Global Patent Index - EP 0815686 A1

EP 0815686 A1 19980107 - SATELLITE RECEIVER COMPUTER ADAPTER CARD

Title (en)

SATELLITE RECEIVER COMPUTER ADAPTER CARD

Title (de)

RECHNERADAPTERKARTE FÜR SATELLITENEMPFÄNGER

Title (fr)

CARTE DE PERIPHERIQUE POUR ORDINATEUR RECEVANT DES INFORMATIONS TRANSMISES PAR SATELLITE

Publication

EP 0815686 A1 19980107 (EN)

Application

EP 96910289 A 19960116

Priority

US 9600061 W 19960116

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9726762A1] A printed circuit board intended to be placed within a card slot of a personal computer (102) that allows the personal computer (102) to receive information directly from a satellite communication network. An adapter card (124) operates in slave mode to a CPU (120) of the personal computer (102). The CPU (120) receives demodulated signals from a demodulator (130) of the adapter card (124) via a bus interface (134) on the adapter card (124). The CPU (120) also receives status information for the demodulator (130) and a tuner (132) and controls the operations of the demodulator (130) and tuner (132) via the bus interface (134). A DC-DC converter (136) receives power from a power supply (126) for the adapter card circuitry. Moreover, the DC-DC converter (136) powers a low noise block (LNB 112) of an antenna (110) of the satellite communication network.

IPC 1-7

H04N 7/08; H04N 5/46; H04B 1/18

IPC 8 full level

H04B 1/18 (2006.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04N 7/08 (2006.01); H04N 7/081 (2006.01); H04N 7/20 (2006.01); H04N 5/44 (2011.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H04B 1/18 (2013.01); H04B 7/18597 (2013.01); H04N 7/20 (2013.01); H04N 21/4143 (2013.01); H04N 21/426 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE ES FR GB IT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9726762 A1 19970724; AU 5352796 A 19970811; BR 9610881 A 19990713; CA 2213260 A1 19970724; CA 2213260 C 20010515; EP 0815686 A1 19980107; EP 0815686 A4 20000816; JP H10507618 A 19980721; MX 9706286 A 19971031

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 9600061 W 19960116; AU 5352796 A 19960116; BR 9610881 A 19960116; CA 2213260 A 19960116; EP 96910289 A 19960116; JP 52593697 A 19960116; MX 9706286 A 19960116