Qorvo Us, Inc.

Gregory Valenti

Dylan Murdock

Eric Jackson

Power-combining devices, and more particularly spatial power-combining and related structural arrangements are disclosed. Such structural arrangements involve mechanical connections between center waveguide sections and input and/or output coaxial waveguide sections that provide scalable structures for different operating frequency bands, improved mechanical connections, and/or improved assembly. Exemplary structural arrangements include structures that extend through center waveguide sections and into input and/or output coaxial waveguide sections, integrated mechanical structures within the center waveguide section, compression fit arrangements, dielectric inserts arranged within channels of coaxial waveguide sections, and/or various combinations thereof.

Structural arrangements for spatial power-combining devices

Heat exchanger assemblies for electronic devices are disclosed. A heat exchanger assembly may include a heat transfer body that has a face that forms open passageways. A cover structure may be attached to the heat transfer body in a manner to enclose the open passageways, thereby forming a heat exchanger assembly that includes enclosed fluid conduits. In this regard, the enclosed fluid conduits may form complex and intricate patterns within the heat exchanger assembly that are tailored to the heat requirements of a particular application. Heat exchanger assemblies as described herein may be thermally coupled to a center waveguide section of a spatial power-combining device. The enclosed fluid conduits may be tailored based on locations of amplifiers within the center waveguide section to provide improved thermal operation of the spatial power-combining device.

Heat exchanger assemblies for electronic devices

Heat exchanger assemblies for electronic devices and related methods are disclosed. A heat exchanger assembly may include a heat transfer body that has a face that forms open passageways, and a cover structure attached to the heat transfer body that encloses the open passageways, thereby forming enclosed fluid conduits. Heat exchanger assemblies as described herein may be thermally coupled to a center waveguide section of a spatial power-combining device. Related methods include forming open passageways by selectively removing material from a face of a heat transfer body. Multiple heat transfer bodies may be formed simultaneously by forming multiple groups or patterns of open passageways across a larger area of a heat transfer body material, and subsequently singulating the heat transfer body material into multiple heat transfer bodies. Cover structures as previously described may be formed on the heat transfer bodies before or after singulation.

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Livermore, CA, United States of America

Gregory Valenti