Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
333136000 | Including long line element | 72 |
20090160575 | Power Combiners and Dividers Based on Composite Right and Left Handed Metamaterial Structures - Techniques, apparatus and systems that use composite left and right handed (CRLH) metamaterial structures to combine and divide electromagnetic signals at multiple frequencies. The metamaterial properties permit significant size reduction over a conventional N-way radial power combiner or divider. Dual-band serial power combiners and dividers and single-band and dual-band radial power combiners and dividers are described. | 06-25-2009 |
20100039187 | UNEQUAL THREE-WAY DIVIDER - An unequal three-way divider divides an input signal into three in-phase signals whose power ratio is different between a center and both ends. The unequal three-way divider includes an input terminal, and three output terminals for outputting a three-divided signal respectively, and three transmission lines branched from the input terminal are provided between the input terminal and the three output terminals. The transmission line connected to the center output terminal has a first transmission line which is connected in series and a second transmission line whose electrical length is ¼ wave length. Two transmission lines connected to the output terminals at both ends have a third transmission line which is connected in series and a fourth transmission line whose electrical length is ¼ wave length respectively. An absorption resistor is provided between a connection point between the first transmission line and the second transmission line and connection points between the third transmission lines and the fourth transmission lines respectively. An electrical length of the first transmission line or the third transmission line is ¼ wave length. | 02-18-2010 |
20100109803 | POWER COMBINERS AND DIVIDERS BASED ON COMPOSITE RIGHT AND LEFT HANDED METAMATERIAL STRUCTURES - Techniques, apparatus and systems that use composite left and right handed (CRLH) metamaterial structures to combine and divide electromagnetic signals at multiple frequencies. The metamaterial properties permit significant size reduction over a conventional N-way radial power combiner or divider. Dual-band serial power combiners and dividers and single-band and dual-band radial power combiners and dividers are described. | 05-06-2010 |
20100148890 | ACOUSTIC WAVE ELEMENT, DUPLEXER, COMMUNICATION MODULE, AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - An acoustic wave element includes: resonators | 06-17-2010 |
20100156557 | PHASE SHIFTER - A phase shifter includes a substrate, an input part, a plurality of first transmission lines, a plurality of second transmission lines, a coupling part, a controller, and a plurality of output parts. When a signal is fed in a first transmission line, the fed signal is distributed to a corresponding second transmission line via the first transmission line, and an area of the second transmission line shielded by the coupling part is changed by rotating the coupling part through the controller, so as to shift a phase of the signal transmitted by the second transmission line. | 06-24-2010 |
20100194496 | ELASTIC WAVE RESONATOR, ELASTIC WAVE FILTER, AND ANTENNA SHARING DEVICE USING THE SAME - An acoustic wave resonance device includes: piezoelectric substrate ( | 08-05-2010 |
20110043301 | Multi-Layer Radial Power Divider/Combiner - An N-way multi-layer radial power combiner/divider comprises an RF layer including N planar RF transmission lines radiating from a common port to N ports. An isolation layer substantially parallel to the RF layer comprises a star resistor having N resistive arms radiating from a common junction and N planar isolation transmission lines coupled in series to respective resistive arms. Each series pair of a resistive arm and an isolation transmission line is ideally a half-wavelength in electrical length. N vertical interconnects between the RF layer and the isolation layer connect the ends of the N isolation transmission lines to the ends of the N RF transmission lines at the N individual ports, respectively. Any path from one individual port through the common junction of the star resistor to another individual port is approximately a full wavelength λc or multiple thereof so that the phase angle through the isolation network is approximately zero degrees. This approach can achieve better isolation and power handling than the Wilkinson design while employing the benefits of planar metallization technology. | 02-24-2011 |
20110063048 | Differential Cross-Coupled Power Combiner or Divider - A differential cross-coupled power combiner in one aspect comprises a plurality of inputs, an output, a plurality of differential transmission lines each coupled between a corresponding one of the inputs and the output, and at least one set of additional differential transmission lines arranged in series between any two of the inputs. First and second ones of the additional differential transmission lines in the set are coupled to one another using a cross-coupling arrangement. Other aspects of the invention provide a differential cross-coupled power divider, communication system receivers and transmitters incorporating respective power combiners and dividers, and integrated circuit implementations of power combiners and dividers. | 03-17-2011 |
