is connected to the mixing circuit, a first terminal, to which the unbalanced output is applied, is coupled to a first input terminal of the mixing circuit, and a second input terminal of the mixing circuit is grounded. Further, in a second mode where the UHF-side block is connected to the mixing circuit, a second terminal and a third terminal, to which the balanced output is applied, are coupled to the first and second input terminals of the mixing circuit.