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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2006
Richard A. Freeman, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Robert A. Newgard, Central City, IA (US);
David A. Gribble, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Manas K. Roy, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Richard A. Freeman, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Robert A. Newgard, Central City, IA (US);
David A. Gribble, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Manas K. Roy, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a MEMS-based broadband transceiver/sensor. A MEMS-based transceiver/sensor in accordance with the present invention may comprise: (a) an antenna; (b) a front-end triplexer block; (c) a plurality of N transceiving channels; and (d) an RF energy sensor. The front end triplexer block may comprise M triplexers, each triplexer having MEMS-based filters. The transceiving channels may each comprise: (i) a local oscillator; (ii) a mixer; (iii) a first N:1 MEMS-based switch; (iv) a plurality of N MEMS-based variable bandwidth bandpass filters; and (v) a second N:1 MEMS-based switch. The RF energy sensor may comprise: (vi) an M:1 MEMS-based switch; (vii) a local oscillator; (viii) a mixer; and (ix) a plurality of MEMS-based variable bandwidth bandpass filters.