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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2008
Donald L. Runyon, Duluth, GA (US);
Anthony Guy Hamel, Encinitas, CA (US);
Timothy J. Martin, Carlsbad, CA (US);
William Joshua Sparks, San Marcos, CA (US);
Michael Chou, San Marcos, CA (US);
Andrew Michael Bacon, Atlanta, GA (US);
Donald L. Runyon, Duluth, GA (US);
Anthony Guy Hamel, Encinitas, CA (US);
Timothy J. Martin, Carlsbad, CA (US);
William Joshua Sparks, San Marcos, CA (US);
Michael Chou, San Marcos, CA (US);
Andrew Michael Bacon, Atlanta, GA (US);
ViaSat, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
A modular satellite transceiver is provided according to some embodiments of the disclosure. The modular transceiver may include an RF module and a back end module. The RF module may operate in a first band, and may include, for example, one or more antennas, an RF front end module, an up converter, a down converter, an analog-to-digital converter, and a digital-to-analog converter. The back end module may include various digital processing components and/or modules. The RF module may be removably coupled with the back end module such that the RF module may be replaced with another RF module operating in a second band. During transmission the back end module may provide at least one digital signal to the RF module; and during reception the RF module provides at least one digital signal to the back end module.