- Patent Title: Flexible multi-channel amplifiers via wavefront muxing techniques
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Application No.: US14038813Application Date: 2013-09-27
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Publication No.: US09762309B2Publication Date: 2017-09-12
- Inventor: Donald C. D. Chang
- Applicant: Donald C. D. Chang
- Applicant Address: US CA Agoura Hills
- Assignee: Spatial Digital Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Spatial Digital Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Agoura Hills
- Main IPC: H04B7/185
- IPC: H04B7/185 ; H03F1/02 ; H03F1/32 ; H03F3/21 ; H03F3/24 ; H03F3/68 ; H03F3/72

Abstract:
This invention aims to present a smart and dynamic power amplifier module that features both power combining and power sharing capabilities. The proposed flexible power amplifier (PA) module consists of a pre-processor, N PAs, and a post-processor. The pre-processor is an M-to-N wavefront (WF) multiplexer (muxer), while the post processor is a N-to-M WF de-multiplexer (demuxer), where N≧M≧2. Multiple independent signals can be concurrently amplified by a proposed multi-channel PA module with a fixed total power output, while individual signal channel outputs feature different power intensities with no signal couplings among the individual signals. In addition to basic configurations, some modules can be configured to feature both functions of parallel power amplifiers and also as M-to-M switches. Other programmable features include configurations of power combining and power redistribution functions with a prescribed amplitude and phase distributions, as well as high power PA with a linearizer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140022984A1 FLEXIBLE MULTI-CHANNEL AMPLIFIERS VIA WAVEFRONT MUXING TECHNIQUES Public/Granted day:2014-01-23
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