Abstract: An impedance matching broadband optical receiver circuit including an input terminal adapted to receive an input information bearing signal, extending over a broad input frequency band, and a plurality of output terminals operative to provide, in response to receipt of the input information bearing signal, respective outputs in generally non-overlapping frequency bands, plural ones of the outputs presenting different characteristic impedances to the input.

Abstract: A satellite signal distribution system including a headend which includes a fiberoptic transmitter that combines satellite signals from a satellite antenna with non-satellite television signals, a plurality of signal receive and distribution units, a plurality of optical fiber links which communicate the combined satellite and non-satellite signals between the headend and the plurality of signal receive and distribution units, and a multiplicity of signal links which communicate signals between each of the plurality of signal receive and distribution units and a plurality of satellite signal receivers and non-satellite signal receivers.

Abstract: This invention discloses a wireless communications station including a base unit including a communications interface for communicating with plural wireless communications networks, a received communications combiner for combining received communications signals received from the plural wireless communications networks into a single radio frequency output, a transmit communications splitter for splitting previously combined transmit communications signals to be transmitted to the plural wireless communications networks into plural radio frequency outputs, at least one fiberoptic transmitter receiving the single radio frequency output and providing a corresponding optical output, and at least one fiberoptic receiver receiving an optical input and providing an RF output containing previously combined transmit communications signals, a plurality of remote units, each including plural antennas for communicating with communicators along plural wireless communications networks, a received communications splitter fo