Patent ID: 8792820

Claim:
Transceiver configured for receiving linearly polarized signals from at least two geostationary satellites, the transceiver including: at least a first waveguide and a second waveguide configured to respectively form with a reflector two receiving beam patterns with a maximum gain in angular directions different from each other; at one end of each one of the at least first waveguide and second waveguide, two receiving elements orthogonal to each other configured for respectively receiving two orthogonal polarization components of the signals, and thus forming at least four receiving elements configured for receiving at least four corresponding signal components; at least four converting units each configured for converting, by using a common local oscillator, one of the at least four signal components to an intermediate frequency, thus outputting at least four corresponding converted signal components; a combining unit configured for linearly combining the at least four converted signal components, based on weights representing phase shifting and/or amplification of signal components; and a weight input unit configured for receiving the weights.