Patent ID: 8779872

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a transmitter; a transmitter housing; a low noise block converter; a transmit-receive isolation assembly; and one or more common ports, one or more transmit ports, and one or more receive ports; wherein at least a part of the low noise block converter and at least a part of the transmit-receive isolation assembly are sealed within the transmitter housing, and the at least a part of the transmit-receive isolation assembly is integrally built into the transmitter housing; wherein the transmit-receive isolation assembly includes an ortho-mode transducer and a diplexer, and at least a part of the ortho-mode transducer and at least a part of the diplexer are integrally built into the transmitter housing; and wherein at least a part of one or more of the common ports, the transmit ports and the receive ports are integrally built into the transmitter housing, and the at least a part of the one or more of the common ports, the transmit ports and the receive ports are integrally built into a plate within the transmitter housing.