Patent ID: 7725095
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. An RF unit comprising a tuner, a demodulator and a mixer, wherein the tuner or the tuner and the mixer are arranged on a first substrate and wherein the mixer and the demodulator or the demodulator are arranged on a second substrate, wherein the RF unit further comprises a housing accommodating at least the first substrate, wherein the housing comprises a frame laterally surrounding at least one of the substrates, the frame forming a tubular structure having a length corresponding to the height of the frame and having one or two open main surfaces, wherein the first and second substrates are arranged in parallel on respective different levels, wherein means are provided that maintain a predetermined distance between the first and the second substrate, wherein a connectors is provided that electrically connects the first and the second substrates, wherein the connectors has one or more contacts extending through the first and the second substrate and beyond the height of the frame of the housing and electrically connecting the first or the second substrate of the RF unit to a further circuit carrier, or electrically connecting the first and the second substrate of the RF unit to the further circuit carrier.