Patent ID: 7126390

Claim:
A frequency conversion apparatus comprising: a filter having a fixed cut-off frequency for restricting a band of a reception signal so as to selectively pass only a first frequency band component; a combination amplification and isolation amplifier for amplifying the reception signal having passed through the filter; a variable filter having a variable cut-off frequency for further restricting the band of the reception signal having been amplified by the amplifier, so as to cut off at least part of the first frequency band component and thereby to selectively pass only a second frequency band component; and a mixer for mixing the reception signal having passed through the variable filter with a local oscillation signal, wherein the variable filter is built by serially connecting together a variable low-pass filter for selectively passing only a low band component of a signal inputted thereto and a variable high-pass filter for selectively passing only a high band component of a signal inputted thereto, the cut-off frequency of the variable filter being controlled to vary according to a reception channel signal, and wherein the amplifier cuts off reflected waves that fall outside a pass band of the variable filter, wherein the cut-off frequency of the variable filter is controlled by a voltage synthesizing circuit that chooses among a plurality of predetermined voltages.