JP2008005379A - Receiving apparatus and receiving method - Google Patents

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JP2008005379A
JP2008005379A JP2006174942A JP2006174942A JP2008005379A JP 2008005379 A JP2008005379 A JP 2008005379A JP 2006174942 A JP2006174942 A JP 2006174942A JP 2006174942 A JP2006174942 A JP 2006174942A JP 2008005379 A JP2008005379 A JP 2008005379A
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<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a receiving apparatus capable of reducing the phase noise of a digital signal. <P>SOLUTION: The receiving apparatus 1 is provided with: an input means 10 for inputting a receiving signal; a channel selection instruction means 20 for instructing the frequency of a local oscillation signal; a local oscillation signal generating means for generating a local oscillation signal having the instructed frequency; a phase rotation quantity determination means 24 for determining phase rotation quantity for shifting the phases of two signals, i.e. the local oscillation signal and the receiving signal; and a frequency conversion means 16 for removing the signal of one frequency corresponding to the phase rotation quantity out of a frequency higher than the frequency of the local oscillation signal by a fixed intermediate frequency and a frequency lower than the frequency of the local oscillation signal by the intermediate frequency by performing phase-shifting of the two signals and mixing them respectively by the determined phase rotation quantity, and then converting the signal of the other frequency into the signal of the intermediate frequency. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

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本発明は、デジタル放送を受信するための受信装置および受信方法に関する。   The present invention relates to a receiving apparatus and a receiving method for receiving a digital broadcast.

近年、地上波のデジタルテレビ放送が開始され、この放送に対応したテレビ装置が供給されている。このようなテレビ装置は、下記特許文献1に記載されるように、受信信号と局部発振器の局部発振信号とを混合して、両方の信号の周波数差を所定の中間周波数に変換し、変換された中間周波数を増幅した後に復調するスーパーヘテロダイン受信方式が広く用いられている。このようなスーパーヘテロダイン受信方式を採用するテレビ装置では、所望する周波数の信号を中間周波数の信号に変換するための周波数変換手段としてイメージキャンセルミキサが一般に用いられる。テレビ装置は、局部発振信号の周波数を放送チャンネルの間隔毎に設定し、イメージキャンセルミキサを用いて所望する周波数から中間周波数の2倍分離れた周波数(イメージ周波数)の信号を消去すると共に、所望する周波数の信号を所定の中間周波数の信号に変換する。   In recent years, terrestrial digital television broadcasting has been started, and television devices corresponding to this broadcasting have been supplied. As described in Patent Document 1 below, such a television apparatus mixes a received signal and a local oscillation signal of a local oscillator, converts a frequency difference between both signals into a predetermined intermediate frequency, and converts the signal. A superheterodyne reception system that amplifies the intermediate frequency and then demodulates it is widely used. In a television apparatus employing such a superheterodyne reception method, an image cancel mixer is generally used as a frequency conversion means for converting a signal having a desired frequency into a signal having an intermediate frequency. The television apparatus sets the frequency of the local oscillation signal for each interval of the broadcast channel, and erases the signal of the frequency (image frequency) separated from the desired frequency by twice the intermediate frequency using the image cancel mixer. A signal having a frequency to be converted is converted into a signal having a predetermined intermediate frequency.

特開2003−78432号公報JP 2003-78432 A

他方で、地上波のデジタル放送は、OFDM(Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing)信号として伝送されるため、後段のデジタル復調回路でのビットエラーレートの悪化を避けるべく、位相ノイズに対する基準が厳しく要求されるが、前記の公報に開示された提案では、1つの放送チャンネルの周波数に対応した局部発振信号を放送チャンネルの周波数間隔でそれぞれ設定する必要があるため、局部発振信号を生成するPLL(Phase Locked Loop)方式のような選局回路において、局部発振信号を生成する基準となる基準周波数を高くできないことから、位相ノイズを低減することは難しかった。   On the other hand, since terrestrial digital broadcasting is transmitted as an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) signal, a standard for phase noise is strictly required in order to avoid deterioration of the bit error rate in the subsequent digital demodulation circuit. In the proposal disclosed in the above publication, it is necessary to set the local oscillation signals corresponding to the frequency of one broadcast channel at the frequency intervals of the broadcast channels. Therefore, a PLL (Phase Locked Loop) that generates a local oscillation signal is used. In a channel selection circuit such as the system, it is difficult to reduce phase noise because the reference frequency that serves as a reference for generating a local oscillation signal cannot be increased.

上記した課題を解決するために、本発明の受信装置は、受信信号を入力するための入力手段と、受信すべき周波数に対応する局部発振信号の周波数が指示される指示手段と、前記指示された周波数を有する局部発振信号を生成する生成手段と、前記局部発振信号および前記受信信号の2つの信号を移相させる位相回転量を決定する決定手段と、前記決定された位相回転量で前記2つの信号をそれぞれ移相して混合することにより、前記局部発振信号の周波数から一定値である中間周波数分高い周波数の信号、および前記局部発振信号の周波数から前記中間周波数分低い周波数の信号の2つの信号の中で、前記位相回転量に対応した一方の周波数の信号を除去すると共に、他方の周波数の信号を前記中間周波数の信号に変換する変換手段とを備え、前記決定手段は、前記生成された1つの局部発振信号に対して、それぞれが前記2つの周波数にそれぞれ対応する2つの前記位相回転量の中から一方を決定し、次に他方を決定することを特徴とする。   In order to solve the above-described problems, a receiving apparatus of the present invention includes an input unit for inputting a received signal, an instruction unit for instructing a frequency of a local oscillation signal corresponding to a frequency to be received, and the instruction. Generating means for generating a local oscillation signal having a predetermined frequency, determining means for determining a phase rotation amount for shifting the two signals of the local oscillation signal and the reception signal, and the determined phase rotation amount for the 2 By shifting and mixing the two signals, a signal having a frequency higher by an intermediate frequency that is a constant value than the frequency of the local oscillation signal, and a signal having a frequency lower by the intermediate frequency than the frequency of the local oscillation signal. Conversion means for removing one frequency signal corresponding to the phase rotation amount from the other signal and converting the other frequency signal to the intermediate frequency signal. The determining means determines one of the two phase rotation amounts respectively corresponding to the two frequencies with respect to the generated local oscillation signal, and then determines the other It is characterized by.

