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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:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard D. Posner, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Thuan Tran, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Powerwave Technologies, Inc., Irving, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/250 ; H04Q 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/250 ; H04Q 1/100 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for either combining a plurality of high frequency RF signal inputs or splitting a single RF frequency input into a plurality of RF signal outputs employs a switchable combining/splitting section and a switchable matching section. The switchable combining/splitting section operates to either combine the RF signal inputs to a common summed output or to take a matched input and to split it into a plurality of outputs. The matching section operates to switchably match the impedance presented by the combining/splitting section to achieve a minimum or zero insertion loss through the apparatus.