Direct cavity combiner (DCC) for combining hundreds of high-power transistors into a transmitter system for providing megawatts of power

A solid-state direct cavity combiner (DCC) transmitter system for providing megawatts of power, the system comprising:

• a resonant cavity including at least one high-power output transmission line;
• hundreds of high-power transistors, each transistor generating an amount of power input directly into the resonant cavity;
• a plurality of modules, each module including a plurality of high-power transistors of the hundreds of high-power transistors, a transmission line and a coupling loop;
• and
• the plurality of modules is positioned at multiple different radii on an end-plate on the resonant cavity such as to maximize packing density of the hundreds of high-power transistors, each transmission line and coupling loop extending into the resonant cavity such as to match an impedance of each said high-power transistor of each said module to an impedance of said resonant cavity to electromagnetically couple power into the resonant cavity to thereby provide the megawatts of power to the at least one high-power output transmission line.

A solid-state direct cavity combiner (DCC) transmitter system for providing megawatts of power, the system comprising:

• a resonant cavity including at least one high-power output transmission line;
• hundreds of high-power transistors, each transistor generating an amount of power input directly into the resonant cavity;
• a plurality of modules, each module including at least one pair of high-power transistors of the hundreds of high-power transistors differentially driving a transmission line and a coupling loop;
• the plurality of modules positioned at multiple different radii on an end-plate on the resonant cavity to maximize packing density of the hundreds of high-power transistors, and
• each transmission line and coupling loop extending into the resonant cavity such as to match an impedance of each said high-power transistor of each said module to an impedance of said resonant cavity to electromagnetically couple power into the resonant cavity to thereby provide the megawatts of power to the at least one high-power output transmission line.

A method for providing megawatts of power with a solid-state direct cavity combiner (DCC) transmitter, the method comprising:

• providing a resonant cavity including at least one high-power output transmission line;
• providing hundreds of high-power transistors, each transistor generating an amount of power input directly into the resonant cavity;
• providing a plurality of modules, each module including at least one pair of high-power transistors of the hundreds of high-power transistors differentially driving a transmission line and a coupling loop;
• and
• extending each said transmission line and coupling loop into the resonant cavity such as to match an impedance of each said high-power transistor of each said module to an impedance of said resonant cavity to electromagnetically couple power into the resonant cavity to thereby provide the megawatts of power to the at least one high-power output transmission line.

A method for providing megawatts of power with a solid-state direct cavity combiner (DCC) transmitter, the method comprising:

• providing a resonant cavity including at least one high-power output transmission line;
• providing hundreds of high-power transistors, each transistor generating an amount of power input directly into the resonant cavity;
• providing a plurality of modules, each module including a plurality of high-power transistors of the hundreds of high-power transistors, a transmission line and a coupling loop;
• and
• placing the plurality of modules at multiple different radii on an end-plate on the resonant cavity to maximize packing density of the hundreds of high-power transistors, and
• extending each transmission line and coupling loop into the resonant cavity such as to match an impedance of each said high-power transistor of each said module to an impedance of said resonant cavity to electromagnetically couple power into the resonant cavity to thereby provide the megawatts of power to the at least one high-power output transmission line.

A method for providing megawatts of power with a solid-state direct cavity combiner (DCC) transmitter, the method comprising:

• providing a resonant cavity including at least one high-power output transmission line;
• providing hundreds of high-power transistors, each transistor generating an amount of power input directly into the resonant cavity;
• providing a plurality of modules, each module including at least one pair of high-power transistors of the hundreds of high-power transistors differentially driving transmission line and a coupling loop;
• and
• placing the plurality of modules positioned at multiple different radii on an end-plate on the resonant cavity to maximize packing density of the hundreds of high-power transistors, and
• extending each transmission line and coupling loop into the resonant cavity such as to match an impedance of each said high-power transistor of each said module to an impedance of said resonant cavity to electromagnetically couple power into the resonant cavity to thereby provide the megawatts of power to the at least one high-power output transmission line.