この発明によれば、指示された周波数を有する局部発振信号が生成され、生成された局部発振信号および入力された受信信号をそれぞれ移相させる2つの位相回転量を順次決定し、受信信号と局部発振信号とをそれぞれの位相回転量で移相して混合することで、局部発振信号の周波数から一定値である中間周波数分高い周波数、および局部発振信号の周波数から中間周波数分低い周波数の2つの周波数の信号を、それぞれ中間周波数の信号に順次変換できる。従って、1つの局部発振信号に対応した1つの周波数の信号を中間周波数の信号に変換する従来の方法に比べ、局部発振信号を生成する周波数の間隔を2倍に広く設定できることから、選局回路における基準周波数を高く設定できるため、位相ノイズを低減できる。   According to the present invention, a local oscillation signal having an instructed frequency is generated, two phase rotation amounts for respectively shifting the generated local oscillation signal and the input received signal are sequentially determined, and the received signal and the local signal are determined. The oscillation signal is phase-shifted and mixed by the respective phase rotation amounts, so that two frequencies of a frequency that is higher than the frequency of the local oscillation signal by an intermediate frequency that is a constant value and a frequency that is lower by an intermediate frequency than the frequency of the local oscillation signal Each frequency signal can be sequentially converted to an intermediate frequency signal. Therefore, compared to the conventional method of converting a signal of one frequency corresponding to one local oscillation signal to a signal of intermediate frequency, the frequency interval for generating the local oscillation signal can be set twice as wide, so that the channel selection circuit Since the reference frequency in can be set high, phase noise can be reduced.

本発明の受信装置では、前記受信信号は、周波数が一定の間隔で送信される複数の放送信号を含み、前記中間周波数は、前記一定の間隔の半分の周波数であっても良い。また、本発明の受信装置では、前記2つの位相回転量は、90度および−90度であっても良い。   In the receiving apparatus according to the present invention, the received signal may include a plurality of broadcast signals transmitted at regular intervals, and the intermediate frequency may be half the regular interval. In the receiving apparatus of the present invention, the two phase rotation amounts may be 90 degrees and -90 degrees.

本発明の受信装置は、前記2つの周波数の何れかを含む周波数帯域を指示する帯域指示手段と、前記指示された周波数帯域のフィルタリングを行うバンドパスフィルタとを更に備えることが好ましい。
この発明によれば、バンドパスフィルタにより受信すべき周波数の周波数帯域の信号を通過させ、前記周波数帯域以外の信号の通過を制限できるため、イメージ周波数妨害をより確実に抑制できる。
The receiving apparatus according to the present invention preferably further includes band instruction means for instructing a frequency band including one of the two frequencies, and a bandpass filter for filtering the instructed frequency band.
According to the present invention, since the signal in the frequency band of the frequency to be received can be passed by the band-pass filter and the passage of the signal other than the frequency band can be restricted, the image frequency interference can be more reliably suppressed.

本発明の受信装置では、前記2つの周波数は、それぞれ所定の帯域幅を有する周波数帯域の中心周波数であり、前記バンドパスフィルタは、前記周波数帯域を含む帯域をフィルタリングしても良い。   In the receiving apparatus of the present invention, the two frequencies may be center frequencies of frequency bands each having a predetermined bandwidth, and the band-pass filter may filter a band including the frequency band.

本発明の受信装置では、前記変換手段は、前記入力された受信信号および前記局部発振信号を、前記位相回転量に応じてそれぞれ同期して移相する少なくとも一対の移相手段と、前記受信信号、前記局部発信信号、前記移相された受信信号および前記移相された局部発信信号をそれぞれ混合する混合手段とを備えても良い。   In the receiving apparatus of the present invention, the conversion means includes at least a pair of phase shift means for synchronously shifting the input reception signal and the local oscillation signal in accordance with the phase rotation amount, and the reception signal. The local transmission signal, the phase-shifted reception signal, and the phase-shifted local transmission signal may be mixed.

