Patent ID: 7800438

Claim:
Bypass device for a microwave amplifier unit, the microwave amplifier unit comprising at least one low noise amplifier (LNA) and amplifying communication signals in at least one microwave frequency band above 500 MHz, the bypass device extending in parallel to said microwave amplifier unit, both extending between an input port and an output port, in which amplifier unit switching elements for activating said bypass segment in a bypass mode of the device in case said amplifier unit becomes inoperable and for effectively blocking the bypass segment in an active mode of the device are arranged, said bypass segment comprising a series of bypass segment sections having at least one junction point connected to an associated one of said switching elements, wherein each of said bypass segment sections comprises at least two coupled transmission lines, where the coupled transmission lines form sets of transmission lines, where only one of the sets is in use at a time, and where each set of coupled transmission lines optimizes the bypass segment to different operating frequencies, whereby the bypass segment is able to operate properly in the bypass mode at more than one frequency.