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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2000
Michael R. Vagher, Vinton, IA (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
A multilevel power amplifier using hybrid couplers is disclosed. A splitter network is connected to an input amplifier stage that amplifies and modulates the input signal with the outputs of the splitter network connected to switches for selecting desired splitter output signals. The desired splitter output signals are amplified by power amplifier stages connected to the switches. A bypass network is connected to the splitter network and an output combiner network to bypass the power amplifier stages. The output combiner network is connected to the power amplifier stages and to the bypass network to combine the bypass signals and the amplified signals into a desired power output signal. Two or four power amplifier stages may be used to deliver power at low, medium, and high power levels.