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US 2004/0110520 A1Published application
Dynamic scanning receiver/amplifier
OwnerFrank S. Barbara, Lee Masoian +1inventors
InventorsFrank S. Barbara, Lee Masoian, Richard L. Harvey
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Abstract
An amplifier system having an amplifier for amplifying a communications signal, a scanning receiver for monitoring a signal strength of the communications signal, a microprocessor for determining, based on the signal strength of the communications signal, whether the communications signal should be amplified, and a switch, controlled by the microprocessor, for allowing the communications signal to pass through the amplifier or be terminated.
Claims10
An amplifier system comprising:
- an amplifier for amplifying a communications signal;
- a scanning receiver for monitoring a signal strength of the communications signal;
- a microprocessor for determining, based on the signal strength of the communications signal, whether the communications signal should be amplified;
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- a switch, controlled by the microprocessor, for allowing the communications signal to pass through the amplifier or be terminated.
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An amplifier system comprising:
- an amplifier for amplifying a communications signal;
- a splitter that splits the communications signal into multiple channels;
- a microprocessor for determining, based on the signal strengths of the channels of the communications signal, whether any of the channels of the communications signal should be amplified;
- a filter bank including a filter for selecting frequency bands for each of the channels, and further including for each of the channels an on/off switch, which is controlled by the microprocessor, for allowing the channel to pass through to the amplifier or be terminated;
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- a combiner that recombines the channels.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.