Patent ID: 6381212
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: H03F

Abstract:
A power sharing amplifier system comprising:an NÃ—N transform matrix circuit having M input ports that respond to M input signals and provide N transformed input signals, the NÃ—N transform matrix circuit having at least two input ports that do not receive an input signal; N amplifiers that respond to the N transformed input signals and provide N amplified transformed signals; and an NÃ—N inverse transform matrix circuit that responds to the N amplified transformed signals and provides M inverse transform amplified output signals to M output ports, the NÃ—N inverse transform matrix circuit having at least two output dissipation ports that do not provide an output signal to an antenna but instead provide an output for dissipation of intermodulation products; wherein M and N are integers greater than 2 respectively, and where M is less than N; wherein M is not equal to 6; and wherein N is not equal to 8.