FDM-TDM transmultiplexing system

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A frequency-division-multiplexing (FDM)-time-division-multiplexing (TDM) transmultiplexing system having an FDM-TDM multiplexer and a TDM-FDM multiplexer, said FDM-TDM multiplexer comprising: a first complex frequency conversion circuit for converting a frequency of an input IF signal by dividing the input IF signal into two streams which then are multiplied with two local signals with a π/2 phase difference to convert the input signal into a complex signal in baseband with a real and an imaginary component, said first complex frequency conversion circuit outputting first and second analog signal sequences respectively; first and second analog-to-digital (AD) converters for respectively digitizing said first and second analog signal sequences to produce first and second digitized signal sequences; a first digital chirp signal generator consisting of M digital subfilters which, for a minimum square number (M 2 ) greater than a required total number of channels, generate a complex local signal whose frequency varies linearly with time; a first complex multiplier for performing complex multiplication on said first and second digitized signal sequences and outputs of said first digital chirp signal generator; a first digital chirp filter consisting of M digital subfilters which, for the minimum square number (M 2 ) greater than the required total number of channels, perform a convolutional integration matched to said first digital chirp signal generator in response to outputs of said first complex multiplier; a second complex multiplier for multiplying outputs of said first chirp filter and outputs of said first chirp signal generator to provide first and second digitized multiplier outputs; and first and second digital-to-analog (DA) converters for respectively digital-to-analog converting said first and second digitized multiplier outputs; said TDM-FDM multiplexer comprising: third and fourth AD converters for respectively digitizing analog input signals which are time division multiplexed to produce third and fourth digitized signal sequences; a second digital chirp signal generator having the same construction as said first digital chirp signal generator; a third complex multiplier for multiplying said third and fourth digitized signal sequences and outputs of said second digital chirp signal generator; a second digital chirp filter constructed in the same manner as said first digital chirp filter to perform a convolutional integration matched to said second digital chirp signal generator in response to outputs of said third complex multiplier; a fourth complex multiplier for multiplying outputs of said second digital chirp filter and outputs of said second digital chirp signal generator to provide third and fourth digitized multiplier outputs; third and fourth DA converters for respectively digital-to-analog converting said third and fourth digitized multipler outputs to produce third and fourth complex analog signal sequences; and a second complex frequency conversion circuit, constructed in the same manner as said first complex frequency conversion circuit, for converting frequencies of said third and fourth complex analog signal sequences to produce output IF band signals.