Integrated Set-Top Box with Daisy-Chaining

A set-top box, comprising:

• a common substrate;
• a down-stream path having a tuner and a digital receiver portion each disposed on the common substrate;
• an up-stream path having a power amplifier disposed on the common substrate;
• and
• a daisy-chain buffer having an input coupled to an input of the tuner and having an output coupled to an input of a further receiving entity, the daisy-chain buffer configured to provide a signal to drive the further receiving entity.

A television receiver system, comprising:

• two or more set-top boxes, each set-top box having
• a common carrier;
• a down-stream path having a tuner and a digital receiver portion, the tuner disposed on a first substrate attached to the common carrier, and the digital receiver portion disposed on a second substrate attached to the common carrier;
• an up-stream path having a power amplifier disposed on the second substrate with the digital receiver portion;
• and
• a daisy-chain buffer having an input coupled to an input of the tuner of the first set-top box and having an output coupled to an input of a second set-top box, the daisy-chain buffer configured to provide a signal to drive the second set-top box.

A television receiver system, comprising:

• two or more set-top boxes, each set-top box having
• a common substrate;
• a down-stream path having a tuner and a digital receiver portion each disposed on the common substrate;
• an up-stream path having a power amplifier disposed on the common substrate;
• and
• a daisy-chain buffer having an input coupled to an input of the tuner of a first set-top box and having and output coupled to an input of a second set-top box, the daisy-chain buffer configured to provide a signal to drive the second set-top box.