Patent ID: 9160051
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: H01P

Abstract:
1. An RF combiner/divider including: an input switch including input channels for receiving input signals, wherein the input switch is a single-pole 2N-throw RF switch formed with stationary contacts, and half of the stationary contacts are used as the input channels; an output switch including an output port and input channels electrically connected to the output port, wherein the total amount of the input channels of the output switch is identical to that of the input channels of the input switch; an impedance-matching transmission network including switching elements and impedance transmission lines for electrically connecting the switching elements to the input channels of the output switch, wherein the total amount of the switching elements is identical to that of the input channels of the input switch, wherein the other stationary contacts are used as the switching elements; and a control circuit for controlling a number of the input channels of the input switch for connection to a center connection point and selectively connecting an impedance-matched one of the switching elements to the center connection point.