20110169590 | COMBINER FOR DOHERTY AMPLIFIER - A combiner for a Doherty amplifier includes, on and in a dielectric substrate, a carrier input terminal, a peak input terminal, an output terminal, a combining point for combining an output signal from the carrier amplifier and an output signal from the peak amplifier, a first λ/4 line connected between the carrier input terminal and the combining point, a second λ/4 line connected between the combining point and the output terminal, and a first directional coupler. The first directional coupler includes a third λ/4 line electromagnetically coupled to one, to be monitored, of the first λ/4 line and the second λ/4 line. | 07-14-2011 |
20110215882 | Interconnect for High-Frequency Printed Circuit - The invention relates to a printed circuit for high-frequency signals, and more particularly to interconnect means between transmission lines situated on different faces of the printed circuit. According to the invention, in the vicinity of the interconnect means, the transmission lines each extend in a main direction. The interconnect means comprise two vias each extending along an axis. In a plane containing the main direction of a first of the transmission lines and perpendicular to the face bearing the first transmission line, an orthogonal fix is formed whose abscissa is borne by the main direction of the first transmission line. The abscissae of the axes of the vias or of their projection on the plane, perpendicularly to the plane, are separate. | 09-08-2011 |
20110279195 | BROADBAND TRANSITION FROM A VIA INTERCONNECTION TO A PLANAR TRANSMISSION LINE IN A MULTILAYER SUBSTRATE - According to one embodiment, a broadband transition to joint a via structure and a planar transmission line in a multilayer substrate is formed as an intermediate connection between the signal via pad and the planar transmission line disposed at the same conductor layer. The transverse dimensions of the transition are equal to the via pad diameter at the one end and strip width at another end; the length of the transition can be equal to the characteristic dimensions of the clearance hole in the direction of the planar transmission line or defined as providing the minimal excess inductive reactance in time-domain according to numerical diagrams obtained by three-dimensional full-wave simulations. | 11-17-2011 |
20120056692 | MULTI-LINE PHASE SHIFTER FOR VERTICAL BEAM TILT-CONTROLLED ANTENNA - A Multi-Line Phase Shifter (MLPS) for a vertical beam tilt-controlled antenna is provided, in which a housing is shaped into an elongated rectangular box, a fixed plate is attached on an inner bottom surface of the housing and has transmission lines printed thereon, the transmission lines forming part of a plurality of phase shifting patterns and a plurality of signal division patterns, for dividing an input signal and shifting phases of divided signals, and a mobile plate is installed within the housing, movably along a length direction at a position where the mobile plate contacts a surface of the fixed plate, and has transmission lines printed thereon, the transmission lines forming a remaining part of the plurality of phase shifting patterns for phase shifting by forming variable lines through coupling with the part of the plurality of phase shifting patterns. | 03-08-2012 |
20120075035 | MICROWAVE COMBINER/SPLITTER - A power amplifier (power amplifier) having multiple solid state sub-amplifiers connected in parallel between the power amplifier input and the power amplifier output are described. The signal input to the power amplifier is provided to an RF splitter connected between the power amplifier input connector and the input of each of the sub-amplifiers. The RF splitter splits the input power from the signal input and provides the power to the sub-amplifier inputs through input electrical paths. The input electrical paths from the power amplifier input to the sub-amplifiers are substantially physically identical. Each of the sub-amplifiers drive an input of an RF combiner connected between the outputs of the sub-amplifiers and the output of the power amplifier. The RF combiner combines the output power from each of the sub-amplifiers through output electrical paths, and provides the combined power to the power amplifier output. The output electrical paths from the sub-amplifiers to the power amplifier output are substantially physically identical. | 03-29-2012 |
20120161899 | 4-PORT STRIP LINE CELL FOR GENERATING STANDARD NEAR FIELDS - A 4-port strip line cell for generating standard near fields includes an upper conductor, a third port, a first port, a lower conductor, a second port and a fourth port. The third port supplies a power signal to the upper conductor. The first port terminates the upper conductor. The lower conductor is disposed to be spaced apart from the upper conductor. The second port is connected to the lower conductor so as to supply a power signal in the opposite direction of the third port. The fourth port terminates the lower conductor. | 06-28-2012 |
