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- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for amplifying a radio-frequency signal
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Application No.: US14381013Application Date: 2013-02-20
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Publication No.: US09885765B2Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: Keqiu Zeng , Yong Liu , Tao Wang
- Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Priority: WOPCT/CN2012/071856 20120302
- International Application: PCT/IB2013/051355 WO 20130220
- International Announcement: WO2013/128335 WO 20130906
- Main IPC: H03F3/04
- IPC: H03F3/04 ; G01R33/36 ; H03F3/193 ; H03F3/21 ; H03F3/30 ; H03F3/191 ; H03F1/56

Abstract:
The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for amplifying a radio-frequency signal and an MRI system comprising the apparatus. An aspect of the present invention proposes an apparatus for amplifying a radio-frequency (RF) signal comprising: a magnetically insensitive input balun (10) for converting the RF signal in unbalanced format into balanced signals; at least two groups of MOSFETs, each group including at least one MOSFET (30, 40), for respectively amplifying the balanced signals in a push-pull way; a magnetically insensitive output balun (60) for converting the amplified balanced signals into an unbalanced format; a magnetically insensitive input matching network (20, 20′) for matching input impedances of the at least two groups of MOSFETs with output impedances of the magnetically insensitive input balun (10); a magnetically insensitive output matching network (50, 50′) for matching output impedances of the at least two groups of MOSFETs with input impedances of the magnetically insensitive output balun (60); a magnetically insensitive protection circuit (70, 70′) for protecting a direct current (DC) power supply which provides DC for driving the at least two groups of MOSFETs from the amplified balanced signals. The proposed apparatus not only has a high power output but is also magnetically insensitive, so that it can operate in an environment of strong magnetic fields, such as the MRI scanner room.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150042340A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AMPLIFYING A RADIO-FREQUENCY SIGNAL Public/Granted day:2015-02-12
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