Method for operating a selective switching device for signals

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10128811-B2
Application number	US-201615384720-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 20, 2016
Priority date	Dec 21, 2015
Publication date	Nov 13, 2018
Grant date	Nov 13, 2018

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a method for operating a selective switching device for signals, a related selective switching device, and a message transmission system having the selective switching device. An embodiment of the method includes the following steps, not necessarily in this order: determining a current temperature in the region of the selective switching device; determining a signal shift of the selective switching device due to the current temperature; adding the signal shift to an input signal of the selective switching device as to receive a compensated signal for which the signal shift due to the current temperature is compensated; and removing the signal shift from an output signal of the selective switching device as to receive a corrected signal for which the compensation is corrected.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for operating a selective switching device for signals, comprising the steps of:
determining a current temperature in the region of the selective switching device;
determining a signal shift of the selective switching device due to the current temperature;
adding the signal shift to an input signal of the selective switching device as to receive a compensated signal for which the signal shift due to the current temperature is compensated; and
removing the signal shift from an output signal of the selective switching device as to receive a corrected signal for which the compensation is corrected;
wherein the compensated signal and the corrected signal are synchronously updated by the selective switching device in forward direction and in reverse direction.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the signal shift is a frequency shift, the input signal is an input spectrum, and the output signal is an output spectrum.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the signal shift is determined by an approximation calculation.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the signal shift is determined on the basis of a database.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a desired signal range of the input signal and/or of the output signal of the selective switching device depending on the operation purpose of the selective switching device; and
adding a further signal shift to the input signal and/or to the output signal as to shift the input signal and/or the output signal to the desired signal range.

6. A selective switching device configured to determine a signal shift of the selective switching device due to a current temperature in the region of the selective switching device, to add the signal shift to an input signal of the selective switching device to receive a compensated signal for which the signal shift due to the current temperature is compensated, and to remove the signal shift from an output signal of the selective switching device to receive a corrected signal for which the compensation is corrected, wherein the compensated signal and the corrected signal are synchronously updated by the selective switching device in forward direction and in reverse direction.

7. The selective switching device of claim 6 , wherein the selective switching device is a frequency multiplexer in the form of a passive filter, an active filter, or a digital filter.

8. The selective switching device of claim 6 , wherein the selective switching device is made of a light metal, a light metal alloy, plastic, and/or a fiber-reinforced composite.

9. A message transmission system, comprising a selective switching device that is configured to determine a signal shift of the selective switching device due to a current temperature in the region of the selective switching device, to add the signal shift to an input signal of the selective switching device to receive a compensated signal for which the signal shift due to the current temperature is compensated, and to remove the signal shift from an output signal of the selective switching device to receive a corrected signal for which the compensation is corrected, wherein the compensated signal and the corrected signal are synchronously updated by the selective switching device in forward direction and in reverse direction.

Assignees

• Tesat Spacecom Gmbh & Co Kg
• Tesat Spacecom Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Auer Erich

Classifications

• H03J3/04

  Arrangements for compensating for variations of physical values, e.g. temperature · CPC title

• H03H11/34

  Networks for connecting several sources or loads working on different frequencies or frequency bands, to a common load or source · CPC title

• H03H11/04

  Frequency selective two-port networks · CPC title

• H04B1/40

  Circuits · CPC title

• H03H7/46 Primary

  Networks for connecting several sources or loads, working on different frequencies or frequency bands, to a common load or source · CPC title