20120169431 | MICROWAVE HARMONIC PROCESSING CIRCUIT - A microwave harmonic processing circuit includes (n−1) parallel open ended stubs differing in length, connected in parallel to an output terminal of a serial transmission line at a single point, and having predetermined electrical lengths corresponding to second to higher n-th (n is any integer) harmonics, respectively, the serial transmission line having an input terminal connected to an output terminal of a transistor and having a predetermined electrical length; a first strip conductor connecting the serial transmission line to two parallel open ended stubs of the (n−1) parallel open ended stubs at a single connecting point; a second strip conductor connecting the (n−3) parallel open ended stubs to each other at a single connecting point; a ground layer disposed between first strip conductor and second strip conductor; and a via electrically connecting a connecting portion of first strip conductor and a connecting portion of second strip conductor. | 07-05-2012 |
20120235768 | Apparatus and methods for phase tuning adjustment of signals - Apparatus and methods for tuning the phase of a signal communicated by an electrical conductor by adjustably varying a spacing between the electrical conductor and at least a portion of an electrically conductive ground plane that is disposed in spaced relationship with the electrical conductor. | 09-20-2012 |
20120326802 | Multi-Conductor Transmission Lines for Control-Integrated RF Distribution Networks - A multiple conductor radio-frequency transmission line including a plurality of conductive traces, an input port, and at least one output port is disclosed. The input port includes a radio-frequency signal input line which is generally aligned with and disposed in a partially or completely overlapping relationship with the plurality of conductive traces at the input port, with the radio-frequency signal input line being at least as wide as the plurality of conductive traces at the input port. The output port includes a radio-frequency signal output line which is generally aligned with and disposed in a partially or completely overlapping relationship with at least one of the plurality of conductive traces at the at least one output port, with the radio-frequency signal output line being at least as wide as the at least one of the plurality of conductive traces at the output port. The input and output ports provide a capacitively coupled, multi-conductor structure capable of simultaneously distributing primary radio-frequency signals and secondary control signals from the input port to one or more output ports in systems such a phased array radars and wireless communications systems. | 12-27-2012 |
20130120078 | ONE INPUT TO FOUR OUTPUT POWER DIVIDER - A one input to four output power divider is operable in a specified frequency band, and includes a first microstrip power divider, a first quarter-wavelength microstrip which has an end coupled electrically to one output terminal of the first microstrip power divider, a second microstrip power divider which has an input terminal coupled electrically to another end of the first quarter-wavelength microstrip, a second quarter-wavelength microstrip which has an end coupled electrically to the other output terminal of the first microstrip power divider, and a third microstrip power divider which has an input terminal coupled electrically to another end of the second quarter-wavelength microstrip. | 05-16-2013 |
20140035701 | DIFFERENTIAL SIGNAL TRANSMISSION LINE - A differential terminal | 02-06-2014 |
20140091880 | POWER COMBINERS AND DIVIDERS BASED ON COMPOSITE RIGHT AND LEFT HANDED METAMATERIAL STRUCTURES - Techniques, apparatus and systems that use composite left and right handed (CRLH) metamaterial structures to combine and divide electromagnetic signals at multiple frequencies. The metamaterial properties permit significant size reduction over a conventional N-way radial power combiner or divider. Dual-band serial power combiners and dividers and single-band and dual-band radial power combiners and dividers are described. | 04-03-2014 |
20140118086 | Mixer - A frequency shifter configured to shift the frequency of a signal, the frequency shifter comprising: a resonant structure configured to mechanically resonate at a first frequency; and a plurality of capacitors, each capacitor having a variable plate separation distance, wherein the resonant structure is configured to cause the plate separation distance of each capacitor to oscillate so as to cause the frequency of the signal to shift by the first frequency. | 05-01-2014 |
20140167882 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION PATH AND ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION DEVICE - An electromagnetic wave propagation device includes multiple planar propagation media each formed by laminating at least one planar conductor and at least one planar dielectric, multiple transceivers for transmitting and receiving information among electronic apparatuses, and a first interface for transmitting and receiving the electromagnetic wave between the transceivers and the planar propagation media. Planar dielectric spacers are provided for isolating the multiple planar propagation media from one another. The planar propagation medium is disposed to have an overlapped part with at least the other of the planar propagation media so that an obverse face of the medium and a reverse face of the other medium are at least partially overlapped with each other. The planar conductor is provided with an electromagnetic wave linking unit at the overlapped part that transmits and receives the electromagnetic wave between the planar propagation media. | 06-19-2014 |
