EP2608430B1 - Dispositif de traitement de signaux haute fréquence - Google Patents

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EP2608430B1
EP2608430B1 EP12008357.1A EP12008357A EP2608430B1 EP 2608430 B1 EP2608430 B1 EP 2608430B1 EP 12008357 A EP12008357 A EP 12008357A EP 2608430 B1 EP2608430 B1 EP 2608430B1
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Manuel Elisardo Blanco Queiro
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    • H04H20/00—Arrangements for broadcast or for distribution combined with broadcast
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  • the present invention relates to a device for processing high-frequency signals according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the SMATV / MATV networks essentially have a signal recording system, as well as a head unit and a distribution network.
  • the signal recording system consists of various antennas that receive telecommunication signals and which are generally located outside a building in its highest area and are generally difficult to access.
  • the antennas of the signal recording system usually have devices which are connected to or integrated in the outputs of the antennas and which enable the received signals to be amplified, so that the quality level of these signals is improved.
  • the signals are transferred to the head unit and / or distributed directly, in the case of individual installations, in better conditions.
  • These devices are located outside the building in the immediate vicinity of the antenna so that they are difficult to access when changes are made to the devices or when they are replaced.
  • LTE long-term evolution
  • the signals of the terrestrial digital television of the UHF band take up channels 21 to 60 (470 to 790 MHz) and the LTE signals take up channels 61 to 69 (791 to 862 MHz). Therefore, the television transmission units in the 791 to 862 MHz band, channels 61 to 69 are switched off and this band is used for the LTE signals. This process is known as the digital dividend.
  • channels 61 to 69 (791 to 862 MHz) are currently used for television services.
  • a dual-response stopband filter which eliminates telecommunications and / or mobile phone signal interference. It is located between an input and an output and has two parallel circuits. A variable capacitance is arranged in a first circuit, while a low-pass filter is arranged in a second circuit. The variable capacitance is assigned a first diode connected in series, while the low-pass filter is assigned a second diode connected in parallel.
  • the known system has a switching device (1) which is connected to a MATV device (7) which transmits signals bi-directionally between the switching device (1) and user-specific connection points (8) which are connected to user-specific devices (9)
  • the switching device (1) has a filter function with regard to signals which are present in predefinable bands in order to suppress television signals which have an inadequate signal-to-noise ratio SNR.
  • an antenna system which has an electrically small antenna for receiving UHF band-channel signals.
  • the known antenna system has a command block which is connected to a demodulator of a receiver or to a processor of the receiver, the command block generating two control signals.
  • a first control signal controls a variable capacitor of an impedance converter and a second control signal controls variable capacitors of a filter network which is connected upstream of the impedance converter.
  • the known antenna system compensates for impedance changes that arise on the basis of the reception conditions at different locations on the basis of signals that the receiver has received.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a device of the type mentioned, which automatically eliminates interfering radio frequency signals, including those that are introduced by Long Term Evolution (LTE) services.
  • LTE Long Term Evolution
  • the device according to the invention is only activated and the interfering high-frequency signals are eliminated, in particular those which are generated by the LTE services, if the occurrence of these interfering signals is detected, the television services being maintained.
  • the device according to the invention eliminates the disruptive signals that exist at the time the device is installed, as well as disruptive signals that occur after the installation, without the user and / or the installer having to act.
  • the device according to the invention is arranged in the actual antenna housing or connected to the antenna via an installation coaxial cable; the device detects or detects the occurrence of interfering signals of the LTE type and the power (level) with which they are received.
  • the device changes the frequency frame of the signals to be received.
  • This frequency frame corresponds to the frequency frame of the telecommunication signals that are to be received as desired. All other signals that are not in this frequency frame are rejected.
  • the device extracts a pattern of the possible interfering signals at the input of the device and determines the occurrence of these signals and their power.
  • the inventive solution has a special meaning in situations of transition to transmission devices for LTE signals, since the inventive one Solution avoids a delay in the installation of MATV / SMATV systems by the user or the installer.
  • the comparator / decision maker does not block the switching of the second signal to the output, the second signal is switched through to the output of the circuit.
  • This case takes into account the absence of interfering LTE signals and the possibility that television signals are present in the frequency range from 791 to 862 MHz (channels 61 to 69).
  • the device enables the switching of the complete signal or the signal spectrum from 470 MHz to 862 MHz (channels 21 to 69) compared to the first case, which only enables the switching of the signal between 470 and 790 MHz (channels 21 to 60) .
