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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1995
John P O'Malley, Herndon, VA (US);
William J Rinard, Fairfax, VA (US);
Rodney O Williams, Kensington, MD (US);
Raytheon E-Systems, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and multicoupler for a receiver at a base station in a cellular/PCS radio communication system includes a cooled container that is mounted on an antenna tower at the base station. The container is mounted on the antenna tower adjacent an antenna and contains thereinside a preselector filter, a highly linear amplifier, and a directional coupler that are cooled to a temperature less than 175.degree. K. and greater than 100.degree. K. A power splitter is connected between the output from the container and the radio system receiver, and is located at a ground station near the base of the antenna tower. Cooling the components inside the container, particularly the amplifier, to a temperature of about 150.degree. K. reduces the noise from the multicoupler so that base station range is extended, building penetration is improved, and subscriber transmit power may be reduced. The multicoupler may also be used for duplex channels, and in this event a transmit filter may also be cooled to reduce transmit power dissipation by the filter.