Receiver device

1. A receiver device comprising:

a first input terminal to which a first broadcast signal of a first frequency band is input;

a second input terminal to which a second broadcast signal of a second frequency band is input;

a first distribution circuit configured to distribute a first broadcast signal input to the first input terminal, to at least two or more high-frequency processing units;

a second distribution circuit configured to distribute a second broadcast signal input to the second input terminal, to at least two or more high-frequency processing units;

a first processing unit configured to execute a predetermined frequency conversion process in response to the first or second broadcast signal, wherein the first broadcast signal is supplied from the first distribution circuit, or the second broadcast signal is supplied from the second distribution circuit;

a second processing unit configured to execute a predetermined frequency conversion process in response to the first or second broadcast signal, wherein the first broadcast signal is supplied from the first distribution circuit, or the second broadcast signal is supplied from the second distribution circuit; and

a multi-layer substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the multi-layer substrate includes hard-wired layers and insulating layers therebetween in an alternating arrangement, wherein the first distribution circuit, the first processing unit and the second processing unit are located on the top surface of the multi-layer substrate and the second distribution circuit is located on the bottom surface of the multi-layer substrate and wherein the second distribution circuit is displaced laterally on the bottom surface of the multi-layer substrate with respect to the first distribution circuit so as to not overlap the first distribution circuit as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the multi-layer substrate, the multi-layer substrate further comprising first connections on the top surface between respective outputs of the first distribution circuit and first inputs of the first and second processing circuits, and second connections from the bottom surface by vias, through the hard-wired layers and the insulating layers, to the top surface between respective outputs of the second distribution circuit and second inputs of the first and second processing circuits.

2. The receiver device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first output terminal to which the first broadcast signal is supplied, wherein the first broadcast signal is distributed by the first distribution circuit and is input into the first input terminal; and

a second output terminal to which the second broadcast signal is supplied, wherein the second broadcast signal is distributed by the second distribution circuit and is input into the second input terminal.

3. The receiver device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first filter configured to cut off a frequency outside the frequency band of the first broadcast signal, at upstream of an input terminal of the first processing unit to which the first broadcast signal is input; and

a second filter configured to cut off a frequency outside a frequency band of the second broadcast signal, at upstream of an input terminal of the second processing unit to which the second broadcast signal is input.

4. The receiver device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first switch connected to upstream of an input terminal to which the first broadcast signal of the first processing unit is input, and configured to switch the first distribution circuit and the first processing unit between an ON state and an OFF state;

a second switch connected to upstream of an input terminal to which the second broadcast signal of the second processing unit is input, and configured to switch the second distribution circuit and the second processing unit between an ON state and an OFF state; and

a control unit configured to control the first switch or the second switch, to turn on the switch to which the first or second broadcast signal is input, and to turn off the switch to which the first or second broadcast signal is not input.

5. The receiver device according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a first resistor provided between the first switch and a ground; and

a second resistor provided between the second switch and the ground,

wherein the first distribution circuit or the second distribution circuit is connected to the ground through the first resistor or the second resistor, when the first switch or the second switch is turned off.

6. The receiver device according to claim 1 , wherein the second distribution circuit located on the bottom surface of the multi-layer substrate does not overlap the first processing unit or the second processing unit located on the top surface of the multi-layer substrate as viewed in the direction perpendicular to the multi-layer substrate.

7. The receiver device according to claim 1 , wherein the multi-layer substrate further comprises a third connection on the top surface between the first input terminal and an input of the first distribution circuit, and a fourth connection from the top surface by a via, through the hard-wired layers and the insulating layers, to the bottom surface between the second input terminal and an input of the second distribution circuit.

8. The receiver device according to claim 7 , wherein the multi-layer substrate includes four hard-wired layers and insulating layers therebetween.