  • Another advantageous exemplary embodiment of the device according to the invention is characterized in that it has an amplifier.
  • This amplifier can also be arranged outside the device.
  • a device according to the invention for processing high-frequency signals, in particular for television radio and / or data antennas in SMATV / MATV networks, is described below by way of example, and not by way of limitation, with reference to the drawing.
  • Figure 1 shows a block diagram of the device according to the invention
  • the device according to the invention has an input filter 1 at the UHF input (470-862 MHz, channels 21 to 69), an attenuator / isolator 2, a further filter ("first filter") 3, consisting of a high-pass filter (791-862 MHz, channels 61 to 69), a power measuring device (a detector) 4, a comparison circuit / decision maker 5, a switch 6, which preferably consists of there are two switch components, each with a control input, a low-pass filter 7 (470-790 MHz. channels 21 to 60) arranged between the two switch components and a signal amplifier 8, which can be arranged inside or outside the device.
  • first filter consisting of a high-pass filter (791-862 MHz, channels 61 to 69
  • a power measuring device a detector
  • a comparison circuit / decision maker 5 a switch 6, which preferably consists of there are two switch components, each with a control input, a low-pass filter 7 (470-790 MHz. channels 21 to 60) arranged between the two switch components
  • the control inputs of the two preferably identical switch components of the switch 6 are connected to the output of the comparison circuit 5, so that the two switch components are controlled by the output signal Vc of the comparison circuit 5.
  • the two circuit components are directly connected to one another (connecting cable at the top in Figure 1 ) and on the other hand, a filter, in particular a low-pass filter 7, is connected between them.
  • the input signal I1 which originates from a signal recording device (telecommunications antenna or the like), is introduced into the device according to the invention via a plug at the input IN.
  • the input signal I1 is switched by the UHF input filter 1 (470 a 862 MHz, channels 21 to 69), so that the filtered input signal I2 (television signals and possibly LTE signals) are obtained at its output. Subsequently, a pattern I3 (television signals I31 and possibly LTE signals I32) of the signal I2, which is at the output of the Input filter 1 is present, extracted. The extraction of this pattern I3 of the signal I2 is carried out without introducing any losses in the signal I2, thereby avoiding that the quality of the signal I2 which is introduced into the switches 6 is reduced.
  • I3 is equal to I2 (I21 and I22), but in a damped form, where I31 corresponds to the damped signal I21 and I32 corresponds to the damped signal I22. For example, if I22 has a level of 60 db, I32 has a level of, for example, 30 or 40 db.
  • a first filter 3 which is formed by a high-pass filter (791 to 862 MHz, channels 61 to 69), which has the task of the signal I32 to be selected, which is arranged in this bandwidth and which includes television signals, before the introduction of the LTE services, or LTE signals after the introduction of these services.
  • the signal I32 is measured and / or detected by means of the measuring device (the power detector) 4.
  • the level VDetec measured or detected by the measuring device (the power detector) 4 is compared with a predetermined reference level VRef.
  • the predetermined reference level is the level of the maximum power of the possible LTE interference signals which may be present in the signal I2; this level is the level, an amplifier 8 can assume this level at its input without disturbing the corresponding digital television signals which are present in signal I2.
  • the comparison is carried out in the comparator / decision maker 5, and the signal switches 6 are activated in accordance with the comparison voltage Vc that arises at the output of the comparator / decision maker 5.
  • the possible LTE signals of the signal I2 would not interfere with the television signals of this signal I2 and consequently the switches 6 are controlled by the voltage Vc that Connect signal I2 (470 to 862 MHz, channels 21 to 69) directly to signal amplifier 8.
  • this signal I2 becomes a low-pass filter 7 Redirect (470 to 790 MHz. Channels 21 to 60).
  • This low-pass filter 7 eliminates the signals I22 which are in the frequency band of the UHF channels 61 to 69 (791 to 862 MHz), that is to say the LTE signals which are interfering and only the television signals I21 (470 to 790 MHz, channels 21 to 60) of the signal I2 are introduced into and amplified in the amplifier 8 and later they are fed to the output OUT of the device according to the invention.
  • the device according to the invention operates in a situation in which there are no interfering LTE signals (level Vdetec of the interfering signal LTE is below the reference level) in such a way that the signal (470 to 862 MHz, channels 21 to 69) is fed directly to the amplifier 8 in order to amplify it there and later to supply it to the output OUT.
