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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2009
Applicants:
David White, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Henri Girard, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventors:
David White, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Henri Girard, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing, Issy les Moulineaux, FR;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/20 (2006.01); H04H 40/90 (2008.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/20 (2013.01); H04H 40/90 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention concerns an apparatus for protecting a satellite reception system from strong terrestrial signals. A high Q tunable trap is used to help reject strong ATSC signals or other signals that may be present on the input coaxial cable of a satellite receiver that operates in a single-wire multi-switch (SWM) environment.