A single circuit-configured tuner is capable of selectively switching between
two
operating modes. A radio frequency signal, quadrature-modulated by a base-band
digital signal, is captured into a single input terminal and then split into two
signals. Each signal is fed into a mixer at each branch circuit block. Each mixer
receives an oscillating frequency of a local oscillator. At this time, the oscillating
frequency determines the operating mode. In the first operating mode, as the oscillating
frequency is determined to be equal to the rf signal, the rf signal undergoes quadrature
detection, resulting in that the original base-band digital signal is obtained
at an output terminal coupled to each mixer, that is, the tuner works as an I/Q
detection tuner. On the other hand, in the second operating mode, as the oscillating
frequency is determined so that the difference between the oscillating frequency
and the frequency of the rf signal is to be equal to an IF, the tuner works as
an IF tuner.