20140203889 | POWER DIVIDER - A power divider/combiner comprising a plurality of transmission lines, each transmission line being in the form of a separate longitudinal component (e.g. a length of coaxial cable), wherein the longitudinal components are arranged such that they are substantially parallel to each other, and such that a side of each longitudinal component is contiguous with a side of at least one other longitudinal component. Each of the transmission lines may be of substantially the same length. The length of a transmission lines may be substantially equal to a quarter of the wavelength of an input signal for the power divider/combiner. | 07-24-2014 |
20140218130 | PHASE-SHIFTER AND POWER SPLITTER - An integrated device comprises at least one input connector ( | 08-07-2014 |
20140218131 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MICROSTRUCTURES - An apparatus comprising a first power combiner/divider network and a second power combiner/divider network. The first power combiner/divider network splits a first electromagnetic signal into split signals that are connectable to signal processor(s). The second power combiner/divider network combines processed signals into a second electromagnetic signal. The apparatus includes a three-dimensional coaxial microstructure. | 08-07-2014 |
20140232483 | COMBINER FOR AN RF POWER AMPLIFIER - Embodiments of the invention include a combiner for an RF amplifier comprising wiring and a transmission line transformer. The transmission line transformer may include a ferrite core having a hole defined therein; a coaxial cable having a first dielectric constant and routed through the hole of the ferrite core; and a stripline having a second dielectric constant and routed around the ferrite core. In some embodiments, an electrical length of the stripline is matched to an electrical length of the coaxial cable. The electrical length of the coaxial cable may be defined by the first dielectric constant and the electrical length of the stripline may be defined by the second dielectric constant. | 08-21-2014 |
20140368297 | Power Dividing And/Or Power-Combining Circuits - Power-dividing and/or power-combining circuits have inputs, outputs, at least three electrical pathways, and at least three electronic devices, such as amplifiers, with substantially equal input and output reflection At least one of the electronic devices is in each of the electrical pathways. In one embodiment, multiple phase shift components, such as delay lines, are electrically connected to the electronic devices in each of the electrical pathways. These phase shift components are selected so that a vector sum of the reflected signals from the electronic devices to the inputs and/or the outputs is substantially minimized. In another embodiment, a serial bus extends from the inputs/outputs and at least three pathways in the circuit. The serial bus includes serially-connected impedance-providing components positioned among at least three pathways with the impedance-providing components increasing in impedance from one end to the other end of the serial bus in an amount sufficient to produce a substantially equal amount of power to each of the electronic devices and to substantially minimize input and output reflections. | 12-18-2014 |
20150380795 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MICROSTRUCTURES - An apparatus comprising a first power combiner/divider network and a second power combiner/divider network. The first power combiner/divider network splits a first electromagnetic signal into split signals that are connectable to signal processor(s). The second power combiner/divider network combines processed signals into a second electromagnetic signal. The apparatus includes a three-dimensional coaxial microstructure. | 12-31-2015 |
20160064797 | SWITCHLESS COMBINER FOR ADDRESSING OF RADIOFREQUENCY SIGNALS AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMISSION OF RADIOFREQUENCY SIGNALS COMPRISING SAID COMBINER - A switchless combiner includes a circuit having a delay line consisting of a constant-impedance transmission line and a device adapted to vary the electric length of said transmission line, the device including a metallic body with walls defining a cavity, the walls being interrupted to define a slot, the cavity and the slot extending along at least a portion of the length of the device, the cavity including a first portion having a first cross-section and a second portion having a second cross-section which is greater than the first cross-section, the second portion having a dielectric element with a cutout corresponding to the slot, the first and second portions extending in the longitudinal direction of the device and the transmission line being positioned, inside the first and second portion, in the cutout, the dielectric element occupying the cavity of the second portion, and having an element to translate the dielectric element on the circuit in the longitudinal direction of the device. | 03-03-2016 |
