Abstract: A comb limiter combiner for frequency-hopped communications includes an input signal coupler for coupling to a receiving antenna and distributing the antenna signal to a bank of input bandpass filters. The input bandpass filters have contiguous passbands that comprise the total receiver bandwidth. Each input bandpass filter is connected to a limiter having a threshold substantially equal to the limiting threshold of the receiver. Each limiter is connected to an output bandpass filter similar to the corresponding input bandpass filter to remove out-of-band intermodulation products generated by the limiter. The bank of output bandpass filters is connected to an output signal coupler for coupling to the front end of the receiver.

Abstract: The present invention is a Comb linear amplifier combiner (CLAC) apparatus that allows one or more transmitters to transmit through one transmit antenna. The CLAC apparatus passes low powered transmit signals through a bank of bandpass filters. The transmit signals then pass through Class A 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 transmission signals are then transmitted through a single transmission antenna.