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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eric G Powell, Buford, GA (US);
Catherine W Jelinek, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Michael J Labiche, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Mark A Palazzo, Grayson, GA (US);
Stephan W Vogt, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Assignee:
Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., Norcross, GA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ; H04B / ; H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
455-31 ; 455-51 ; 348-6 ; 359152 ; 359163 ; 359174 ; 359176 ;
Abstract
A node (100) for a communications system includes a forward distribution amplifier within a housing (600). Plug-in modules (200,400) can be removably attached to the forward distribution amplifier within the same housing (600) to change the functionality of the node (100). For example, the plug-in module can be a reverse amplifier module (200) for adding reverse signal processing function or an optical module (400) for adding optical capabilities.