Direct cavity combiner (DCC) for combining hundreds of high-power transistors into a transmitter system for providing megawatts of power
US12381303B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 30, 2022 |
| Grant date | Aug 5, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 26, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/10
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A solid-state direct cavity combiner (DCC) transmitter system for providing megawatts of power is featured. The system includes a resonant cavity including at least one high-power output transmission line, hundreds of high-power transistors each generating an amount of RF power input directly into the resonant cavity, and a plurality of modules each including at least one pair of high-power transistors differentially driving a transmission line and a coupling loop. Each said transmission line and coupling loop extends into the resonant cavity to match an impedance of each said high-power transistors of each said module to an impedance of said resonant cavity to electromagnetically couple power into the resonant cavity to provide the megawatts of power to the high-power output transmission line.
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