Patent ID: 8747121

Claim:
A television tuner module configured to be mounted on an external printed circuit board (PCB), the tuner module comprising: a coaxial radio frequency (RF) connector including a conductive tubular outer shell and a central signal pin centered within the tubular outer shell; a metallic television tuner module housing connected to the RF connector and configured to be mounted on the external PCB, the tuner module housing having a shielded internal volume, wherein a major dimension of the shielded internal volume in a plane perpendicular to the central signal pin is less than 120% of a diameter of the outer shell of the RF connector; an internal printed circuit board (PCB) mounted within the tuner module housing, the internal PCB being perpendicular to the central signal pin, the internal PCB having a central PCB contact situated in a center of a first, connector-facing side of the internal PCB, wherein the central signal pin contact is directly connected to the central PCB contact; a television tuner chip centrally mounted on a second side of the internal PCB facing away from the RF connector; and a set of PCB interconnection pins generally perpendicular to the internal PCB, the set of PCB interconnection pins being electrically connected to the internal PCB, for electrically connecting the internal PCB to the external PCB.