Patent ID: 8140005
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: H01Q,H04B

Abstract:
1. A modular satellite transceiver comprising: an RF module operating in a first band, the RF module including one or more antennas, an RF front end module, a band converter, an analog-to-digital converter, and a digital-to-analog converter; and a back end module that includes a digital processing module; wherein the RF module is removably coupled with the back end module such that the RF module may be replaced with another RF module operating in a second band different from the first band; wherein during transmission the back end module is configured to provide at least one digital representation of a modulated analog transmit signal to the RF module for digital-to-analog conversion and transmission; and wherein during reception the RF module is configured to analog-to-digital convert at least one analog receive signal into at least one digital representation of a modulated analog receive signal, and provide the at least one digital representation of the modulated analog receive signal to the back end module for demodulation.