Patent ID: 9071388
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A switchable diplexer, comprising: (a) a plurality of bandpass filters, the bandpass filters having a predetermined passband, wherein at least some of the bandpass filters have a passband different from the passband of the other of the plurality of bandpass filters; and (b) a plurality of switches coupled to the passband filters and configured to select one of the plurality of bandpass filters for signal communication on a communication channel; (c) wherein the bandpass filters are arranged in groups of bandpass filters, each group is located adjacent to one another physically, a first of said groups comprising an E-band bandpass filter having a passband between 475 MHz and 675 MHz and an F-band bandpass filter having a passband between 650 MHz and 875 MHz electrically arranged in parallel relation to one another and a second of said groups comprising a D-band bandpass filter having a passband between 1125 MHz and 1675 MHz and a D-low band bandpass filter having a passband between 1125 MHz and 1225 MHz electrically arranged in parallel relation to one another.