Structure for preventing intermodulation interference in satellite transmission

• US 20040082298A1
• Filed: 10/28/2002
• Published: 04/29/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Prime Electronics and Satellitics Incorporation
• Original Assignee: Prime Electronics and Satellitics Incorporation
• Inventors: Chen, Mao-Jen
• Granted Patent: US 6,944,423 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/98
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/109 by improving strong signal performance of the receiver when strong unwanted signals are present at the receiver input
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 40/90 specially adapted for satellite broadcast receiving

Abstract

A structure for preventing intermodulation interference in satellite transmission is characterized in that a frequency subtraction is executed at a first mixer and a local oscillator on one of the received satellite vertical and horizontal polarized signals to obtain a first mid-band, while a frequency subtraction is executed at a second mixer and a first-stage local oscillator on the other received signal to obtain a reverse-phase signal thereof, and a frequency addition is executed at a third mixer and a second-stage local oscillator on the reverse-phase signal to obtain a second mid-band, and that second and third harmonic differences between a frequency obtained by subtracting the oscillating frequency of the second-stage local oscillator from the oscillating frequency of the first-stage local oscillator and the oscillating frequency of the local oscillators do not fall in the first and the second mid-bands, respectively, and an intermodulation interference is prevented.

Claims

1. A structure for preventing intermodulation interference in satellite transmission, comprising:

a receiving antenna for receiving vertical and horizontal polarized signal sent from a satellite;

an RF amplifying system for down-converting and amplifying the received vertical and horizontal signals;

a first and a second band-pass filter for filtering signals output from said RF amplifying system;

a first mixer for receiving a signal output from said first band-pass filter and executing a frequency subtraction operation;

a local oscillator, from an oscillating frequency of which a frequency of said signal output from said first band-pass filter is subtracted in the frequency subtraction operation at said first mixer to generate a first mid-band;

a high-pass filter for filtering and isolating a signal within said first mid-band and output from said first mixer, and outputting the filtered and isolated signal;

a second mixer for receiving the signal filtered at and output from said second band-pass filter and executing a frequency subtraction operation;

a first-stage local oscillator, from an oscillating frequency of which a frequency of said signal output from said second band-pass filter is subtracted in the frequency subtraction operation executed at said second mixer to obtain a reverse-phase signal of said signal output from said second band-pass filter;

a third band-pass filter for filtering and isolating said reverse-phase signal output from said second mixer;

a third mixer for receiving the signal output from said third band-pass filter and executing a frequency addition operation;

a second-stage local oscillator, to an oscillating frequency of which a frequency of said signal output from said third band-pass filter is added in the frequency addition operation executed at said third mixer to obtain a second mid-band;

a low-pass filter for filtering and isolating a signal within said second mid-band and output from said third mixer, and outputting the filtered and isolated signal; and

a multiplex adder for receiving and combining said signals separately output from said high-pass filter and said low-pass filter;

whereby second and third harmonic differences between a frequency obtained by subtracting the oscillating frequency of said second-stage local oscillator from the oscillating frequency of said first-stage local oscillator and the oscillating frequency of said local oscillators do not fall in said first and said second mid-bands, respectively, and an intermodulation interference can therefore be prevented.

2. The structure for preventing intermodulation interference in satellite transmission as claimed in claim 1, wherein a frequency subtraction operation is executed at said second mixer to subtract the frequency of said signal output from said second band-pass filter from the oscillating frequency of said first-stage local oscillator to obtain a reverse-phase signal, which is filtered and isolated at said third band-pass filter and then output to said third mixer, at where a frequency addition operation is executed to add the frequency of said signal output from said third band-pass filter to the oscillating frequency of said second-stage local oscillator to obtain said second mid-band.

3. The structure for preventing intermodulation interference in satellite transmission as claimed in claim 1, wherein said multiplex adder is plugged to said high-pass and said low-pass filter that filter and isolate said signals within frequency ranges of said first and said second mid-band and output from said first and said third mixer, respectively.