Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Satellite signal frequency translation and stacking
- Patent Title (中): 卫星信号频率转换和堆叠
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Application No.: US14451359Application Date: 2014-08-04
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Publication No.: US09413476B2Publication Date: 2016-08-09
- Inventor: Branislav Petrovic , Dale Hancock , Jeremy Goldblatt , Keith Bargroff
- Applicant: Entropic Communications, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Carlsbad
- Assignee: ENTROPIC COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
- Current Assignee: ENTROPIC COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Carlsbad
- Agency: McAndrews, Held & Malloy Ltd.
- Main IPC: H04H40/90
- IPC: H04H40/90 ; H04B1/28 ; H04B1/16

Abstract:
An outdoor satellite receiving unit (ODU) receives several independent satellite signals, selects two signals with a switch matrix, downconverts the two signals to a bandstacked signal with a high and a low band signal, and outputs the bandstacked signal on the same cable to receiver units. Several satellite signals can be selected in groups of two or more and output to independent receiver units. Signal selecting is performed at the received radio frequency (RF) and bandstacking is performed with a single downconversion step to an intermediate frequency (IF). Channel stacking on the same cable of more than two channels from several satellites can be achieved by using frequency agile downconverters and bandpass filters prior to combining at the IF output. A slow transitioning switch minimizes signal disturbances when switching and maintains input impedance at a constant value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150162998A1 SATELLITE SIGNAL FREQUENCY TRANSLATION AND STACKING Public/Granted day:2015-06-11
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