Patent ID: 8401058

Claim:
A channelized amplifier system comprising: a first band-pass filter for spectrally shaping a signal; a frequency divider coupled to the first band-pass filter, the frequency divider for converting the spectrally-shaped signal into a plurality of frequency band signals; a plurality of distributors coupled to the frequency divider, the plurality of distributors for providing multiple signal paths to an array antenna; and a plurality of amplification modules coupled to the plurality of distributors, each of the plurality of distributors for distributing a corresponding one of the plurality of frequency band signals to the plurality of amplification modules, wherein each of the plurality of amplification modules includes: a plurality of channelized non-linear amplifiers, wherein at least one of the plurality of channelized non-linear amplifiers is coupled to each of the plurality of distributors; a frequency combiner comprising a plurality of band-pass filters and coupled to the plurality of channelized non-linear amplifiers; and a band-pass filter coupled to the frequency combiner, the band-pass filter for additional filtering of a signal output from the frequency combiner.