Patent 7508267 was granted and assigned to Rockwell Collins on March, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A power amplifier comprises a distributed pre-driver, digital signal adjuster, a distributed high power amplifier; and an integrated coupler-detector unit. The distributed pre-driver, the digital signal adjuster, the distributed high power amplifier and the integrated coupler-detector unit are formed at an interface of a Gallium Nitride layer and an Aluminum Gallium Nitride layer of a monolithic microwave integrated circuit device.