US Patent Issued to Hughes Network Systems on Aug. 12 for "Very small aperture terminal for satellite communication with direct conversion and electronic polarization orientation control" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,474, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Hughes Network Systems LLC (Germantown, Md.).

"Very small aperture terminal for satellite communication with direct conversion and electronic polarization orientation control" was invented by Joseph Chong (Frederick, Md.), George Eapen (Boyds, Md.) and Rajesh Joshi (Clarksburg, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are described for direct conversion and dynamic polarization control in a very small aperture terminal (VSAT) outdoor unit (ODU). The ODU includes a direct up-converter and/or a direct down-converter for converting in a single stage between a baseband frequency and a satellit...