Patents Represented by Attorney Walter C. Sutcliff
  • Patent number: 5726605
    Abstract: An RF power amplifier module utilizing a plurality of silicon carbide transistor power amplifier circuits, each including a transistor assembly having multiple cells, respectively providing power amplification of an input signal. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, four mutually staggered silicon carbide transistor assemblies, each containing multiple transistor cells, are operated in parallel while being arranged in close proximity on a common substrate. Each silicon carbide amplifier circuit assembly is commonly driven by a fifth silicon carbide amplifier circuit. The outputs of the parallely driven silicon carbide transistor power amplifier circuits are combined so as to provide a single composite RF output signal which may be in the order of 1000 watts or more when operated at a frequency of, for example, 600 MHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventors: Alfred W. Morse, Paul M. Esker, Robin E. Hamilton