Patent · US Expired

CATV converter having improved tuning circuits

US4619000A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 24, 1984
Grant dateOct 21, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 24, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03J3/00
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The disclosure describes an improved CATV converter that incorporates an intermediate frequency filter and amplifier unit that includes first and second tunable circuits. Each tunable circuit has a fixed capactive element and a variable inductance means for tuning the tunable circuit. The first and second tuned circuit are transmissively coupled to one another through a slit in a shield which otherwise shields one tunable circuit from another. The intermediate frequency filter and amplifier unit also includes an FET for amplifying a narrow band intermediate frequency signal and a third tunable circuit comprising the output capacitance of the FET and a variable inductance means for tuning the third tunable circuit.

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