Patent ID: 9496831
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: A61K,H01L,H01P,H03F,H03H,H05K

Claim Text:
1. A high power RF or microwave amplifier that amplifies an RF or microwave input signal comprising: an input signal divider (DIV) that has an input port that receives the RF or microwave input signal and that divides this input signal into multiple sub-input signals; multiple power amplifier units (PAUs), each having an input port that receives an RF or microwave signal, an output port that delivers an amplified version of the received RF or microwave signal, and an interface port; an interface control unit (ICU) that communicates with each PAU through its interface port and that: an output signal switching combiner unit (SCU) that coherently sums the outputs of the on-line PAUs and delivers this to an output port; and wherein one or more of the following: