Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid state traveling wave amplifier for space applications
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Application No.: US14729883Application Date: 2015-06-03
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Publication No.: US09641144B2Publication Date: 2017-05-02
- Inventor: James J. Sowers , Perry Peterson
- Applicant: Space Systems/Loral, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: Space Systems/Loral, LLC
- Current Assignee: Space Systems/Loral, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP
- Main IPC: H03F3/60
- IPC: H03F3/60 ; H03F3/55 ; H03F3/19

Abstract:
A power combining arrangement includes an input divider waveguide and an output combiner waveguide, and a first and second amplifier. The power combining arrangement is configured to amplify RF energy having a characteristic wavelength λ. The first amplifier has a first input electrically coupled with a first output port of the divider waveguide. The second amplifier has a second input electrically coupled with a second output port of the divider waveguide. The first and second output ports are separated by a first distance corresponding to a phase delay Ø1, the first distance being selected substantially independently of the characteristic wavelength. The first amplifier has a first output electrically coupled with a first input port of the combiner waveguide and the second amplifier has a second output electrically coupled with a second input port of the combiner waveguide. The first and second input ports are separated by the first distance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160359464A1 SOLID STATE TRAVELING WAVE AMPLIFIER FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS Public/Granted day:2016-12-08
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