上記した課題を解決するために、本発明の受信方法は、受信信号が入力される工程と、受信すべき周波数に対応する局部発振信号の周波数が指示される工程と、前記指示された周波数を有する局部発振信号を生成する工程と、前記局部発振信号および前記受信信号の2つの信号を移相させる2つの位相回転量の一方を決定する工程と、前記決定された一方の位相回転量で前記2つの信号をそれぞれ移相して混合することにより、前記局部発振信号の周波数から一定値である中間周波数分高い周波数の信号、および前記局部発振信号の周波数から前記中間周波数分低い周波数の信号の2つの周波数の信号の中で、前記一方の位相回転量に対応した一方の周波数の信号を除去すると共に、他方の周波数の信号を前記中間周波数の信号に変換する工程と、前記2つの位相回転量の他方を決定する工程と、前記決定された他方の位相回転量で前記2つの信号をそれぞれ移相して混合することにより、前記局部発振信号の周波数から一定値である中間周波数分高い周波数の信号、および前記局部発振信号の周波数から前記中間周波数分低い周波数の信号の2つの周波数の信号の中で、前記他方の位相回転量に対応した他方の周波数の信号を除去すると共に、一方の周波数の信号を前記中間周波数の信号に変換する工程と、を備えることを特徴とする。   In order to solve the above problems, a receiving method of the present invention includes a step of receiving a received signal, a step of indicating a frequency of a local oscillation signal corresponding to a frequency to be received, and the indicated frequency. A step of generating a local oscillation signal having, a step of determining one of two phase rotation amounts for shifting the two signals of the local oscillation signal and the reception signal, and the one phase rotation amount determined By phase-shifting and mixing the two signals, a signal having a frequency that is higher than the frequency of the local oscillation signal by an intermediate frequency that is a constant value, and a signal having a frequency that is lower by the intermediate frequency than the frequency of the local oscillation signal A process of removing one frequency signal corresponding to the one phase rotation amount from two frequency signals and converting the other frequency signal to the intermediate frequency signal. A step of determining the other of the two phase rotation amounts, and by shifting and mixing the two signals with the determined phase rotation amount of the other, a constant value is obtained from the frequency of the local oscillation signal. A signal having the other frequency corresponding to the other phase rotation amount of the signal having a frequency higher by the intermediate frequency and a signal having a frequency lower by the intermediate frequency than the frequency of the local oscillation signal. And a step of converting the signal of one frequency into the signal of the intermediate frequency.

この発明によれば、指示された周波数を有する局部発振信号が生成され、生成された局部発振信号および入力された受信信号をそれぞれ移相させる2つの位相回転量を順次決定し、受信信号と局部発振信号とをそれぞれの位相回転量で移相して混合することで、局部発振信号の周波数から一定値である中間周波数分高い周波数、および局部発振信号の周波数から中間周波数分低い周波数の2つの周波数の信号を、それぞれ中間周波数の信号に順次変換できる。従って、1つの局部発振信号に対応した1つの周波数の信号を中間周波数の信号に変換する従来の方法に比べ、局部発振信号を生成する周波数の間隔を2倍に広く設定できることから、選局回路における基準周波数を高く設定できるため、位相ノイズを低減できる。   According to the present invention, a local oscillation signal having an instructed frequency is generated, two phase rotation amounts for respectively shifting the generated local oscillation signal and the input received signal are sequentially determined, and the received signal and the local signal are determined. The oscillation signal is phase-shifted and mixed by the respective phase rotation amounts, so that two frequencies of a frequency that is higher than the frequency of the local oscillation signal by an intermediate frequency that is a constant value and a frequency that is lower by an intermediate frequency than the frequency of the local oscillation signal Each frequency signal can be sequentially converted to an intermediate frequency signal. Therefore, compared to the conventional method of converting a signal of one frequency corresponding to one local oscillation signal to a signal of intermediate frequency, the frequency interval for generating the local oscillation signal can be set twice as wide, so that the channel selection circuit Since the reference frequency in can be set high, phase noise can be reduced.

以下、本発明の実施の形態を、図面を用いて説明する。
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Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
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図1は、本発明の受信装置1の機能構成を示すブロック図である。この受信装置1は、例えば、地上波のデジタルテレビ放送が受信可能で、複数の放送エリアを跨いで携帯可能なテレビジョン受信機を想定する。この受信装置1は、入力手段10と、高周波増幅手段14と、周波数変換手段16と、選局指示手段20と、局部発振信号生成手段22と、位相回転量決定手段24とを備える。また、周波数変換手段16は、第1移相手段30と、混合手段32と、第2移相手段34と、第1中間周波フィルタ36と、第2中間周波フィルタ38と、加算手段40とを有する。また、受信装置1は、周波数変換手段16の後段に、図示は略すが、中間周波数の信号を増幅する中間周波数増幅手段、デジタル信号を抽出するOFDM復調手段、デジタル信号の誤り訂正を行う誤り訂正手段および画像を表示する表示手段等を具備する。   FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a receiving apparatus 1 according to the present invention. The receiving apparatus 1 is assumed to be a television receiver that can receive a digital terrestrial television broadcast and can be carried over a plurality of broadcast areas. The receiving apparatus 1 includes an input unit 10, a high frequency amplification unit 14, a frequency conversion unit 16, a channel selection instruction unit 20, a local oscillation signal generation unit 22, and a phase rotation amount determination unit 24. The frequency converting means 16 includes a first phase shifting means 30, a mixing means 32, a second phase shifting means 34, a first intermediate frequency filter 36, a second intermediate frequency filter 38, and an adding means 40. Have. In addition, although not shown, the receiving apparatus 1 includes an intermediate frequency amplifying unit that amplifies an intermediate frequency signal, an OFDM demodulating unit that extracts a digital signal, and an error correction that performs digital signal error correction. Means and display means for displaying an image.

入力手段10は、デジタルテレビ放送波のように高周波な受信信号が、空中に放射された電波を受信するアンテナ11を介して入力される。   The input means 10 receives a high-frequency received signal such as a digital television broadcast wave via an antenna 11 that receives a radio wave radiated into the air.

高周波増幅手段14は、選局指示手段20からの指示に従い、入力手段10に入力された受信信号を増幅する。   The high frequency amplification means 14 amplifies the received signal input to the input means 10 in accordance with the instruction from the channel selection instruction means 20.