20160118952 | RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNAL SPLITTER - Disclosed is a signal splitter that includes a coupled transmission line element coupled between two output ports of the signal splitter. The coupled transmission line element is used to lower the isolation between the two output ports for a particular frequency band. The coupled transmission line element includes a first and a second elongate electrical conductor. The first and the second elongate electrical conductor first ends are coupled to the signal transmission path that connects the two output ports. The first and the second elongate electrical conductor second ends are un-terminated. The first elongate electrical conductor and the second elongate electrical conductor are not shorted together, and the first elongate electrical conductor and the second elongate electrical conductor are electrostatically coupled, such as by twisting them together into a helix. | 04-28-2016 |
20170237141 | RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNAL SPLITTER | 08-17-2017 |
333137000 | Using waveguide | 41 |
20080272856 | Arrangement Relating to Antenna Communication - An arrangement for providing communication between a radio antenna and a radio base station in a cellular communication system. A waveguide is configured to connect the radio base station to the antenna. The waveguide may be connected directly or indirectly to the radio base station and/or the antenna. The waveguide is configured with a number of compartments, each compartment acting as a waveguide for a particular signal. The arrangement is thus able to convey a large number of signals, for example, for sector antennas of dual polarization type and for more than one frequency band. | 11-06-2008 |
20090066444 | SIGNAL RECEIVER AND FREQUENCY DOWN CONVERTER THEREOF - A frequency down converter. A plate body of the frequency down converter includes a main surface. A first wave guide includes a first section and a second section connected to the first section. The first section is connected to the main surface and extends parallel thereto. The second section extends perpendicular to the main surface. A second wave guide includes a third section and a fourth section connected to the third section. The third section is connected to the main surface and extends parallel thereto. The fourth section extends perpendicular to the main surface. | 03-12-2009 |
20090128256 | SIGNAL CARRYING APPARATUS - A signal carrying apparatus ( | 05-21-2009 |
20090289742 | WAVEGUIDE COUPLER - The present invention provides a waveguide coupler capable of attaining high electrical characteristics and high productivity. | 11-26-2009 |
20090302971 | Ortho-Mode Transducer - An ortho-mode transducer ( | 12-10-2009 |
20090309674 | Compact Orthomode Transduction Device Optimized in the Mesh Plane, for an Antenna - An orthomode transducer device (D), for an antenna, comprises (i) a main guide (GP) designed for the propagation along a main axis of first and second modes having polarizations orthogonal to each other and provided with a first end coupled to a circular port (AC) and a second end, (ii) a first auxiliary guide (GA | 12-17-2009 |
20100052816 | Signal Branch for Use in a Communication System - A signal branch for use in a communication system, in particular in a reflector antenna, for the transmission of microwave signals is provided. The signal branch includes a common signal wave guide for transmitting a transmission signal and a received signal that has one first end and one second end as well as an exterior and interior. Moreover, a plurality of transmission signal wave guides is provided for feeding the transmission signal, with the transmission signal wave guides being disposed on the exterior of the common signal wave guide in a symmetrically distributed manner and each being communicatively connected to the common signal wave guide. A plurality of receiver signal wave guides is provided for transmitting the received signal, with the receiver signal wave guides being symmetrically adjacent to the second end of the common signal wave guide and each being communicatively connected to the common signal wave guide. | 03-04-2010 |
20100148891 | Dielectric Waveguide-Microstrip Transition Structure - In a dielectric waveguide-microstrip transition structure for mounting a dielectric waveguide on a printed-wiring board, one object of the present invention is directed to providing a further downsized structure as compared with a conventional structure, while maintaining an influence of displacement between the dielectric waveguide and the microstrip at a low level by means of non-contact coupling. The dielectric waveguide-microstrip transition structure has a dielectric waveguide containing a dielectric block and a conductor film covering an entire surface of the dielectric block, except a signal input/output portion, wherein a slot is formed in a bottom surface of the dielectric waveguide to expose the dielectric; a microstrip having an end which is openly terminated and disposed with opposing to and spaced apart from the slot of the dielectric waveguide; and a cavity containing a conductive wall surrounding the end of the microstrip and the slot of the dielectric waveguide, except a part of the microstrip being led out to connect to an external circuit. | 06-17-2010 |
