Patent ID: 7944951

Claim:
A broadband switched multiplexer comprising: an input broadband demultiplexer comprising a broadband input port for receiving an input broadband signal and a plurality of output ports, each having a different passband; an output broadband multiplexer comprising a plurality of input ports and a broadband output port, each input port having a different passband, each input port passband overlapping a different portion of the demultiplexer output port passband; the passbands being arranged such that each of the input port passbands at least partially overlaps an output port passband, at least some of the input port passbands overlapping two output port passbands; the demultiplexer output ports being in communication with the multiplexer input ports by signal paths, each signal path having a switch for opening and closing the path therein; and wherein the demultiplexer has n output ports, the input and output port passbands being arranged such that there are one of 2n and 2(n−2)+2 through channels of overlapping input and output port passbands.