Patent ID: 9559729
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: H01P,H03H,H04B

Claim:
1. A wireless base station comprising: a same-band combiner configured to receive and transmit a plurality of dual-band channels comprising: an antenna configured to transmit and receive the plurality of dual-band channels; a plurality of dual-bandpass filters, each dual-bandpass filter associated with a reception passband and a transmission passband separated by a defined guard band, wherein each of the plurality of dual-bandpass filters comprises a dual-mode resonator; and a combining element connected to the antenna and the plurality of dual-bandpass filters that is configured to combine the plurality of dual-band channels associated with the plurality of dual-bandpass filters to produce a combined carrier signal, wherein the combining element comprises a resonator that connects the plurality of dual-bandpass filters in parallel.