Patent ID: 7907413

Claim:
A transmitter comprising: a plurality of power amplification devices each of the plurality of power amplification devices including a first power amplification unit having a first input connector, a first output connector, a first heat radiation surface, and a first power amplifier, the first power amplifier having a first input terminal and a first output terminal, the first input terminal and the first output terminal having a certain positional relationship, the first input terminal being disposed closer to the first output connector than to the first input connector, and the first output terminal being disposed closer to the first input connector than to the first output connector, a second power amplification unit having a second input connector, a second output connector, a second heat radiation surface, and a second power amplifier, the second power amplifier having a second input terminal and a second output terminal, the second input terminal and the second output terminal having the same positional relationship as the first input terminal and the first output terminal of the first power amplifier, the second input terminal being disposed closer to the second input connector than to the second output connector, and the second output terminal being disposed closer to second output connector than to the second input connector, and a heat sink having a first flank and a second flank, the first flank abutted on the first heat radiation surface, and the second flank abutted on the second heat radiation surface; a distributor directly coupled to each of the first input connectors and each of the second input connectors of the plurality of power amplification devices; and a synthesizer directly coupled to each of the first output connectors and each of the second output connectors of the plurality of power amplification devices.