IP Library Granted Patent US 8,270,919
Granted Patent B2
US 8,270,919 · App. 12/724,693 · Granted Sep 18, 2012

Receiving apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,270,919
App. No.
12/724,693
Granted
Sep 18, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A receiving apparatus includes: an electronic device; a first antenna which is provided so as to be separate from a main body of the electronic device and receives broadcast waves; and a power transmission cable which transmits power to the electronic device. In the power transmission cable, a high-frequency blocking section is disposed on the side of a power source, and at least a part of the power transmission cable functions as a second antenna receiving a broadcast wave. The electronic device includes a diversity processor executing a diversity process on a signal received by the first antenna and a signal received by the second antenna.

Claims (33)

1. A receiving apparatus comprising:

an electronic device;

a first antenna, which is provided so as to be separate from a main body of the electronic device, to receive broadcast waves; and

a power transmission cable to transmit power to the electronic device,

wherein in the power transmission cable, a high-frequency blocking section is disposed on a side of a power source, and at least a part of the power transmission cable functions as a second antenna receiving a broadcast wave, and

wherein the electronic device includes a diversity processor executing a diversity process on a signal received by the first antenna and a signal received by the second antenna.

2. The receiving apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second antenna is formed by the power transmission cable and a ground of the main body of the electronic device and the second antenna is connected to the diversity processor, and

wherein the high-frequency blocking section is disposed on the side of a power unit of the electronic device.

3. The receiving apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the power transmission cable is formed by two parallel lines and one line closer to the power source than the high-frequency blocking section disposed on the side of the power unit of the electronic device is connected to the diversity processor.

4. The receiving apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein in the second antenna, the two parallel lines are capacity-coupled so as to be closer to the power source than the high-frequency blocking section disposed on the side of the power unit of the electronic device and are connected to the diversity processor by a ground line of the power unit.

5. The receiving apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the power transmission cable is formed by two lines with the shield portion,

wherein one of the two lines is connected to the power unit via the high-frequency blocking section of the electronic device,

wherein an other of the two lines is connected to the ground via the high-frequency blocking section of the electronic device, and

wherein the shield portion is connected to the diversity processor via a matching circuit.

6. The receiving apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the shield portion is connected to the other of the two lines.

7. The receiving apparatus according to claim 5 or 6 , wherein the high-frequency blocking section is disposed on a side of the shield portion.

8. The receiving apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the power transmission cable is diverged into first and second divergence cables at a divergence section formed between the power source and the electronic device,

wherein the first divergence cable is connected to a power unit of the electronic device and the second divergence cable is connected as a high-frequency signal transmission line to the diversity processor, and

wherein the second antenna has a dipole structure formed by a power source side cable closer to the power source with reference to the divergence section and the first divergence cable.

9. The receiving apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the high-frequency blocking section is disposed in the power source side cable close to the power source, the first divergence cable close to the electronic device, or the divergence section of the power source side cable and the first divergence cable.

10. The receiving apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the second divergence cable is connected to the power source side cable and the first divergence cable via a balanced-to-unbalanced transformer.

11. The receiving apparatus according to claim 8 or 10 ,

wherein the power source side cable and the first divergence cable of the power transmission cable are each formed by two lines with a shield portion,

wherein the second divergence cable is formed by a coaxial cable in which a core line and a shield portion are formed coaxially, and

wherein the core line is connected to the shield portion of the power source side cable and the shield portion is connected to the shield portion of the first divergence cable.

12. The receiving apparatus according to claim 8 or 10 ,

wherein the power source side cable and the first divergence cable of the power transmission cable are each formed by two parallel lines,

wherein the second divergence cable is formed by a coaxial cable in which a core line and a shield portion are formed coaxially, and

wherein the core line is connected to one line of the power source side cable and the shield portion is connected to one line of the first divergence cable.

13. The receiving apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein one line of the first divergence cable is connected to a ground of the electronic device.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2016
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040419/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2010
From: YOSHINO, YOSHITAKA; KOMORI, CHISATO; MUKAI, KOICHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024086/0743 →