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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2015
Maxlinear, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Glenn Chang, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Raja Pullela, Irvine, CA (US);
Madhukar Reddy, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Timothy Gallagher, Encinitas, CA (US);
Shanta Murthy Prem Swaroop, Irvine, CA (US);
Curtis Ling, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Vamsi Paidi, Irvine, CA (US);
Wenjian Chen, Irvine, CA (US);
MAXLINEAR, INC., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
A direct broadcast satellite (DBS) reception assembly may comprise an integrated circuit that is configurable between or among a plurality of configurations based on content requested by client devices served by the DBS reception assembly. In a first configuration, multiple satellite frequency bands may be digitized by the integrated circuit as a single wideband signal. In a second configuration, the satellite frequency bands may be digitized by the integrated circuit as a plurality of separate narrowband signals. The integrated circuit may comprise a plurality of receive paths, each of the receive chains comprising a respective one of a plurality of low noise amplifiers and a plurality of analog-to-digital converters.