US 12,244,157 B2
Antenna array element by element power tracking
Donald Felt Kimball, El Cajon, CA (US); and Mark James O'Leary, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd, Kyoto (JP)
Filed by Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/489,658.
Application 18/489,658 is a continuation of application No. 17/741,964, filed on May 11, 2022, granted, now 11,804,734.
Application 17/741,964 is a continuation of application No. 17/150,645, filed on Jan. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,336,125, issued on May 17, 2022.
Application 17/150,645 is a continuation of application No. 16/383,187, filed on Apr. 12, 2019, granted, now 10,897,162, issued on Jan. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0128801 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. H02J 50/40 (2016.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 50/402 (2020.01) [H01Q 21/0025 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An amplification method in a transmission system with an antenna array and a plurality of amplifiers, the method comprising:
connecting each amplifier to a corresponding antenna of the antenna array;
selecting the power amplifiers such that a power-handling capability of each amplifier is a function of a location of the corresponding antenna within the antenna array;
supplying selectively each power amplifier either by a first supply voltage or by a second supply voltage, and
wherein, for each power amplifier:
supplying the power amplifier with the first supply voltage comprises providing the power amplifier with a first normalized power level, and
supplying the power amplifier with the second supply voltage comprises providing the power amplifier with a second normalized power level.