WO1999046854A1 - A comb linear amplifier combiner (clac) - Google Patents
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- WO1999046854A1 WO1999046854A1 PCT/US1999/005644 US9905644W WO9946854A1 WO 1999046854 A1 WO1999046854 A1 WO 1999046854A1 US 9905644 W US9905644 W US 9905644W WO 9946854 A1 WO9946854 A1 WO 9946854A1
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
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- H03F3/00—Amplifiers with only discharge tubes or only semiconductor devices as amplifying elements
- H03F3/20—Power amplifiers, e.g. Class B amplifiers, Class C amplifiers
- H03F3/21—Power amplifiers, e.g. Class B amplifiers, Class C amplifiers with semiconductor devices only
- H03F3/211—Power amplifiers, e.g. Class B amplifiers, Class C amplifiers with semiconductor devices only using a combination of several amplifiers
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- H03F3/00—Amplifiers with only discharge tubes or only semiconductor devices as amplifying elements
- H03F3/60—Amplifiers in which coupling networks have distributed constants, e.g. with waveguide resonators
- H03F3/602—Combinations of several amplifiers
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- H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
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- H03F2200/00—Indexing scheme relating to amplifiers
- H03F2200/39—Different band amplifiers are coupled in parallel to broadband the whole amplifying circuit
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- This invention relates generally to connecting one or more transmitters to a single transmit antenna. More particularly, the present invention is used to mitigate intermodulation effects in transmitters for wideband transmission.
- Wideband communications is to use wideband (spread spectrum) communications systems. Wideband communications are effective against anti-jam communications and have a low probability of being intercepted. In the commercial industry, wideband communications allow multiple users
- Mutual interference is a frequently encountered.
- Mutual interference is primarily a non-linear effect caused by saturation and intermodulation in the radios.
- Mutual interference results in a reduced communication range for any given signal strength that would not otherwise occur absent the mutual interference.
- a further object of the present invention is to connect one or more transmitters to a single transmitting antenna.
- a further object of the present invention is to restrict intermodulation products to the
- a further obj ect of the present invention is to operate without knowledge of the frequency
- a further object of the present invention is to operate without switching and control circuitry.
- the present invention is a Comb Linear Amplifier Combiner (CLAC) apparatus that uses CLAC to generate ACAC to generate ACAC.
- CLAC Comb Linear Amplifier Combiner
- the CLAC apparatus allows one or more transmitters to transmit through one transmit antenna.
- the transmit signals passes low- powered transmit signals through a bank of bandpass filters.
- the transmit signals then pass through CLAC amplifiers which amplify the transmit signals to the full transmit power.
- the full transmit power signals then pass through a second bank of bandpass filters.
- the CLAC apparatus reduces the intermodulation effects in two ways.
- the CLAC amplifiers are linear Class A amplifiers which reduce the power levels of the intermodulation products.
- the CLAC apparatus reduces the number of intermodulation products by employing frequency selective power amplification. Therefore, at any given time, only a small fraction of the transmitters' signals are in the passband of a given amplifier.
- BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1 is a diagram of the Comb Limiter Amplifier Combiner. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
- CLAC Comb Linear Amplifier Combiner
- the CLAC is used for transmitting wideband radio communications.
- Low powered wideband radio transmission signals come from a combiner which is coupled to a radio (not shown).
- the radio is a digital communication radio.
- the low powered transmission signals enter input (first) filter bank 102.
- Input filter bank 102 contains multiple bandpass filters with each filter spanning a portion of a wideband or ultra- wideband communications signal.
- the center frequency and passband of each input filter in input filter bank 102 is selected to balance the channel separation of the communications signal and the typical frequency separation of strong interfering signals.
- Each input bandpass filter preferably has a bandwidth small enough so that the possibility of two or more signals occurring in the same passband is sufficiently low.
- each input bandpass filter has sufficient rolloff to avoid the generation of significant intermodulation products in adjacent passbands.
- the passbands of input bandpass filters 102 generally overlap at the 3 dB points.
- the transmission signals then enter a bank of linear power amplifiers 104.
- a bank of linear power amplifiers 104 In the
- power amplifiers 104 are Class A amplifiers. Power amplifiers 104 amplify the filtered transmission signals to the full transmission power. The Class A amplifiers are used because the amplifiers reduce the number of intermodulation products. Since Class A amplifiers operate entirely in the biased or active region, the resulting amplified transmission signals are typically more linear than other types of
- power amplifiers 104 reduce the number of intermodulation products by employing frequency selective power amplification. Since only a small fraction of the transmission signal is in each passband only a frequency limited signal is being amplified which reduces the number of intermodulation products as well.
- the amplified transmission signals then pass through output (second) filter bank 106.
- output filter bank 106 is identical to input filter bank 102.
- output filter bank 106 can be eliminated. Again, the filter bank filters the desired transmission signals and rejects noise and other extraneous signals. After the transmission signals are filtered, the fully amplified transmission signals are transmitted through transmission antenna 108.
- the Comb Linear Amplifier Combiner of the present invention may be designed for virtually any frequency band according to well known techniques of filter design. Different types of bandpass filters may also be used, including but not limited to cavity, stripline, surface acoustic waves, and LC (inductor and capacitor) filters. Although this invention has been described using banks of filters and multiple power amplifiers, alternate embodiments can be implemented using one input filter, one power amplifier, and one output filter. However, by reducing the number of components, the overall system will be less effective in reducing intermodulation interferences.
- a Comb Linear Amplifier Combiner for transmitting at least one radio through one transmit antenna has been described in detail for the purpose of illustration. It is understood that such detail is solely for that purpose, and variations can be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention as disclosed.
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Priority Applications (6)
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AU34513/99A AU3451399A (en) | 1998-03-12 | 1999-03-11 | A comb linear amplifier combiner (clac) |
EP99916136A EP1062726A1 (en) | 1998-03-12 | 1999-03-11 | A comb linear amplifier combiner (clac) |
NZ506994A NZ506994A (en) | 1998-03-12 | 1999-03-11 | A comb linear amplifier combiner having a bandpass filter coupled to a power amplifier |
CA002322588A CA2322588A1 (en) | 1998-03-12 | 1999-03-11 | A comb linear amplifier combiner (clac) |
BR9908642-5A BR9908642A (en) | 1998-03-12 | 1999-03-11 | Combined linear amplifier combiner |
IL13836099A IL138360A0 (en) | 1998-03-12 | 1999-03-11 | A comb linear amplifier combiner (clac) |
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US09/041,872 | 1998-03-12 | ||
US09/041,872 US6211732B1 (en) | 1998-03-12 | 1998-03-12 | Comb linear amplifier combiner (CLAC) |
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AU (1) | AU3451399A (en) |
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CA (1) | CA2322588A1 (en) |
IL (1) | IL138360A0 (en) |
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