Patent ID: 7432989

Claim:
A television tuner comprising: a first high-frequency circuit for receiving VHF-band television signals; a second high-frequency circuit for receiving UHF-band television signals; and an integrated circuit comprising: a first mixer; a second mixer; a first input terminal that is connected to an input terminal of the first mixer; and a second in put terminal that is connected to an input terminal of the second mixer and that is adjacent to the first input terminal, wherein the first high-frequency circuit is connected to the first input terminal, and the second high-frequency circuit is connected to the second input terminal through a switching diode, the switching diode being turned off when the VHF-band television signals are received and being turned on when the UHF-band television signals are received, wherein the second mixer is a balanced mixer, the integrated circuit further comprises another second input terminal, which forms a pair of second input terminals together with said second input terminal, a balanced/unbalanced conversion circuit functioning as a series circuit including an inductive element and a capacitive element extends between an output terminal of the second high-frequency circuit and ground, the output terminal of the second high-frequency circuit is connected to one of the second input terminals near the first input terminal through the switching diode, a node between the inductive element and the capacitive element is connected to the other of the second input terminals, the integrated circuit includes first and second transistors that are turned on and off, bases of the transistors being connected to each other, a collector of the first transistor is pulled up to a power supply, an emitter of the first transistor is connected to the other second input terminal through a first resistor and is grounded through a first high-resistance resistor, an emitter of the second transistor is grounded, and a collector of the second transistor is connected to the one second input terminal through a second resistor and is pulled up to the power terminal through a second high-resistance resistor.