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Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 16, 2018
Applicant:

Mediatek Singapore Pte. Ltd., Solaris, SG;

Inventors:

Ravikanth Venkata Suravarapu, Austin, TX (US);

Caiyi Wang, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 1/56 (2006.01); H03F 3/60 (2006.01); H03F 3/72 (2006.01); H01P 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 1/56 (2013.01); H01P 5/16 (2013.01); H03F 3/602 (2013.01); H03F 3/72 (2013.01);
Abstract

Power combiners and splitters are commonly used as components for handling radio frequency (RF) signals. Disclosed herein are power combiner/splitters and methods to operate the same to reduce power loss when not all the ports are used. When an input/output port of a power combiner/splitter is unused or inactive, switches may be provided to cut off the port from the rest of the power combiner/splitter, which has programmable quarter-wave elements and resistors that are adjustable based on the number of remaining input/output ports that are active, such that in effect, the circuit operates similarly to a multi-way Wilkinson power combiner/splitter, and power loss due to inactive ports may be reduced or eliminated.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Suravarapu, Ravikanth. (2020). Programmable power combiner and splitter (U.S. Patent No. 10742176). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10742176

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