選局指示手段20は、受信すべき周波数(希望周波数)がユーザにより指示され、指示された希望周波数に対応する局部発振周波数(局発周波数)の信号生成を局部発振信号生成手段22に指示すると共に、希望周波数に関する情報を位相回転量決定手段24に送る。本実施形態では、希望周波数に対応する局発周波数は、予め図示を略したテーブルにデータとして保持されている。即ち、1つの局発周波数に対応付けられている周波数は、この局発周波数より中間周波数分だけ高い周波数と、中間周波数分だけ低い周波数の2つであり、それぞれの局発周波数は、それぞれの周波数の帯域の2倍分、即ち、12MHzステップで定義されている。   The channel selection instruction means 20 is instructed by the user to receive a frequency (desired frequency), and instructs the local oscillation signal generation means 22 to generate a signal of a local oscillation frequency (local oscillation frequency) corresponding to the instructed desired frequency. At the same time, information on the desired frequency is sent to the phase rotation amount determination means 24. In the present embodiment, the local oscillation frequency corresponding to the desired frequency is held in advance in a table (not shown) as data. That is, there are two frequencies associated with one local frequency: a frequency that is higher than the local frequency by an intermediate frequency and a frequency that is lower by an intermediate frequency. It is defined by twice the frequency band, that is, in 12 MHz steps.

局部発振信号生成手段22は、選局指示手段20から指示された局発周波数の信号を生成する。この局部発振信号生成手段22は、図示は略すが、PLL方式の選局回路を有し、生成される局部発振信号の周波数が、テーブルから取得した局発周波数になるように制御される。ここで生成された局部発振信号は、周波数変換手段16の混合手段32と第2移相手段34に送られる。   The local oscillation signal generation unit 22 generates a signal having a local frequency instructed from the channel selection instruction unit 20. Although not shown, the local oscillation signal generating means 22 has a PLL channel selection circuit, and is controlled so that the frequency of the generated local oscillation signal becomes the local oscillation frequency acquired from the table. The local oscillation signal generated here is sent to the mixing unit 32 and the second phase shift unit 34 of the frequency conversion unit 16.

位相回転量決定手段24は、局部発振信号および受信信号の2つの信号をそれぞれ移相させる位相回転量を決定する。本実施形態では、位相回転量は90度および−90度の何れかであり、位相回転量決定手段24は、中間周波数の信号に変換する対象となる希望周波数に応じて、90度および−90度から1つを順次決定する。ここで決定された位相回転量の情報は、周波数変換手段16の第1移相手段30と第2移相手段34に送られる。   The phase rotation amount determination means 24 determines the phase rotation amount by which the two signals of the local oscillation signal and the reception signal are shifted in phase. In the present embodiment, the phase rotation amount is either 90 degrees or -90 degrees, and the phase rotation amount determination means 24 is 90 degrees and -90 depending on the desired frequency to be converted into an intermediate frequency signal. One is sequentially determined from the degree. Information on the phase rotation amount determined here is sent to the first phase shift means 30 and the second phase shift means 34 of the frequency conversion means 16.

周波数変換手段16は、位相回転量決定手段24で決定された位相回転量で局部発振信号および受信信号の2つの信号をそれぞれ移相して混合することにより、局部発振信号の周波数から一定値である中間周波数分高い周波数、および局部発振信号の周波数から中間周波数分低い周波数の2つの周波数の信号の中で、位相回転量に対応した一方の周波数の信号を除去すると共に、他方の周波数の信号を中間周波数の信号に変換する。本実施形態では、周波数変換手段16は、外部からの指示に従い位相回転量を設定可能なイメージキャンセルミキサを採用する。この中で、第1移相手段30と第2移相手段34は、入力された受信信号および局部発振信号を、位相回転量に応じてそれぞれ同期して移相し、混合手段32は、受信信号、局部発信信号、移相された受信信号および移相された局部発信信号を、それぞれ混合する。尚、イメージキャンセルミキサによりイメージ周波数の信号をキャンセルする具体的な方法は、本発明の要旨ではないため省略する(かかる方式については、例えば、特開2001−177425号公報を参照)。この周波数変換手段16で変換された中間周波数は、後段の各部に送られ、復調されて出力される。   The frequency conversion unit 16 shifts and mixes the two signals of the local oscillation signal and the reception signal with the phase rotation amount determined by the phase rotation amount determination unit 24, thereby mixing the frequency of the local oscillation signal with a constant value. A signal having one frequency corresponding to the amount of phase rotation is removed from a signal having two frequencies that are higher by an intermediate frequency and lower than the frequency of the local oscillation signal by an intermediate frequency. Is converted to an intermediate frequency signal. In the present embodiment, the frequency conversion means 16 employs an image cancellation mixer that can set the phase rotation amount in accordance with an external instruction. Among them, the first phase shifting means 30 and the second phase shifting means 34 shift the phase of the input received signal and local oscillation signal in synchronization with each other according to the amount of phase rotation, and the mixing means 32 receives the received signal. The signal, the local transmission signal, the phase-shifted reception signal, and the phase-shifted local transmission signal are mixed. Note that a specific method of canceling the image frequency signal by the image cancel mixer is not the gist of the present invention, and thus will be omitted (refer to, for example, JP-A-2001-177425). The intermediate frequency converted by the frequency converting means 16 is sent to each part of the subsequent stage, demodulated and output.

