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Repeater apparatus for conveying a radio-frequency (RF) signal into an environment closed-off to the RF signal, including a master transceiver unit having a master port which receives the RF signal, a local oscillator (LO), which generates a LO signal at a LO frequency, and a frequency divider which

Repeater apparatus for conveying a radio-frequency (RF) signal into an environment closed-off to the RF signal, including a master transceiver unit having a master port which receives the RF signal, a local oscillator (LO), which generates a LO signal at a LO frequency, and a frequency divider which divides the LO frequency of the LO signal by an integer to produce a divided LO signal. The master transceiver unit also includes a master mixer coupled to the master port and the divider which generates an intermediate-frequency (IF) signal responsive to the RF signal and the LO signal. The apparatus includes one or more slave transceiver units, each unit positioned within the environment closed-off to the RF signal and including a frequency multiplier which generates a recovered LO signal at the LO frequency by multiplying the frequency of the divided LO signal by the integer, a slave mixer coupled to the multiplier which generates a recovered RF signal responsive to the recovered LO signal and the IF signal, and a slave port coupled to the slave mixer which receives the recovered RF signal therefrom and transmits the recovered RF signal into the closed-off environment. The apparatus further includes one or more cables coupled between the master transceiver unit and the one or more slave transceiver units which convey the IF signal and the divided LO signal between the master transceiver unit and the one or more slave transceiver units.

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1. Repeater apparatus for conveying a radio-frequency (RF) signal into an environment closed-off to the RF signal, comprising:a. a master transceiver unit, comprising: i. a master port which receives the RF signal; ii. a local oscillator (LO), which generates a LO signal at a LO frequency; iii. a fr

1. Repeater apparatus for conveying a radio-frequency (RF) signal into an environment closed-off to the RF signal, comprising:a. a master transceiver unit, comprising: i. a master port which receives the RF signal; ii. a local oscillator (LO), which generates a LO signal at a LO frequency; iii. a frequency divider which divides the lo frequency of the lo signal by an integer to produce a divided LO signal; and iv. a master mixer coupled to the master port and the divider which generates an intermediate-frequency (IF) signal responsive to the RF signal and the LO signal; b. one or more slave transceiver units, each unit positioned within the environment closed-off to the RF signal and comprising: i. a frequency recovery circuit which generates a recovered LO signal at the LO frequency multiplying the frequency of the divided LO signal by the integer; ii. a slave mixer coupled to the multiplier which generates a recovered RF signal responsive to the recovered LO signal and the IF signal; and iii. a slave port coupled to the slave mixer which receives the recovered RF signal therefrom and transmits the recovered RF signal into the closed-off environment; and iv. an IF signal reverse path comprising a delay element; c. one or more cables coupled between the master transceiver unit and the one or more slave transceiver units which convey the IF signal and the divided LO signal between the master transceiver unit and the one or more slave transceiver units.