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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:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
William L. Snell, Monmouth, OR (US);
Mark D. Thompson, Hood River, OR (US);
Assignee:
Spacecode LLC, Monmouth, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/185 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/185 ;
Abstract
A communication satellite transmitting system includes communication signal amplifiers (e.g., traveling wave tube (TWT) amplifiers) with outputs that are multiplexed among multiple transmit horns, each of which transmits a downlink communication signal to a corresponding geographic cells. In one implementation, each TWT amplifier is multiplexed among at least three transmit horns.