1. A method of manufacturing a medical device, comprising the steps of:
providing a handle assembly including a handle body defining a chamber therein, an energy applicator extending distally from a distal end of the handle body;
providing a microwave-signal-amplifying module including a microwave amplifier unit adapted to amplify a high-frequency input signal to generate a high-frequency output signal, the microwave-signal-amplifying module including at least one connector portion provided with at least one electrical connector adapted to be removeably coupleable to at least one electrical conductor associated with the handle body; and
positioning the microwave-signal-amplifying module into the chamber to bring the at least one electrical connector of the at least one connector portion into electrical engagement with the at least one electrical conductor associated with the handle body.
2. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 1, wherein an output of the microwave amplifier unit is electrically-coupled to at least one electrical connector of the at least one connector portion of the microwave-signal-amplifying module.
3. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 1, wherein an input of the microwave amplifier unit is electrically-coupled to at least one electrical connector of the at least one connector portion of the microwave-signal-amplifying module.
4. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 1, wherein the microwave amplifier unit includes a solid-state amplifier having at least one high-frequency switching element.
5. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 4, wherein the at least one high-frequency switching element includes at least one Gallium Nitride Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor (GaN MOSFET).
6. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
providing an energy applicator; and
coupling the energy applicator at the distal end of the handle body.
7. A method of manufacturing a medical device, comprising the steps of:
providing a handle assembly including a handle body defining a chamber therein, an energy applicator extending distally from a distal end of the handle body, and at least one electrical conductor associated with the handle body for providing at least one electrically-conductive pathway, wherein one of the at least one electrical conductor provides an electrically-conductive pathway from the chamber to the energy applicator;
providing a microwave-signal-amplifying module including a microwave amplifier unit adapted to amplify a high-frequency input signal to generate a high-frequency output signal and a signal generator adapted to generate the high-frequency input signal to be transmitted to an input of the microwave amplifier unit; and
positioning the microwave-signal-amplifying module into the chamber to bring at least one electrical connector of at least one connector portion of the microwave-signal-amplifying module into electrical engagement with the at least one electrical conductor associated with the handle body.
8. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 7, wherein the microwave amplifier unit includes a solid-state amplifier having at least one high-frequency switching element.
9. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 8, wherein the at least one high-frequency switching element includes at least one Gallium Nitride Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor (GaN MOSFET).
10. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 7, wherein the handle assembly further includes a grip member defining a grip-member chamber therein.
11. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 10, further comprising the step of positioning a self-contained power source into the grip-member chamber.
12. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 7, further comprising the steps of:
providing an energy applicator; and
coupling the energy applicator at the distal end of the handle body.
13. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 1, wherein the microwave-signal-amplifying module further includes a controller and a memory communicatively-coupled to the controller.
14. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 1, wherein the handle body is configured to allow the microwave-signal-amplifying module to be removeably disposed within the chamber.
15. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 7, wherein the microwave-signal-amplifying module further includes a controller and a memory communicatively-coupled to the controller.
16. A method of manufacturing a medical device, comprising the steps of:
providing a handle assembly including a handle body defining a first chamber therein and a grip member defining a second chamber therein, an energy applicator extending distally from a distal end of the handle body;
providing a microwave-signal-amplifying module including a microwave amplifier unit adapted to amplify a high-frequency input signal to generate a high-frequency output signal, the microwave-signal-amplifying module including at least one connector portion provided with at least one electrical connector adapted to be removeably coupleable to at least one electrical conductor associated with the handle body;
positioning the microwave-signal-amplifying module into the first chamber to bring the at least one electrical connector of the at least one connector portion into electrical engagement with the at least one electrical conductor associated with the handle body;
providing a power-supplycontroller module; and
positioning the power-supplycontroller module into the second chamber to bring at least one electrical connector associated with the power-supplycontroller module into electrical engagement with at least one electrical conductor associated with the grip member.
17. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 16, further comprising electrically-coupling the power-supplycontroller module to a power onoff switch associated with the handle body.
18. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 16, further comprising electrically-coupling the power-supplycontroller module to a power onoff switch associated with the grip member.
19. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 16, wherein the grip member is configured to allow the power-supplycontroller module to be removeably positioned within the second chamber.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A transmitting apparatus that maps a control signal for a receiving apparatus to a first resource region usable for both a control channel and a data channel or a second resource region usable for a control channel and transmits the mapped control signal, and maps transmission data to a data resource region and transmits the mapped transmission data to the receiving apparatus, the transmitting apparatus comprising:
a generating section that generates an allocation control signal for the data resource region;
a setting section that sets a first data resource region within the first resource region in a resource block group (RBG) composed of M (M is a natural number equal to or greater than two) resource blocks (RBs), when the number of streams used to transmit the transmission data is one and an antenna port used to transmit the transmission data is identical to the antenna port used to transmit the allocation control signal, and
the setting section sets a second data resource region larger than the first data resource region within the first resource region in the RBG when the number of streams used to transmit the transmission data is one and the antenna port used to transmit the transmission data is different from the antenna port used to transmit the allocation control signal; and
a mapping section that maps the transmission data to the set data resource region and maps the allocation control signal to the control resource region.
2. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second data resource region is the whole first resource region in the RBG.
3. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:
the setting section sets the data resource region over the whole first resource region in the RBG so as to overlap with the control resource region, when the number of streams is equal to or greater than two; and
the mapping section punctures, when the number of streams is equal to or greater than two, the transmission data which forms a stream transmitted from the identical antenna port used to transmit the allocation control signal and which corresponds to a portion of the data resource region that overlaps with the control resource region, and then maps the transmission data to a portion of the data resource region that does not overlap with the control resource region.
4. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:
a region of the RBG excluding the second resource region includes: a first region that is set as the control resource region; a second region that is a region excluding the first region in an RB including the first region; and a third region formed of an RB other than the RB including the first region and the second region;
the first data resource region is formed of the third region; and
the second data resource region is formed of the second region and the third region.
5. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the setting section switches the size of the second data resource region.
6. A receiving apparatus that receives a received signal including a control signal transmitted from a transmitting apparatus in a first resource region usable for both a control channel and a data channel or a second resource region usable for a control channel and receives transmission data mapped to a data resource region and transmitted from the transmitting apparatus, the receiving apparatus comprising:
a detection section that detects an allocation control signal for the data resource region included in the received signal;
an identifying section that identifies a first data resource region within the first resource region in a resource block group (RBG) composed of M (M is a natural number equal to or greater than two) resource blocks (RBs) as a data component region to be extracted, when the number of streams used to transmit the transmission data is one and an antenna port used to transmit the transmission data is identical to the antenna port used to transmit the allocation control signal; and
the identifying section that identifies a second data resource region larger than the first data resource region within the first resource region in the RBG as the data component region to be extracted, when the number of streams used to transmit the transmission data is one and the antenna port used to transmit the transmission data is different from the antenna port used to transmit the allocation control signal; and
an extracting section that extracts from the received signal, a signal component within the identified data component region to be extracted.
7. The receiving apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the second data resource region is the whole first resource region in the RBG.
8. The receiving apparatus according to claim 6, wherein:
a region of the RBG excluding the second resource region includes: a first region that is set as the control resource region; a second region that is a region excluding the first region in an RB including the first region; and a third region formed of an RB other than the RB including the first region and the second region;
the first data resource region is formed of the third region; and
the second data resource region is formed of the second region and the third region.
9. The receiving apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the identifying section switches the size of the second data resource region in accordance with a switching instruction bit transmitted from the transmitting apparatus.
10. A transmission method that maps a control signal for a receiving apparatus to a first resource region usable for both a control channel and a data channel or a second resource region usable for a control channel, then transmits the mapped control signal, and maps transmission data to a data resource region and transmits the mapped transmission data to the receiving apparatus, the method comprising:
generating an allocation control signal for the data resource region;
setting a first data resource region within the first resource region in a resource block group (RBG) composed of M (M is a natural number equal to or greater than two) resource blocks (RBs), when the number of streams used to transmit the transmission data is one and an antenna port used to transmit the transmission data is identical to the antenna port used to transmit the allocation control signal;
setting a second data resource region larger than the first data resent region within the first resource region in the RBG when the number of streams used to transmit the transmission data is one and the antenna port used to transmit the transmission data is different from the antenna port used to transmit the allocation control signal; and
mapping the transmission data to the set data resource region and mapping the allocation control signal to the control resource region.
11. A reception method that receives a received signal including a control signal transmitted from a transmitting apparatus in a first resource region usable for both a control channel and a data channel or a second resource region usable for a control channel and receives transmission data mapped to a data resource region and transmitted from the transmitting apparatus, the method comprising:
detecting an allocation control signal for the data resource region included in the received signal;
identifying a first data resource region within the first resource region in a resource block group (RBG) composed of M (M is a natural number equal to or greater than two) resource blocks (RBs) as a data component region to be extracted, when the number of streams used to transmit the transmission data is one and an antenna port used to transmit the transmission data is identical to the antenna port used to transmit the allocation control signal;
identifying a second data resource region larger than the first data resource region within the first resource region in the RBG as the data component region to be extracted, when the number of streams used to transmit the transmission data is one and the antenna port used to transmit the transmission data is different front the antenna port used to transmit the allocation control signal; and
extracting, from the received signal, a signal component within the identified data component region to be extracted.