Gain and phase control method which increasing RF power combiners combining efficiency

RF전력결합기의 결합효율을 높이는 이득과 위상 제어방법

As to power combining system, it is very important to achieve a high combining efficiency in order to minimize theamount of prime power needed and hence the cooling requirements, all of which translate into reduced cost. The combining efficiency is degraded in practice by variation in the amplitude and phase of the signals to be combined. In this paper, the new power combining newtork is proposed and realized which has the automatic gain and phase control system. This control system makes amplituede and phase variation of its all path equal. When the amplitude and phase variations are within 0~5dB and .+-.50.deg., the results show that high combining efficiency is maintained.