Psemi Corporation

Bae Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.

Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation

Raytheon Company

Auriga Measurement Systems, LLC

Cheryl V Liss

Tero Tapio Ranta

Dan William Nobbe

Ronald Eugene Reedy

David Kovac

James J Komiak

Yusuke Tajima

Robert Harper

John R Muir

Qin Shen-Schultz

Methods and apparatuses for use in tuning reactance are described. Open loop and closed loop control for tuning of reactances are also described. Tunable inductors and/or tunable capacitors may be used in filters, resonant circuits, matching networks, and phase shifters. Ability to control inductance and/or capacitance in a circuit leads to flexibility in operation of the circuit, since the circuit may be tuned to operate under a range of different operating frequencies.

Methods and apparatuses for use in tuning reactance in a circuit device

A monolithic microwave integrate circuit (MMIC) presents as a power amplifier including a 9:1 overlay transformer and artificial low impedance transmission lines. The 9:1 overlay transformer effects the output impedance thereof. The artificial low impedance transmission lines behave as inductors without occupying an amount of space equivalent to that of an inductor having similar properties as the artificial low impedance transmission line.

Monolithic microwave integrated circuit having an overlay transformer and low impedance transmission lines

Circuits and techniques to linearize the operation of an RF power amplifier are described. A linearizer circuit may include a non-amplification signal path which includes a delay line and an amplification signal path which includes at least one amplifier stage. In some embodiments, the amplification signal path may include an odd number of amplification stages. The linearizer may be used to precondition an input signal of an RF power amplifier in a manner that improves the overall linearity of operation.

Linearization circuit and related techniques

Slow-wave structures are formed by the method of this invention in the form of helical or coupled-cavity structures. A helical waveguide form of slow-wave structure is formed of a solid rod of copper machined with a deep, narrow helical groove. A copper sleeve is brazed to the periphery of the resulting helical thread to form a helically spiraling pathway about a solid axially centered and axially extending center portion. The center portion is then totally eroded away to form a slow wave structure having a helical radially-extending portion, or if only partially eroded with an inner helical axially-extending ridge to provide a helical axially-centered gap between adjacent ridges. The helix is extended into a rectangular waveguide for coupling the slow-wave structure to the source and to the load. The coupled-cavity forms of waveguide slow-wave structures are formed by machining disks from a solid rod of copper. The disks are supported in their desired positions by an axial retained portion of the rod until the disks are brazed inside a cylindrical shell of copper. After brazing, the axial retained portion is removed in whole or part to form the completed slow-wave structure.

Helical waveguide to rectangular waveguide coupler

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