図2は、地上波のデジタルテレビ放送の1チャンネル分のセグメント構成を示す図である。地上波のデジタルテレビ放送は、1チャンネルが6MHzの帯域幅を有し、1チャンネル分の各帯域が13個のセグメントに分割されている。この中で、中央の1セグメント分の帯域R2を除く12個のセグメント分の帯域R1,R3を用いてハイビジョン放送を行ったり、中央の1セグメント分の帯域R2を用いて携帯受信機向けサービスを行ったりできるように規定されている。尚、各チャンネルの周波数帯域の略中心の周波数が受信する希望周波数になり、中間周波数は、希望周波数と局部発振信号の局発周波数との差分値となる。例えば、図2では、14チャンネルの周波数帯域の略中心の周波数が希望周波数となり、13チャンネルの周波数帯域の略中心の周波数がイメージ周波数となる。   FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a segment configuration for one channel of terrestrial digital television broadcasting. In terrestrial digital television broadcasting, one channel has a bandwidth of 6 MHz, and each band for one channel is divided into 13 segments. Among them, high-definition broadcasting is performed using the bands R1 and R3 for 12 segments excluding the band R2 for one central segment, and services for portable receivers are performed using the band R2 for one central segment. It is stipulated to be able to go. In addition, the substantially center frequency of the frequency band of each channel is a desired frequency to be received, and the intermediate frequency is a difference value between the desired frequency and the local oscillation frequency of the local oscillation signal. For example, in FIG. 2, the substantially center frequency of the 14-channel frequency band is the desired frequency, and the approximately center frequency of the 13-channel frequency band is the image frequency.

ここで、例えば、受信装置1を使用して、13チャンネルから順次受信チャンネルを変更し、放送されているチャンネルを検索するような場合の処理の流れを説明する。最初に、受信信号が入力される工程が実行され、入力手段10にデジタルテレビ放送信号の受信信号が入力される状態になる。続いて、局部発振信号の周波数が指示される工程が実行され、選局指示手段20は、テーブルを参照して、13チャンネルと14チャンネルに対応する局発周波数を有する局部発振信号の生成を局部発振信号生成手段22に指示する。この指示を受け、指示された局発周波数を有する局部発振信号を生成する工程が実行され、所定の局発周波数を有する局部発振信号が、局部発振信号生成手段22で生成される。ここで生成された局部発振信号は、周波数変換手段16に送られる。   Here, for example, the flow of processing when the receiving device 1 is used to sequentially change the receiving channel from the 13th channel and search for the broadcast channel will be described. First, a process of inputting a reception signal is executed, and a state where a reception signal of a digital television broadcast signal is input to the input means 10 is entered. Subsequently, a step of instructing the frequency of the local oscillation signal is executed, and the channel selection instruction means 20 refers to the table to locally generate a local oscillation signal having local oscillation frequencies corresponding to the 13th channel and the 14th channel. Instructs the oscillation signal generation means 22. Upon receiving this instruction, a step of generating a local oscillation signal having the instructed local oscillation frequency is executed, and a local oscillation signal having a predetermined local oscillation frequency is generated by the local oscillation signal generating means 22. The local oscillation signal generated here is sent to the frequency conversion means 16.

続いて、局部発振信号および受信信号の2つの信号をそれぞれ移相させる2つの位相回転量の一方を決定する工程が実行される。本実施形態では、位相回転量は90度および−90度の何れかであり、位相回転量決定手段24は、中間周波数の信号に変換する対象となる周波数に応じて、90度および−90度の何れか一方を決定する。決定された位相回転量の情報は周波数変換手段16に送られる。   Subsequently, a step of determining one of the two phase rotation amounts for shifting the two signals of the local oscillation signal and the reception signal is executed. In this embodiment, the phase rotation amount is either 90 degrees or -90 degrees, and the phase rotation amount determination means 24 is 90 degrees or -90 degrees depending on the frequency to be converted into an intermediate frequency signal. Either one of them is determined. Information on the determined phase rotation amount is sent to the frequency conversion means 16.

続いて、決定された一方の位相回転量で、局部発振信号および受信信号の2つの信号をそれぞれ移相して混合することにより、局部発振信号の周波数から一定値である中間周波数分高い周波数、および局部発振信号の周波数から中間周波数分低い周波数の2つの周波数の信号の中で、一方の位相回転量に対応した一方の周波数の信号を除去すると共に、他方の周波数の信号を中間周波数の信号に変換する工程が実行される。この結果、例えば、局発周波数よりも中間周波数分高い周波数、即ち、14チャンネルの周波数は、周波数変換手段16によりイメージ周波数として、この周波数の信号が除去されると共に、希望周波数である13チャンネルの信号が中間周波数に変換されて後段の処理部に送られる。   Subsequently, by shifting and mixing the two signals of the local oscillation signal and the reception signal with the determined one phase rotation amount, the frequency higher than the frequency of the local oscillation signal by an intermediate frequency, The signal of one frequency corresponding to one phase rotation amount is removed from the signal of two frequencies that are lower than the frequency of the local oscillation signal by the intermediate frequency, and the signal of the other frequency is changed to the signal of the intermediate frequency. The process of converting to is executed. As a result, for example, the frequency higher by the intermediate frequency than the local oscillation frequency, that is, the 14-channel frequency, is removed as the image frequency by the frequency conversion means 16 and the signal of the 13-channel which is the desired frequency is removed. The signal is converted to an intermediate frequency and sent to a subsequent processing unit.

