Patent ID: 7107015
Filing Date: 2006-09-12
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A transverter operable to translate a transmit signal and a receive signal between a first frequency band and a second frequency band, wherein the transverter is connected between a data radio and an existing antenna tuned to the first frequency band, the transverter comprising: a bandswitch interposed between the data radio and the existing antenna and adapted to allow for selectively directing the transmit signal from the data radio to the existing antenna, thereby substantially bypassing the transverter; a transmuter connected to the input isolating device and adapted to translate the transmit signal from the first frequency band to the second frequency band; a converter connected to the input isolating device and adapted to translate the receive signal from the second frequency band to the first frequency band, wherein a noise figure characteristic of the converter is matched to a path loss difference between the first frequency band and the second frequency band; and an antenna connected to the output isolating device and tuned to the second frequency band and adapted to transmit the transmit signal and to receive the receive signal.