US Patent Issued to THALES on March 24 for "Solid-state power amplifier comprised of a two-part waveguide having an impedance ridge, where the two parts are clamped together and a power combiner formed therefrom" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,888, issued on March 24, was assigned to THALES (Courbevoie, France).

"Solid-state power amplifier comprised of a two-part waveguide having an impedance ridge, where the two parts are clamped together and a power combiner formed therefrom" was invented by James Belluot (Versailles, France) and Bertrand Gerfault (Jouy en Josas, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solidstate amplifier includes at least one interconnection, between a microstrip and a linearized impedance matching waveguide ridge, the interconnection being provided with a clamping device."

The patent was filed on June 9, 2021, under Application No. 17/924,343.

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