US 12,255,685 B2
Power amplifier system with an internal optical communication link
Donald M. Wike, Corona, CA (US); Michael Berman, Los Angeles, CA (US); Darren Miles, Anaheim, CA (US); Paulo Correa, Dana Point, CA (US); Leonid Mogilevsky, Encino, CA (US); and Marc Obbad, Escondido, CA (US)
Assigned to EMPOWER RF SYSTEMS, INC., Inglewood, CA (US)
Filed by Empower RF Systems, Inc., Inglewood, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/466,541.
Application 17/466,541 is a continuation of application No. 15/931,166, filed on May 13, 2020, granted, now 11,115,121.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/856,532, filed on Jun. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/847,751, filed on May 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0103255 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 10/00 (2013.01); H04B 10/25 (2013.01); H04B 10/2507 (2013.01); H04B 10/2581 (2013.01); H04J 14/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 10/2507 (2013.01) [H04B 10/2581 (2013.01); H04B 10/2589 (2020.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power amplifier system comprising:
a plurality of electronic components each coupled to a first optical interface;
an optical link coupled to the first optical interface;
a controller coupled to the optical link via a second optical interface, the controller communicating with each of the plurality of electronic components over the optical link; and
an electrical interconnect providing a communication link between each of the plurality of electronic components and the controller.