Out-door unit with multiple ports

• US 8,368,245 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2010
• Issued: 02/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microelectronics Technology Inc (MTI Laboratory Inc)
• Original Assignee: Microelectronics Technology Inc (MTI Laboratory Inc)
• Inventors: Chang, Kuo Tien, Chuang, Ju Yuan
• Primary Examiner(s): CAVALLARI, DANIEL J
• Application Number:
  US12/826,905
• Publication Number:
  US 20110043033A1
• Time in Patent Office: 951 Days
• Field of Search: 307/66, 307/31, 307/45, 455/130
• US Class Current: 307/31
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/247 with frequency mixer, e.g. for direct satellite reception or Doppler radar
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/18 Input circuits, e.g. for coupling to an antenna or a transmission line coupling networks between antennas or lines and receivers independent of the nature of the receiver H03H
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/38 Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 40/90 specially adapted for satellite broadcast receiving

Abstract

An out-door unit with multiple ports comprises a circuit block, a DC-DC converter and a plurality of ports. The DC-DC converter is configured to provide a first current to the circuit block. The plurality of ports is connected to a plurality of in-door units respectively via a diode and provides a second current from the plurality of in-door units to the DC-DC converter via a diode respectively. The circuit block requires an operation current, and a first part of the operation current is the first current from the DC-DC converter and a second part of the operation current is the second current from one of the ports.

Claims

1. An out-door unit with multiple ports, comprising:

at least one circuit block;

a DC-DC converter, configured to provide a first current to the circuit block; and

a plurality of ports, configured to be respectively connected to a plurality of in-door units and configured to respectively provide a second current from the plurality of in-door units to the DC-DC converter via a diode;

wherein the circuit block requires an operation current, and a first part of the operation current is the first current from the DC-DC converter and a second part of the operation current is the second current from one of the ports.

2. The out-door unit of claim 1, further comprising a low noise block.

3. The out-door unit of claim 1, comprising a plurality of circuit blocks selected from the group consisting of a plurality of low noise amplifiers, a plurality of local oscillators, a plurality of mixers and a plurality of intermediate frequency amplifiers.

4. The out-door unit of claim 3, wherein the circuit block is a low noise amplifier, a local oscillator, a mixer or an intermediate frequency amplifier.

5. The out-door unit of claim 1, wherein the circuit block is connected to only one of the plurality of ports.

6. The out-door unit of claim 5, wherein the circuit block is connected to only one of the plurality of ports via a resistor.

7. The out-door unit of claim 5, wherein the circuit block is connected to only one of the plurality of ports via a diode.

8. The out-door unit of claim 5, wherein the circuit block is connected to the DC-DC converter via a switch such that the DC-DC converter stops providing the first current to the circuit block when the port connected by the circuit block is not connected to an in-door unit.

9. The out-door unit of claim 1, wherein the circuit block is connected to more than one of the plurality of ports.

10. The out-door unit of claim 9, wherein the circuit block is connected to each of the more than one of the plurality of ports via a resistor.

11. The out-door unit of claim 9, wherein the circuit block is connected to each of the more than one of the plurality of ports via a diode.

12. The out-door unit of claim 1, which is used for satellite communication.

13. The out-door unit of claim 1, wherein the plurality of in-door units are setup box devices.

14. The out-door unit of claim 1, wherein the plurality of ports includes a first port and a second port, the circuit block is connected to the first port and the second port, and the second part of the operation current is the second current from the first port, and a third part of the operation current is the second current from the third port.

15. The out-door unit of claim 14, wherein the circuit block is connected to the first port and the second port in a current-sharing configuration.

16. The out-door unit of claim 1, comprising a plurality of circuit blocks connected to the DC-DC converter in a current-sharing configuration.