20100156558 | MICROWAVE PULSE COMPRESSOR USING SWITCHED OVERSIZED WAVEGUIDE RESONATOR - A microwave pulse compressor has an elongated, cross-sectionally oversized waveguide resonator for decreasing the attenuation of the resonator, thereby increasing the resonator's Q | 06-24-2010 |
20100301965 | Waveguide System with Differential Waveguide - A waveguide system comprises a differential waveguide with at least one first and one second signal conductor, which are coupled to one another within the waveguide, and a divider network with front network elements disposed at a front end of the waveguide in the signal-flow direction and with rear network elements disposed at a rear end of the waveguide in the signal-flow direction. The front network elements comprise a first parallel element, which extends in the direction from the first signal conductor to the earth conductor, and a second parallel element, which extends in the direction from the second signal conductor to the earth conductor. Alternatively, the parallel element can also be disposed between the signal conductors. | 12-02-2010 |
20100315178 | WAVEGUIDE POWER DIVIDER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A coupling slot | 12-16-2010 |
20110006858 | Multi-Source Spatial Power Amplifier - An amplification device combining a number of amplifier modules operating in the microwave range includes: a power divider, having an input and at least two outputs, dividing an input microwave signal into a number of microwave signals; connecting waveguides used to propagate the microwave signals supplied by the power divider; at least one input transition element placed at the output of each connecting waveguide for receiving the microwave signal; an amplifier module connected to each of the input transitions with which to amplify the signal received by each of the input transitions; and an output transition element in planar technology connected to each of the amplifier modules with which to combine the amplified signals obtained from the amplifier modules. | 01-13-2011 |
20110156838 | MICROWAVE SUPPLYING APPARATUS AND MICROWAVE PLASMA SYSTEM - The invention discloses a microwave supplying apparatus including a microwave generator, a first power divider, a second power divider, a first waveguide, and a second wave guide. The first waveguide is connected to the microwave generator and has a first output terminal and a second output terminal to divide a microwave generated by the microwave generator along a first direction. The second power divider is connected to the first output terminal and has a third output terminal and a fourth output terminal to divide the microwave along a second direction. The first waveguide and the second waveguide are connected to the third output terminal and the fourth terminal respectively and receive the microwave through the first power divider and the second power divider to respectively output the microwave fields with approximate intensity distributions. | 06-30-2011 |
20110221545 | ISOLATED DUAL-MODE CONVERTER AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - An isolated dual-mode converter includes a TE | 09-15-2011 |
20110248796 | RF FEED NETWORK FOR MODULAR ACTIVE APERTURE ELECTRONICALLY STEERED ARRAYS - A feed network for an antenna subarray includes a first feed arrangement having an sum output, a second feed arrangement having an delta output, a fixed attenuator having a first port and a second port, the first port connected to the delta output of the second feed arrangement, a first power divider/combiner having a first and second port and a third port; the first port connected to the second port of the fixed attenuator, a variable phase shifter having a first port and a second port, the first port connected to the second port of the power divider/combiner, a variable attenuator having a first port and a second port, the first port connected to the second port of the variable phase shifter, a second power divider/combiner having a first and second port and a third port; the first port connected to the second port of the fixed attenuator, a first circulator having a first port, a second port and a third port, the first port connected to the sum output of the first feed arrangement, and a third power divider/combiner having a first and second port and a third port; the third port connected to the second port of the circulator and the second port connected to the second port of the variable attenuator. | 10-13-2011 |
20110254640 | Diplexer for a Reflector Antenna - A diplexer for a reflector antenna includes a common circular signal waveguide to transmit and receive signals. The signal waveguide includes first and second ends with a common port provided at the first end. A waveguide arrangement is disposed coaxially relative to the signal waveguide in the region of the second end of the signal waveguide. A cylindrical coupler section is disposed between the first and second ends of the signal waveguide, and connects the waveguide arrangement to the common signal waveguide. In order to create a first and second coaxial waveguide port, the waveguide arrangement includes a first circular waveguide, an inner conductor is disposed inside, in which a first signal can propagate when the diplexer is operating, and a second circular waveguide, surrounding the first waveguide, in which a second signal can propagate at a lower frequency than the first signal when the diplexer is operating. | 10-20-2011 |
