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Ultra-high frequency signal switching matrix having active component switching junctions

US4682127A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 14, 1984
Grant dateJul 21, 1987
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Expiry dateAug 14, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K17/693
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an ultra-high frequency switching matrix. Only active components, i.e. field effect transistors, are used in the integrated circuit construction of the matrix according to the invention. Coupling between an input channel and an output channel is obtained by a power divider on the input channel, which is a bi-drain transistor or a differential amplifier, a controllable switch in the form of a bi-grid transistor or two transistors in series, and a power combiner on the output channel, which is a multi-grid transistor or several transistors in series. Application is to telecommunications, particularly satellite telecommunications.

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