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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:
Jul. 13, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mohammad N. Bukhari, Germantown, MD (US);
Assignee:
Hughes Electronics Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 1/00 ;
Abstract
A VSAT communications outdoor unit for satellite communications has a saturated amplifier transmission circuit and a voltage detector. The voltage detector detects insufficient voltage to operate the transmission circuit. A signal generator connects and is responsive to a voltage detector output. The signal generator indicates with an external output that the transmitter is disabled. Preferably, the external output is separate from a link to the indoor unit. A switch for switching between the signal generator and an antenna pointing output responds to the voltage detector output.