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Electronic switch for selecting satellite polarization signals

Assignee: Microelectronics Technology Inc
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Filing: 1992-06-16
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Granted: 1994-04-12
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Expires: 2012-06-16
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Abstract

Abstract An electronic switch used in a low-noise block down converter for receiving satellite horizontal or vertical polarization signals. The electronic switch only needs one single wire to receive a pulse width signal of a TV receiver. The electronic switch output a HIGH voltage level and a LOW voltage level according to the pulse Width of the signal from the TV receiver to control the selection of the vertical or horizontal polarization signals.

Inventors

  • 👤 Ioc-Heng Leong

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 18:21
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04B; H04B1/00; H04B1/06; H04B1/16; H04B1/26; H04B1/28

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 158 words
An electronic switch used in a low noise block down converter (LNB) for controlling the reception of satellite polarization signals, said electronic switch comprising: a pulse width discriminator for comparing widths of an input signal with a reference width to output a pulse with a pre-determined frequency and a 0 V signal according to the comparison results, respectively; a latching means for receiving said pulse with a predetermined frequency and said 0 V signal from said width discriminator to output a high voltage and a low voltage to a FET selection controller, respectively; and said FET selection controller comprising two switching FET circuits respectively connected with a horizontal probe and a vertical probe and a complementary element; said complementary element receiving the outputs of said latching means and outputting two complementary signals to said two switching FET circuits so that only one of said FET circuits is turned on at a time, whereby selecting a desired polarization signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 158 words
An electronic switch used in a low noise block down converter (LNB) for controlling the reception of satellite polarization signals, said electronic switch comprising: a pulse width discriminator for comparing widths of an input signal with a reference width to output a pulse with a pre-determined frequency and a 0 V signal according to the comparison results, respectively; a latching means for receiving said pulse with a predetermined frequency and said 0 V signal from said width discriminator to output a high voltage and a low voltage to a FET selection controller, respectively; and said FET selection controller comprising two switching FET circuits respectively connected with a horizontal probe and a vertical probe and a complementary element; said complementary element receiving the outputs of said latching means and outputting two complementary signals to said two switching FET circuits so that only one of said FET circuits is turned on at a time, whereby selecting a desired polarization signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 53 words
The electronic switch according to claim 1, wherein the pulse width discriminator outputs the pulse with a pre-determined frequency if the pulse width of the input signal is higher than the reference width and outputs the 0 V signal if the pulse width of the input signal is lower than the reference width.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 22 words
The electronic switch according to claim 1, wherein the input signal of said pulse width discriminator is coming from a TV receiver.

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