| US 7,511,964 B2 | ||
| High-performance, small and inexpensive digital broadcast tuner and digital broadcast receiver having the same | ||
| Hisanori Kagawa, Fukushima-ken (Japan); Tadaomi Yamano, Fukushima-ken (Japan); and Yutaka Momma, Fukushima-ken (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to ALPS Electric Co., Ltd., (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 05, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/714,661. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2006-091159 (JP), filed on Mar. 29, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0229322 A1, Oct. 04, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. H05K 5/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 361—752 [361/760; 341/50] | 5 Claims |
| 1. A digital broadcast tuner comprising:
a rectangular circuit board having first and second long sides and first and second short sides, the circuit board having
a tuner circuit and a digital signal decoder circuit which are formed on the circuit board;
a plurality of terminals fitted to the circuit board and electrically connected to the tuner circuit and the digital signal
decoder circuit, the digital signal decoder circuit including a digital signal decoder IC; and
a cover made of plate metal, within which the circuit board is mounted and which covers the tuner circuit and the digital
signal decoder circuit, wherein
some of the terminals are arranged in proximity to the first long side of the circuit board and some of the terminals are
arranged in proximity to the first short side of the circuit board,
the digital signal decoder IC is arranged on the circuit board in proximity to the terminals that are arranged in proximity
to the first short side, and
the digital signal decoder circuit is electrically connected to the terminals that are arranged in proximity to the first
short side.
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