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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2010
M'hamed Anis Khemakhem, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Steven Mark Swam, Shakopee, MN (US);
Jeffrey Louis Peters, Eagan, MN (US);
Nasser Pooladian, Roseville, MN (US);
James Stansbury, Farmington, MN (US);
M'hamed Anis Khemakhem, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Steven Mark Swam, Shakopee, MN (US);
Jeffrey Louis Peters, Eagan, MN (US);
Nasser Pooladian, Roseville, MN (US);
James Stansbury, Farmington, MN (US);
ADC Telecommunications, Inc., Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
A radio frequency signal distribution module and panel for receiving such a module are disclosed. One module includes a housing having a front and a rear, a radio frequency signal input connection positioned on the rear of the housing, and a plurality of radio frequency signal output connections positioned on the rear of the housing. The module also includes a splitter within the housing and connecting the radio frequency signal input connection to the plurality of radio frequency signal output connections. Certain modules include an active attenuation component connected to and providing programmable attenuation of a radio frequency signal output connection from among the plurality of radio frequency signal output connections. Other modules include a data port on the housing, the data port configured to communicate information about radio frequency signals within the module to a computing system remote from the module.