Satellite payload with integrated transparent channels
US5963845A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 21, 1995 |
| Grant date | Oct 5, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 21, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B7/18515
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A satellite payload having d transparent channels, a first plurality d of band-pass channel filters IMUX of bandwidth .delta. that filter received signals, frequency converters, a plurality k of channel amplifiers (k.gtoreq.d), power amplifiers and a second plurality p of channel filters OMUX that filter the signals amplified by the channel amplifiers and the power amplifiers, d amplifiers assigned to said d channels, the frequency converters including at least one mixer and at least one source of a conversion frequency signal, wherein the g band-pass channel filters IMUX filter the received signals before frequency conversion by the converters.
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