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US 2003/0142013 A1Published application
Solid state transmitter circuit
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorStan W. Livingston
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Abstract
A microwave transmitter circuit including a divider series feed signal line, a collector series feed signal line, a plurality of parallel solid state amplifier coupler circuits connected between divider series feed line and the collector series feed line, and phase shifting circuitry distributed along the collector series feed line for compensating phase tracking error between the divider series feed line and the collector series feed line.
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A microwave solid state transmitter circuit comprising:
- a divider series feed signal line;
- a collector series feed signal line;
- a plurality of solid state amplifier coupler circuits connected between said divider feed signal line and said collector feed signal line, each solid state amplifier coupler circuit coupling into said collector feed signal line an amplified version of a signal coupled from said divider feed signal line;
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- phase shifting circuitry distributed along said divider feed signal line for compensating phase tracking error between said divider feed signal line and said collector feed signal line.
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A microwave solid state transmitter circuit comprising:
- a divider series feed waveguide;
- a collector series feed waveguide;
- a plurality of solid state amplifier coupler circuits connected between said divider series feed waveguide and said collector series feed waveguide, each solid state amplifier coupler circuit coupling into said collector series feed waveguide an amplified version of a signal coupled from said divider series feed waveguide;
- each sold state amplifier coupler circuit comprising a first directional coupler connected to said divider series feed waveguide, a second directional coupler connected to said collector series feed waveguide, and a solid state amplifier connected between said first directional coupler and said second directional coupler;
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- phase shifting circuitry distributed along said collector series feed waveguide for compensating phase tracking error between said divider series feed waveguide and said collector series feed waveguide.
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A microwave combiner circuit comprising:
- a divider series feed signal line;
- a collector series feed signal line;
- a signal injection circuit connected between an input of said divider series feed signal line and an input of said collector series feed signal line;
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- a plurality of solid state amplifier coupler circuits connected between said divider feed signal line and said collector feed signal line, each solid state amplifier coupler circuit coupling into said collector feed signal line an amplified version of a signal coupled from said divider feed signal line.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.