  • the inventive method works Device in such a way that the signal I2 (470 to 862 MHz, channels 21 to 69) is switched through the low-pass filter 7 (470 to 790 MHz, channels 21 to 60).
  • This low-pass filter 7 eliminates the signals in the frequency band of UHF channels 61 to 69 (791 to 862 MHz), that is to say the interfering LTE signals and only the television signals (470 to 790 MHz, channels 21 to 60) of signal I2 are introduced into the amplifier 8 and amplified there and later fed to the output OUT of the device according to the invention.
  • the first case also concerns the status in which LTE signals are not yet used; the second case concerns the status in which I21 consists of TV signals and I22 consists of LTE signals.

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  1. Dispositif de traitement des signaux à haute fréquence,
    - dans lequel le dispositif possède une entrée (IN) et une sortie (OUT) UHF et au moins un premier filtre (3),
    - dans lequel le dispositif est conçu de manière à ce qu'un signal d'entrée (I1) passe à travers un filtre UHF (1) connecté en aval de l'entrée UHF (IN), lequel filtre génère un signal d'entrée filtré (I2) et est conçu de manière à filtrer des signaux dans une gamme de fréquences comprenant une première gamme de fréquences et une deuxième gamme de fréquences,
    - dans lequel la conception du dispositif est telle que le signal d'entrée filtré (I2) est transmis à un commutateur (6),
    - dans lequel le filtre UHF (1) et le commutateur (6) sont montés en aval de l'entrée UHF (IN) et dans lequel le commutateur (6) est relié du côté entrée à un circuit de comparaison (5) et dans lequel le premier filtre (3) est monté en aval du filtre UHF (1) et est conçu de telle manière que les signaux dans la deuxième gamme de fréquences (FR2) sont filtrés conformément aux services Long Term Evolution, LTE, après l'introduction du dividende numérique et conformément aux services de télévision exclusivement terrestres avant l'introduction du dividende numérique,
    - dans lequel le signal d'entrée filtré (I2) comprend un premier signal (I21) disposé dans la première gamme de fréquences (FR1) correspondant exclusivement aux services de télévision terrestre et un second signal (I22) disposé dans la seconde gamme de fréquences (FR2),
    caractérisé parce que
    - le circuit de comparaison (5) est connecté en aval du premier filtre (3),
    - le circuit de comparaison (5) est agencé de telle sorte que le circuit de comparaison (5) effectue une comparaison de niveau entre le niveau du second signal (I22) inclus dans le signal d'entrée filtré (I2) et un niveau de référence (VRef) qui est un niveau prédéfini correspondant à un niveau de puissance maximale de signaux de bruit possibles dans la seconde gamme de fréquences (FR2),
    - un amplificateur (8) peut assumer le niveau de référence à son entrée sans perturber les signaux de télévision numérique correspondants présents dans le signal d'entrée (I2),
    - le circuit de comparaison (5) est conçu de telle sorte qu'en fonction de la comparaison de niveau, il permet ou bloque le chemin du deuxième signal (I22) vers la sortie (OUT) du dispositif et forme un signal de sortie (Vc) pour la commande du commutateur (6) qui est conçu de telle sorte que
    - dans une première configuration, si le niveau de référence (VRef) est supérieur au niveau du deuxième signal (I22), la sortie du filtre UHF (1) est directement reliée à la sortie (OUT) du dispositif et permet le cheminement du deuxième signal (I22) vers la sortie (OUT) du dispositif, et
    - dans une seconde configuration lorsque le niveau de référence (VRef) est inférieur au niveau du second signal (I22), la sortie du filtre UHF (1) est reliée à un filtre passe-bas (7) qui est disposé entre le filtre UHF (1) et la sortie (OUT) du dispositif et qui est conçu pour filtrer les signaux dans la première gamme de fréquences.
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé parce que
    - le commutateur (6) se compose de deux éléments de commutation ayant chacun une entrée de commande qui est reliée à la sortie du circuit de comparaison (5).
  3. Dispositif selon la revendication 2, caractérisé parce que
    - les composants du commutateur sont identiques.
  4. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé parce que
    - l'amplificateur (8) est disposé entre le commutateur (6) et la sortie (OUT) du dispositif.
  5. Système avec un dispositif selon une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé parce que
    - le système comprend l'amplificateur (8) à l'extérieur du dispositif.
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