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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1982
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1980
Adel A Saleh, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to an N-way non-hybrid power combiner arrangement for microwave amplifiers. In operation, sensing means (19.sub.1, 19.sub.2, . . . , 19.sub.N) are coupled in a one-to-one relationship with the individual amplifiers (12.sub.1, 12.sub.2, . . . , 12.sub.N) to monitor amplifier performance and sense amplifier failure. In one embodiment of the present invention, shorting devices (20.sub.1, 20.sub.2, . . . , 20.sub.N) are disposed adjacent to the outputs of the individual amplifiers and coupled to the associated sensing means in a one-to-one relationship. In an alternative embodiment, open-circuiting devices (30.sub.1, 30.sub.2, . . . , 30.sub.N) are disposed at a predetermined distance from the amplifier outputs along the transmission lines (24.sub.1, 24.sub.2, . . . , 24.sub.N) and coupled to their respective sensing means. Upon identifying amplifier failure, the sensing means coupled to that particular amplifier activates either its associated short-circuiting or open-circuiting device, which in turn uncouples the failed amplifier and the transmission line associated therewith.
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