LNBDiSEqC分析和总结分析和总结.docxVIP

Here is how LNB is defined by the un-disputed LNB expert, Cambridge The Low Noise Block to the lay person is the small electronic box that sits in the front of the satellite dish. In reality it is a little miracle of microwave engineering which helps to bring satellite broadcasts, collected by the dish, to the indoor receiver so that everyone can watch satellite TV pictures no matter what the weather. All Direct to Home broadcast satellites are located 33,600km away from the Earths surface in the equatorial plain. This region has been known as the Clarke Belt because it was Arthur C. Clark who, in 1945, worked out that an object in this position in space would appear motionless from the Earths surface, hence the term geostationary orbit. Pretty handy if you dont want to keep moving your dish. The power coming from the geostationary satellite is incredibly weak. To give you some idea of how weak please imagine what a 100W light looks like from 33,600km. This is difficult enough on a totally clear day, so now imagine the cloud, mist, fog, rain and hail in the way and you are a little closer to how difficult it is to receive satellite broadcasts. The dish collects what little it can of these signals and reflects the signal back into the feed horn of the LNB. The LNB feed has to be positioned at the focal point of the antenna for highest efficiency. It has then to am plify the incredibly weak signal without adding any appreciable amount of any unwanted signal (or noise), hence the term Low Noise Block. Another analogy may be useful to understand noise. If you listen to a conventional radio where the reception is weak the extra crackle and hiss in the background is the noise. The Kuband frequency ranges from 10.7 to 12.75 GHz (or billions of cycles per second). This signal is too high for the cable and the indoor receiver. So, the LNB has to down convert the Radio Frequency. It does this by mixing the RF signal with a frequency generated by the LNB itself, the