Multiple-way ring cavity power combiner and divider

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8928429-B2
Application number	US-201113109305-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 17, 2011
Priority date	May 17, 2011
Publication date	Jan 6, 2015
Grant date	Jan 6, 2015

Abstract

Multiple-way ring cavity power combiners and power dividers are disclosed. In one aspect, the disclosed ring cavity power combiners and power dividers can support a large number of devices by providing a large number of power-combining or power-dividing ports. In another aspect, the disclosed embodiments describe implementations employing a ring cavity that result in demonstrated performance characteristics suitable for UWB applications. Advantages provided include suppressing higher order modes and low losses among other advantages.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of power combining, comprising:
transmitting a plurality of radio frequency (RF) signals through a plurality of parallel connectors, wherein the plurality of RF signals are transmitted through respective connectors of the plurality of parallel connectors;
coupling the plurality of RF signals to a ring cavity by a plurality of probes associated with the plurality of parallel connectors, wherein the ring cavity comprises an annular region comprising…

Assignees

• Song Kaijun
• Quan Xue
• Univ City Hong Kong

Inventors

• Song Kaijun
• Quan Xue

Classifications

• H01P5/103

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01P5/12 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic