Patent ID: 8587308

Claim:
A sending system for sending a signal to a local antenna of a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus, comprising: a plurality of radio-frequency control units each configured to respond to an input signal to emit an output signal that participates in causing generation of an electromagnetic field, by at least one radio-frequency antenna of a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus, designed to excite nuclear spins in a subject, said plurality of radio-frequency controls units including a first of said radio-frequency control units; a plurality of connectors that respectively supply said input signal to the respective radio-frequency control units, said plurality of connectors including a first of said connectors; a central unit configured to serve as a source of said input signal, said central unit being connected only to a subset of said plurality of radio-frequency control units that is less than all of said radio-frequency control units, said central unit being at least connected via said first of said connectors to said first of said radio-frequency control units to supply said input signal to said first of said radio-frequency control units, and one of said radio-frequency control units in said subset being connected to another radio-frequency control unit in said plurality of radio-frequency control units via another connector in said plurality of connectors that proceeds from said first of said radio-frequency control units to said another of said radio-frequency control units, to supply said input signal from said first of said radio-frequency control units to said another of said radio-frequency control units.