Configurable, Highly-Integrated Satellite Receiver

#Certain embodiments of the invention relate to communication systems. More specifically, certain embodiments of the invention relate to methods and systems for a configurable, highly-integrated Satellite receiver.

#Existing methods and systems for satellite reception can be costly and inflexible. Further limitations and disadvantages of conventional and traditional approaches will become apparent to one of skill in the art, through comparison of such systems with some aspects of the present invention as set forth in the remainder of the present application with reference to the drawings.

#Systems and methods are provided for a configurable, highly integrated satellite receiver, substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures and/or the appendices, as set forth more completely in the claims.

#FIG. 1A depicts circuitry of a first example satellite reception assembly.

#FIG. 1B depicts circuitry of a second example satellite reception assembly.

#FIG. 2A depicts circuitry of a third example satellite reception assembly.

#As utilized herein the terms “circuits” and “circuitry” refer to physical electronic components (i.e. hardware) and any software and/or firmware (“code”) which may configure the hardware, be executed by the hardware, and or otherwise be associated with the hardware. As used herein, for example, a particular processor and memory may comprise a first “circuit” when executing a first one or more lines of code and may comprise a second “circuit” when executing a second one or more lines of code. As utilized herein, “and/or” means any one or more of the items in the list joined by “and/or”. As an example, “x and/or y” means any element of the three-element set {(x), (y), (x, y)}. As another example, “x, y, and/or z” means any element of the seven-element set {(x), (y), (z), (x, y), (x, z), (y, z), (x, y, z)}. As utilized herein, the term “exemplary” means serving as a non-limiting example, instance, or illustration. As utilized herein, the terms “e.g.,” and “for example” set off lists of one or more non-limiting examples, instances, or illustrations. As utilized herein, circuitry is “operable” to perform a function whenever the circuitry comprises the necessary hardware and code (if any is necessary) to perform the function, regardless of whether performance of the function is disabled, or not enabled, by some user-configurable setting.

#FIG. 1A depicts circuitry of a first example satellite reception assembly. Shown in FIG. 1A are a first example subsystem 101A and a second example subsystem 100. In an example implementation, the second subsystem 100 may be integrated on a first semiconductor die and the subsystem 101A may comprise one or more second semiconductor dice and/or one or more discrete components. That is, components of the subsystem 101A may be “off-chip” with respect to the subsystem 100.

#The example subsystem 101A comprises a plurality of antennas 1021-102B, a plurality of amplifiers 1041-104B, a plurality of filters 1061-106B, a plurality of mixers 1081-108B, and a control logic circuit 109, where B is an integer corresponding to the number of receive chains in the subsystem 100.