続いて、14チャンネルを受信する工程が実行されるが、13チャンネルと14チャンネルの局発周波数が同一であるため、位相回転量決定手段24は、90度および−90度の何れかの位相回転量の内、13チャンネル受信の際に決定された位相回転量とは異なる他方を位相回転量に決定する。続いて、決定された他方の位相回転量で、局部発振信号および受信信号の2つの信号をそれぞれ移相して混合することにより、局部発振信号の周波数から一定値である中間周波数分高い周波数、および局部発振信号の周波数から前記中間周波数分低い周波数の2つの周波数の信号の中で、他方の位相回転量に対応した他方の周波数の信号を除去すると共に、一方の周波数の信号を中間周波数の信号に変換する工程が実行される。   Subsequently, the process of receiving 14 channels is executed. Since the local oscillation frequencies of the 13th channel and the 14th channel are the same, the phase rotation amount determining means 24 performs phase rotation of either 90 degrees or -90 degrees. Among the amounts, the other phase rotation amount different from the phase rotation amount determined at the time of 13-channel reception is determined as the phase rotation amount. Subsequently, by shifting and mixing the two signals of the local oscillation signal and the reception signal with the determined other phase rotation amount, the frequency higher than the frequency of the local oscillation signal by an intermediate frequency, In addition, the signal of the other frequency corresponding to the other phase rotation amount is removed from the signals of the two frequencies that are lower by the intermediate frequency than the frequency of the local oscillation signal, and the signal of one frequency is replaced with the signal of the intermediate frequency. A process of converting to a signal is performed.

この結果、13チャンネルの周波数は、周波数変換手段16によりイメージ周波数として、この周波数の信号が除去され、希望周波数である14チャンネルの信号は、中間周波数に変換されて後段の処理部に送られる。同様な方法で、15チャンネルと16チャンネルに対応する局発周波数を有する局部発振信号を生成し、それぞれのチャンネルの信号を中間周波数に変換する。このようにして、局発周波数を2つのチャンネル毎に12MHzステップで順次生成することで、全てのチャンネルの信号を順次中間周波数に変換できる。   As a result, the 13-channel frequency is converted into an image frequency by the frequency conversion means 16 and the signal of this frequency is removed, and the 14-channel signal, which is the desired frequency, is converted to an intermediate frequency and sent to the subsequent processing unit. In a similar manner, local oscillation signals having local oscillation frequencies corresponding to 15 and 16 channels are generated, and the signals of the respective channels are converted into intermediate frequencies. In this manner, by sequentially generating the local oscillation frequency for each of the two channels in 12 MHz steps, the signals of all the channels can be sequentially converted to the intermediate frequency.

以上述べた実施形態によれば、以下のような効果を奏する。
(1)1つの局発周波数から2つの受信周波数の信号をそれぞれ中間周波数の信号に変換できるため、一定の周波数ごとに局発周波数を変化させて局部発振信号を作成する工程の実行回数が、略半分になることから、局部発振信号を作成するための処理時間を短縮できる。
(2)局部発振信号を生成する周波数の間隔を2倍に広く設定できることから、選局回路における基準周波数を高く設定できるため、位相ノイズを低減できる。
According to the embodiment described above, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) Since a signal of two reception frequencies can be converted from a single local oscillation frequency to an intermediate frequency signal, the number of executions of the step of creating a local oscillation signal by changing the local oscillation frequency for each fixed frequency is as follows: Since it is substantially half, the processing time for creating the local oscillation signal can be shortened.
(2) Since the frequency interval for generating the local oscillation signal can be set to be twice as wide, the reference frequency in the tuning circuit can be set high, so that phase noise can be reduced.

(実施形態2)
次に、本発明の実施形態2について、図3を参照して説明する。尚、以下の説明では、既に説明した部分と同じ部分については、同一符号を付してその説明を省略する。
(Embodiment 2)
Next, Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the following description, the same parts as those already described are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

図3は、本実施形態2の受信装置1の機能構成を示すブロック図であり、前記の実施形態1における受信装置1に対して、帯域指示手段18とバンドパスフィルタ12が付加されている。帯域指示手段18は、1つの前記局部発信信号に基づき、受信信号を中間周波数の信号にそれぞれ変換可能な2つの周波数の何れかの周波数帯域を指示する。また、バンドパスフィルタ12は、入力手段10に入力された受信信号を、帯域指示手段18で指示された周波数帯域でフィルタリングを行い、フィルタリングした受信信号を高周波増幅手段14に送る。   FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the receiving device 1 according to the second embodiment. A band instruction unit 18 and a bandpass filter 12 are added to the receiving device 1 according to the first embodiment. Based on one local transmission signal, the band instructing unit 18 instructs one of two frequencies that can respectively convert the received signal into an intermediate frequency signal. The bandpass filter 12 filters the received signal input to the input unit 10 in the frequency band designated by the band designating unit 18 and sends the filtered received signal to the high frequency amplifying unit 14.

また、希望周波数の放送チャンネルとイメージ周波数の放送チャンネルとは、それぞれ局発周波数との差(中間周波数)が一定であれば、実施形態1のような互いに隣接する関係に限定されない。図4は、本実施形態2における局発周波数と2つのチャンネルの関係を示す図である。この図4が示すように、局発周波数f1から14チャンネルの信号が中間周波数の信号に変換され、局発周波数f2から13チャンネルと16チャンネルの信号がそれぞれ同一の中間周波数(R4,R5)の信号に変換される。更に、局発周波数f3から15チャンネルと18チャンネルの信号もそれぞれ中間周波数の信号に変換される。このように本実施形態2では、中間周波数は9MHzであると共に、希望周波数とイメージ周波数との差は18MHzであり、2つの周波数の間には、2チャンネル分の周波数帯域が存在する。尚、2つの周波数の何れかが、放送される周波数帯域を超える場合、放送される周波数帯域を超えない側の周波数のみが中間周波数に変換される。   In addition, the broadcast channel having the desired frequency and the broadcast channel having the image frequency are not limited to the adjacent relationship as in the first embodiment as long as the difference (intermediate frequency) between the local frequency and the local frequency is constant. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the relationship between the local oscillation frequency and the two channels in the second embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the 14-channel signal from the local frequency f1 is converted to an intermediate frequency signal, and the 13-channel and 16-channel signals from the local frequency f2 have the same intermediate frequency (R4, R5). Converted to a signal. Further, the 15-channel and 18-channel signals from the local frequency f3 are also converted into intermediate frequency signals. As described above, in the second embodiment, the intermediate frequency is 9 MHz, the difference between the desired frequency and the image frequency is 18 MHz, and there is a frequency band for two channels between the two frequencies. When either of the two frequencies exceeds the broadcast frequency band, only the frequency that does not exceed the broadcast frequency band is converted to the intermediate frequency.

