Control Apparatus for a Transmit Amplifier Unit
AssigneeTesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsGerhard REINWALD, Hanspeter KATZ
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Abstract
A control apparatus for an earth-distant-platform includes a control unit, which includes with a control input and a control output, and a memory element. The memory element contains a plurality of operating value parameter sets for an RF transmit amplifier unit. The control input receives a control signal and, dependent on the control signal, the control unit selects an operating value parameter set from the memory element. The control output controls an energy supply unit and/or a preamplifier/linearization element using the selected operating value parameter set such that the RF transmit amplifier unit is operable in a defined operating state.
Claims12
A control apparatus for an earth-distant platform, comprising:
- a control unit with at least one control input and a control output;
- and
- a memory element,
- wherein the memory element is stores a plurality of operating value parameter sets for at least an RF transmit amplifier unit;
- wherein the control input is configured to receive a control signal,
- wherein the control unit is configured to select, based on the control signal, an operating value parameter set from the memory element, and
- wherein the control output is configured to, using the selected operating value parameter set, influence an energy supply unit or a preamplifier/linearization element in such a manner that the RF transmit amplifier unit is operable in a defined operating state.
A satellite, comprising:
- a control apparatus, which comprises
- a control unit with at least one control input and a control output;
- and
- a memory element,
- wherein the memory element is stores a plurality of operating value parameter sets for at least an RF transmit amplifier unit;
- wherein the control input is configured to receive a control signal,
- wherein the control unit is configured to select, based on the control signal, an operating value parameter set from the memory element, and
- wherein the control output is configured to, using the selected operating value parameter set, influence an energy supply unit or a preamplifier/linearization element in such a manner that the RF transmit amplifier unit is operable in a defined operating state.
A method for setting an operating state of an RF transmit amplifier unit on an earth-distant platform, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the earth-distant platform, a control signal;
- selecting, by the earth-distant platform, an operating value parameter set from a plurality of operating value parameter sets, which are stored in memory element of the earth-distant platform;
- and
- setting, by the earth-distant platform, an operating state of an RF transmit amplifier unit based on the selected operating value parameter set.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.