Patent ID: 6018280
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: H03H

Abstract:
An RF combiner capable of very wide band and high power continuous wave energy transmission comprising:a plurality of input transformers, disposed in a Wilkinson type arrangement, having ferrite cores formed of a first block of ferrite material, wherein the ferrite material of said first block has a permeability of 1600;a plurality of input terminals respectively connected to said input transformers;a plurality of balancing resistors respectively connected between said input terminals of said input transformers;a plurality of output transformers coupled to said input transformers;a housing having dual cavities, one cavity on each side of a heat sink portion; andwherein said input transformers comprise said first ferrite block and said output transformers comprise a second ferrite block and wherein the cavity on one side of said heat sink portion contains the two ferrite blocks, and the cavity on the other side contains the balancing resistors.