このような実施形態2によれば、実施形態1の(1)、(2)の効果に加えて、以下のような効果を奏することができる。
(3)バンドパスフィルタにより受信すべき周波数の周波数帯域の信号を通過させ、前記周波数帯域以外の信号の通過を制限できるため、イメージ周波数妨害をより確実に抑制することができる
(4)希望周波数とイメージ周波数との差は18MHzあることから、フィルタリングの要求精度を低減できるため、バンドパスフィルタ12の製作や調整が容易になる。
According to the second embodiment, in addition to the effects (1) and (2) of the first embodiment, the following effects can be achieved.
(3) Since the signal in the frequency band of the frequency to be received can be passed by the bandpass filter and the passage of the signal other than the frequency band can be restricted, the image frequency interference can be more reliably suppressed. (4) Desired frequency Since the difference between the image frequency and the image frequency is 18 MHz, the required accuracy of filtering can be reduced, so that the bandpass filter 12 can be easily manufactured and adjusted.

以上、本発明を図示した実施形態に基づいて説明したが、本発明は、本実施形態に限定されるものではなく、以下に述べるような変形例も想定できる。
(1)上記した各実施形態は、地上波のデジタルテレビ放送を受信する受信装置1への適用を想定したが、本発明の受信装置は、これに限るものではなく、デジタルラジオ放送やデジタルデータ放送等を受信するような受信装置に対しても適用できる。更に、本発明の受信装置を半導体回路等に集積し、種々の情報機器に適用しても良い。また、本発明が適用できる地上波のデジタルテレビ放送の規格は、日本で採用されているISDB−T(Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting Terrestrial)方式に限定されるものではなく、例えば、DVB−T(Digital Video Broadcasting Terrestrial)方式のような他の規格に対しても適用できる。
As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated based on embodiment shown in figure, this invention is not limited to this embodiment, The modification as described below can also be assumed.
(1) Each of the embodiments described above is assumed to be applied to the receiving device 1 that receives terrestrial digital television broadcasts. However, the receiving device of the present invention is not limited to this, and digital radio broadcasting and digital data. The present invention can also be applied to a receiving device that receives a broadcast or the like. Furthermore, the receiving device of the present invention may be integrated in a semiconductor circuit or the like and applied to various information devices. The standard of terrestrial digital television broadcasting to which the present invention can be applied is not limited to ISDB-T (Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting Terrestrial) adopted in Japan. For example, DVB-T (Digital Video) is used. It can also be applied to other standards such as the Broadcasting Terrestrial) method.

実施形態1に係る受信装置の機能構成を示すブロック図。FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the receiving apparatus according to the first embodiment. 地上波のデジタルテレビ放送のセグメント構成を示す図。The figure which shows the segment structure of terrestrial digital television broadcasting. 実施形態2に係る受信装置の機能構成を示すブロック図。FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a receiving apparatus according to a second embodiment. 局発周波数と2つのチャンネルとの関係を示す図。The figure which shows the relationship between a local oscillation frequency and two channels.

符号の説明Explanation of symbols

1…受信装置、10…入力手段、11…アンテナ、12…バンドパスフィルタ、14…高周波増幅手段、16…周波数変換手段、18…帯域指示手段、20…選局指示手段、22…局部発振信号生成手段、24…位相回転量決定手段、30…第1移相手段、32…混合手段、34…第2移相手段、36…第1中間周波フィルタ、38…第2中間周波フィルタ、40…加算手段。
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Reception apparatus, 10 ... Input means, 11 ... Antenna, 12 ... Band pass filter, 14 ... High frequency amplification means, 16 ... Frequency conversion means, 18 ... Band instruction means, 20 ... Channel selection instruction means, 22 ... Local oscillation signal Generation means 24 ... Phase rotation amount determination means 30 ... First phase shift means 32 ... Mixing means 34 ... Second phase shift means 36 ... First intermediate frequency filter 38 ... Second intermediate frequency filter 40 ... Addition means.

Claims (7)

