Patent ID: 8378732

Claim:
A monolithic power mixer array, comprising: a substrate having a surface; a plurality of substantially similar power generation units adjacent said surface, each power generation unit having at least one signal input terminal, at least one baseband input terminal, and a signal output terminal; a power combiner adjacent said surface, said power combiner having a plurality of input terminals sufficient in number to accept a power signal from each of said plurality of power generation unit signal output terminals and having an output terminal; a baseband analog replica linearizer array adjacent said surface, said baseband analog replica linearizer array configured to receive an input baseband envelope signal and to generate at least one component signal configured as said input signal for at least one of said plurality of power generation units; a baseband analog distributor adjacent said surface, said baseband analog distributor configured to receive at least one component signal configured as an input signal for at least one of said plurality of power generation units from said baseband analog replica linearizer array and configured to provide said component signal as said input signal to at least one of said plurality of power generation units and to receive a common mode signal from at least one of said power generation units for communication to the linearizer array; and a digital controller adjacent said surface, said digital controller configured to control the operation of each of said plurality of power generation units, and configured to control an input signal to said at least one signal input terminal of each of said plurality of power generation units; said monolithic power mixer array configured to provide a power signal having a power level measured in units of watts.