Patent ID: 7088972

Claim:
A data transmitter for incorporation into a system, the data transmitter comprising: a data modulator module adapted to receive a data stream from the system and to modulate the data stream; a power amplifier module adapted to receive the modulated data stream from the data modulator module and to amplify and output the modulated data stream for transmittal; a power converter module adapted to provide power to both the data modulator module and the power amplifier module; and a plurality of housings for housing the data modulator module, the power amplifier module, and the power converter module, such that each module is physically separate and distinct from the other modules, wherein a side of a first housing is mechanically and electrically connectable to either of a first side or a second side of a second housing such that communication of electrical signals between modules is preserved regardless of which side of the second housing the first housing is connected to, wherein each housing further includes at least the data modulator module, the power amplifier module, or the power converter module, such that each module is physically separate and distinct from the other modules, each of said housings having a plurality of sides, wherein each side includes at least two connecting elements, with a first element comprising a standardized connection for rigidly aligning a side of a first housing to a side of a second housing such that the housings can be interconnected according to several different arrangements, and a second element comprising a standardized electrical connection, wherein any side of a first housing secured to any side of a second housing is also electrically connected via the electrical elements of the first and second housings.