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Broadcasting signal receiving apparatus and pulse counting demodulators

US5913155A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 29, 1997
Grant dateJun 15, 1999
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Expiry dateJan 29, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L27/156
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A broadcasting signal receiving apparatus includes a first signal receiving portion for receiving selectively frequency-modulated broadcasting signals to obtain a frequency-modulated intermediate frequency signal, a first band pass filter through which the frequency-modulated intermediate frequency signal passes, a first demodulator for frequency-demodulating the frequency-modulated intermediate frequency signal to obtain a first demodulation output signal, a second signal receiving portion for receiving selectively amplitude-modulated broadcasting signals to obtain an amplitude-modulated intermediate frequency signal, a second band pass filter through which the amplitude-modulated intermediate frequency signal passes, a second demodulator for amplitude-demodulating the amplitude-modulated intermediate frequency signal to obtain a second demodulation output signal, an output portion for obtaining a reproduced information output based on one of the first and second demodulation output signals, a signal supplying portion for supplying the first demodulator with the amplitude-modulated intermediate frequency signal when the reproduced information output based on the second demodulatio…

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