受信信号を入力するための入力手段と、
受信すべき周波数に対応する局部発振信号の周波数が指示される指示手段と、
前記指示された周波数を有する局部発振信号を生成する生成手段と、
前記局部発振信号および前記受信信号の2つの信号を移相させる位相回転量を決定する決定手段と、
前記決定された位相回転量で前記2つの信号をそれぞれ移相して混合することにより、前記局部発振信号の周波数から一定値である中間周波数分高い周波数の信号、および前記局部発振信号の周波数から前記中間周波数分低い周波数の信号の2つの周波数の信号の中で、前記位相回転量に対応した一方の周波数の信号を除去すると共に、他方の周波数の信号を前記中間周波数の信号に変換する変換手段とを備え、
前記決定手段は、前記生成された1つの局部発振信号に対して、それぞれが前記2つの周波数にそれぞれ対応する2つの前記位相回転量の中から一方を決定し、次に他方を決定することを特徴とする受信装置。
Input means for inputting a received signal;
Indicating means for instructing the frequency of the local oscillation signal corresponding to the frequency to be received;
Generating means for generating a local oscillation signal having the indicated frequency;
Determining means for determining a phase rotation amount for phase shifting the two signals of the local oscillation signal and the reception signal;
By phase-shifting and mixing the two signals with the determined phase rotation amount, the frequency of the local oscillation signal is increased from the frequency of the local oscillation signal by an intermediate frequency that is a constant value, and the frequency of the local oscillation signal. Conversion that removes one frequency signal corresponding to the amount of phase rotation and converts the other frequency signal to the intermediate frequency signal from the two frequency signals of the lower frequency signal corresponding to the intermediate frequency Means and
The determining means determines one of the two phase rotation amounts respectively corresponding to the two frequencies, and then determines the other for the generated local oscillation signal. A receiving device.
請求項1に記載された受信装置において、
前記受信信号は、周波数が一定の間隔で送信される複数の放送信号を含み、
前記中間周波数は、前記一定の間隔の半分の周波数であることを特徴とする受信装置。
The receiving device according to claim 1,
The received signal includes a plurality of broadcast signals that are transmitted at regular intervals.
The receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the intermediate frequency is a half frequency of the fixed interval.
請求項1乃至2のいずれかに記載の受信装置において、
前記2つの位相回転量は、90度および−90度であることを特徴とする受信装置。
The receiving device according to claim 1,
The two phase rotation amounts are 90 degrees and -90 degrees, respectively.
請求項1乃至3のいずれか1項に記載の受信装置において、
前記2つの周波数の何れかを含む周波数帯域を指示する帯域指示手段と、
前記指示された周波数帯域のフィルタリングを行うバンドパスフィルタとを更に備えることを特徴とする受信装置。
The receiving apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
Band indicating means for indicating a frequency band including any one of the two frequencies;
A receiving apparatus, further comprising: a bandpass filter that performs filtering of the designated frequency band.
請求項4に記載された受信装置において、
前記2つの周波数は、それぞれ所定の帯域幅を有する周波数帯域の中心周波数であり、
前記バンドパスフィルタは、前記周波数帯域を含む帯域をフィルタリングすることを特徴とする受信装置。
The receiving device according to claim 4,
The two frequencies are center frequencies of frequency bands each having a predetermined bandwidth,
The receiving apparatus, wherein the band-pass filter filters a band including the frequency band.
請求項1乃至5のいずれか1項に記載の受信装置において、
前記変換手段は、
前記入力された受信信号および前記局部発振信号を、前記位相回転量に応じてそれぞれ同期して移相する少なくとも一対の移相手段と、
前記受信信号、前記局部発信信号、前記移相された受信信号および前記移相された局部発信信号をそれぞれ混合する混合手段とを備えることを特徴とする受信装置。
The receiving apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The converting means includes
At least a pair of phase shifting means for phase-shifting the input received signal and the local oscillation signal in synchronization with each other according to the phase rotation amount;
A receiving apparatus comprising: the reception signal, the local transmission signal, the phase-shifted reception signal, and a mixing unit that mixes the phase-shifted local transmission signal.
受信信号が入力される工程と、
受信すべき周波数に対応する局部発振信号の周波数が指示される工程と、
前記指示された周波数を有する局部発振信号を生成する工程と、
前記局部発振信号および前記受信信号の2つの信号を移相させる2つの位相回転量の一方を決定する工程と、
前記決定された一方の位相回転量で前記2つの信号をそれぞれ移相して混合することにより、前記局部発振信号の周波数から一定値である中間周波数分高い周波数の信号、および前記局部発振信号の周波数から前記中間周波数分低い周波数の信号の2つの周波数の信号の中で、前記一方の位相回転量に対応した一方の周波数の信号を除去すると共に、他方の周波数の信号を前記中間周波数の信号に変換する工程と、
前記2つの位相回転量の他方を決定する工程と、
前記決定された他方の位相回転量で前記2つの信号をそれぞれ移相して混合することにより、前記局部発振信号の周波数から一定値である中間周波数分高い周波数の信号、および前記局部発振信号の周波数から前記中間周波数分低い周波数の信号の2つの周波数の信号の中で、前記他方の位相回転量に対応した他方の周波数の信号を除去すると共に、一方の周波数の信号を前記中間周波数の信号に変換する工程と、
を備えることを特徴とする受信方法。


A step of receiving a received signal;
A step in which the frequency of the local oscillation signal corresponding to the frequency to be received is indicated;
Generating a local oscillation signal having the indicated frequency;
Determining one of two phase rotation amounts for phase shifting the two signals of the local oscillation signal and the reception signal;
By shifting and mixing the two signals with the determined one phase rotation amount, a signal having a frequency higher than the frequency of the local oscillation signal by an intermediate frequency that is a constant value, and the local oscillation signal A signal having one frequency corresponding to the amount of phase rotation of one of the two signals having a frequency lower than the intermediate frequency by the intermediate frequency is removed, and the signal having the other frequency is converted to the signal having the intermediate frequency. Converting to
Determining the other of the two phase rotation amounts;
By shifting and mixing the two signals with the determined other phase rotation amount, a signal having a frequency that is higher than the frequency of the local oscillation signal by an intermediate frequency that is a constant value, and the local oscillation signal The signal of the other frequency corresponding to the other phase rotation amount is removed from the two signals of the frequency signal lower by the intermediate frequency than the frequency, and the signal of the one frequency is changed to the signal of the intermediate frequency. Converting to
A receiving method comprising:


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