Patent ID: 8565345

Claim:
A radio frequency transmitter for transmitting a radio frequency transmission signal, comprising: a plurality of inputs, each of the inputs receiving a respective associated clock of a plurality of associated clocks and a respective digital radio frequency signal of a plurality of digital radio frequency signals, wherein the respective digital radio frequency signal has a digital data rate sufficient to represent both an information content and a carrier, if any, in a corresponding analog representation of a radio frequency signal received through a respective one of the plurality of inputs; a non-blocking switch matrix, selectively controlled by a control signal from a controller, configured to receive the plurality of associated clocks and the plurality of digital radio frequency signals, and configured to produce a plurality of regenerated associated clocks and a plurality of regenerated digital radio frequency signals; the controller is configured to rout the plurality of regenerated associated clocks and the plurality of regenerated digital radio frequency signals from each of the plurality of inputs to a plurality of digital to analog converters, the digital to analog converters are configured to convert the plurality of regenerated digital radio frequency signals into a plurality of analog radio frequency signals; and a plurality of analog signal couplers configured to communicate the plurality of analog radio frequency signals to a location for transmission of the radio frequency transmission signal thereat.