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Linear amplification with nonlinear devices

  • US 4,178,557 A
  • Filed: 12/15/1978
  • Issued: 12/11/1979
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/15/1978
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A circuit for linearly amplifying a bandpass input signal having amplitude and phase variations comprising:

  • a component separator comprising means for generating from the input signal a first signal representative of an amplitude limited version of the input signal and a second signal representative of the amplitude envelope of the input signal and a phase modulator connected to said first and second signal generating means, the component separator producing a first and a second output signal which are substantially constant in amplitude;

    a first and a second amplifier coupled to enable reception and amplification of the first and second output signal, respectively, from the component separator; and

    a coupler capable of combining the two amplified signals to produce a restructured replica of the bandpass input signalCHARACTERIZED IN THATthe phase modulator comprisesa first and second linear suppressed-carrier amplitude modulator with each modulator comprising a first and a second input terminal and an output terminal, the first and second modulators being connected in a cascade arrangement with the output of the first modulator connected to the first input of the second modulator and the first terminal of the first modulator and the second terminals of both modulators being connected to receive the first and second signals, respectively, from said generating means;

    adding means having input terminals thereof connected to receive the first signal from the generating means and the output from the second linear modulator;

    a quadrature coupler capable of combining in quadrature the output signals from said adding means and the output from said first linear modulator; and

    a first and a second weighting means disposed between the outputs of the first and second linear modulator and the inputs to the quadrature coupler and adding means, respectively, each weighting means being capable of introducing a separate predetermined weighting factor to the signal passing therethrough.

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