
Inside a Cable Modem
• Tuner
– Connects directly to the CATV outlet
– Converts TV channel to a fixed lower frequency (6-40 MHz)
• Normally a tuner with build-in diplexer is used, to provide both
upstream and downstream signals through the same tuner
• Must be of sufficiently good quality to be able to receive the digitally
modulated QAM signals
• A new concept of a silicon tuner is in the works
– “Tuner on a chip”
– Expected to cut the cost down quite a bit compared to a more
conventional tuner module
– Companies
• Sharp, Temic, Panasonic
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