Patent ID: 6943625

Claim:
A satellite system including an antenna comprising: a payload system generating a plurality of input signals; an amplifier redundancy system comprising a first amplifier receiving at least one of said plurality of input signals from a first input switch when said first input switch is in a through port position, a first output switch in a side port position, wherein said first output switch receives signals from said first amplifier, a second amplifier receiving said at least one of said plurality of input signals from said first input switch through a second input switch and generating amplified signals therefrom, said first input switch in a side port position, wherein said first input switch switches to said through port position in response to a failure in said second amplifier, a second output switch in a through port position, wherein said second output switch switches to a side port position and receives signals through said first output switch in response to said failure in said second amplifier, wherein said second input switch receives said at least one of said plurality of input signals from said first input switch when said first input switch is in said side port position; and a controller controlling switching operations of said amplifier redundancy system in response to a determined failure in said second amplifier, said controller receiving signals from said second output switch and operating satellite systems in response thereto.