Remotely locatable RF power amplification system
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1. A RF amplification system comprising:
- (a) a RF modulation unit fed by an optical carrier and a RF input signal, the modulation unit modulating the RF input signal onto the optical carrier to produce a modulated RF optical signal;
(b) an array of optical amplifiers coupled to the modulation unit for receiving and amplifying the modulated RF optical signals; and
(c) a detecting unit having at least one photodetector coupled to the array of optical amplifiers for receiving and detecting the modulated RF optical signals, the at least one photodetector producing an amplified RF output in response thereto.
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A RF amplification system which includes a RF modulation unit fed by an optical carrier and an RF input signal, the modulation unit modulating the RF input signal onto the optical carrier to produce a modulated RF optical signal; an array of optical amplifiers coupled to the modulation unit for receiving and amplifying the modulated RF optical signals; and a detecting unit having at least one photodetector coupled to the array of optical amplifiers for receiving and detecting the modulated RF optical signals, the at least one photodetector producing an amplified RF output in response thereto.
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1. A RF amplification system comprising:
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(a) a RF modulation unit fed by an optical carrier and a RF input signal, the modulation unit modulating the RF input signal onto the optical carrier to produce a modulated RF optical signal;
(b) an array of optical amplifiers coupled to the modulation unit for receiving and amplifying the modulated RF optical signals; and
(c) a detecting unit having at least one photodetector coupled to the array of optical amplifiers for receiving and detecting the modulated RF optical signals, the at least one photodetector producing an amplified RF output in response thereto. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of reusing power in an optically based power amplification system comprising the steps of:
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(a) photodecting, in a plurality of photodectors, optical outputs of a plurality of optical amplifiers, the outputs of the plurality of optical amplifiers each carrying modulated laser light, the photodectors each having a photodector output;
(b) combining the outputs of the photodectors at a load to form a combined output signal;
(c) separating the relatively lower frequency portions of the combined output signal from the relatively high frequency portions of the combined output signal;
(d) generating DC power for the photodectors by converting the relatively lower frequency portions of the combined output signal to DC power; and
(e) coupling the relatively high frequency portions of the combined output signal to a high frequency RF output of the power amplification system. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of optically amplifying a RF signal comprising the steps of:
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(a) feeding an optical carrier comprising a plurality of dual tones and the RF signal to be amplified into a RF modulation unit, the modulation unit modulating the RF signal onto the optical carrier to produce a modulated RF optical signal;
(b) optically amplifying the modulated RF optical signal by an array of optical amplifiers coupled to the modulation unit for receiving and amplifying the modulated RF optical signal; and
(c) receiving and detecting the modulated RF optical signal in a detecting unit having at least one photodetector coupled to the array of optical amplifiers, the at least one photodetector producing an amplified RF output in response thereto. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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