Scalable Satellite Receiver System
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorTommy YU
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Abstract
A receiver for a multi-channel communication system can include a down-converter device, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), and a plurality of digital channel selection devices. The down-converter device can be configured to down-convert a plurality of analog signals from the multi-channel communication system to a plurality of corresponding low intermediate frequency (IF) signals. The ADC can be configured to convert the plurality of corresponding low-IF signals to a plurality of digital signals. Further, each digital channel selection device from the plurality of digital channel selection devices can be configured to select a digital signal corresponding to a channel of interest from the plurality of digital signals for further processing.
Claims20
A receiver for a multi-channel communication system, comprising:
- a down-converter device configured to down-convert a plurality of analog signals from the multi-channel communication system to a plurality of corresponding low intermediate frequency (IF) signals;
- an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to convert the plurality of corresponding low-IF signals to a plurality of digital signals;
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- a plurality of digital channel selection devices, wherein each digital channel selection device is configured to select a digital signal corresponding to a channel of interest from the plurality of digital signals for further processing.
A method to process a plurality of analog signals from a multi-channel communication system, comprising:
- down-converting the plurality of analog signals to a plurality of corresponding low intermediate frequency (IF) signals;
- converting the plurality of corresponding low-IF signals to a plurality of digital signals;
- and
- selecting a digital signal corresponding to a channel of interest from the plurality of digital signals for further processing.
A system to process a plurality of analog signal from a multi-channel communication system, comprising:
- an antenna;
- a receiver coupled to the antenna, wherein the receiver receives the plurality of analog signals through the antenna;
- a processor coupled to the receiver, wherein the processor controls the operation of the receiver;
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- a memory in communication with the processor, the memory for storing a plurality of processing instructions for directing the processor to:
- down-convert the plurality of analog signals to a plurality of corresponding low intermediate frequency (IF) signals;
- convert the plurality of corresponding low-IF signals to a plurality of digital signals;
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- select a digital signal corresponding to a channel of interest from the plurality of digital signals for further processing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.