20120105171 | CROSS POLARIZATION MULTIPLEXER - The invention relates to a cross polarization multiplexer which doubles the capacity of radio links using a vertical polarization diplexer ( | 05-03-2012 |
20120286897 | METAMATERIAL WAVEGUIDE LENS - A metamaterial waveguide structure is disclosed. In some approaches the metamaterial waveguide structure is compressed along an optical axis using transformation optics techniques. An example is a Rotman lens that is compressed by 27 percent along the optical axis while maintaining the beam steering range, gain and side lobe amplitudes over a broad frequency range. In some approaches the metamaterial waveguide structure includes a plurality of complementary metamaterial elements patterned on a conducting surface of the waveguide. | 11-15-2012 |
20120306592 | Opposed Port Ortho-Mode Transducer With Ridged Branch Waveguide - An ortho-mode transducer may include a common waveguide terminating in a common port. A horizontal branch waveguide may terminate in a horizontal port. The horizontal branch waveguide may couple a first linearly polarized mode from the horizontal port to the common waveguide. The horizontal branch waveguide may comprise one or more ridged waveguide segments. A vertical branch waveguide may terminate in a vertical port opposed to the horizontal port. The vertical branch waveguide may couple a second linearly polarized mode from the vertical port to the common waveguide, the second linearly polarized mode orthogonal to the first linearly polarized mode. | 12-06-2012 |
20120319799 | Orthomode Coupler for an Antenna System - An orthomode coupler for an antenna system, particularly for a multi-feed antenna is provided. The orthomode coupler includes a first signal waveguide for a first RF signal that can propagate in the first signal waveguide, along a first axis, as well as a second signal waveguide for a second RF signal that can propagate in the second signal waveguide, along a second axis, where the second axis is disposed parallel to the first axis. Furthermore, the orthomode coupler includes a septum polarizer in which the first and second signal waveguide end, and a common signal waveguide having a third axis, along which a transmission and reception signal can propagate, where the third axis runs parallel to the first and the second axis, and where the common signal waveguide is coupled with the septum polarizer. The common signal waveguide includes a further polarizer. | 12-20-2012 |
20120326803 | MICROWAVE RESONANT CAVITY - A microwave resonant cavity is provided. The microwave resonant cavity includes: a sidewall having a generally cylindrical hollow shape; a gas flow tube disposed inside the sidewall and having a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the sidewall; a plurality of microwave waveguides, each microwave waveguide having a longitudinal axis substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the sidewall and having a distal end secured to the sidewall and aligned with a corresponding one of a plurality of holes formed on the sidewall; a top plate secured to one end of the sidewall; and a sliding short circuit. The sliding circuit includes: a disk slidably mounted between the sidewall and the gas flow tube; and at least one bar disposed inside the sidewall and arranged parallel to the longitudinal axis of the sidewall. | 12-27-2012 |
20120326804 | JUNCTION STRUCTURE FOR WAVE PROPAGATION, WAVE DIODE AND WAVE HALF-ADDER USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a junction structure for wave propagation and a wave diode and a wave half-adder using the same. According to the present invention, the junction structure for wave propagation permits selective coupling of waves propagating through a junction plane between different wave propagation structures, whereby the wave junction structure, wave junction diodes and wave half-adders using waves including photons, surface plasmons, optomechanical phonons and their composite waves are realized to provide the same functions as those of electrical junction structures and application devices thereof. | 12-27-2012 |
20130049883 | WAVEGUIDE NETWORK - Conventional technologies using copper tracks to couple integrated circuits (ICs) disposed on printed circuit boards (PCBs) face limitations in scaling beyond a certain transmission rate, restricting their future applications. Described herein is a waveguide network, in which the network comprises ICs on a PCB coupled via a dielectric waveguide, which advantageously overcomes these limitations. The dielectric waveguide is able to transmit radio frequency (RF) signals and has a bandwidth of at least 100 GHz, among other features. Further, the network can be arranged with different topologies such as ring, star or bus based, and is also couplable to other equivalent networks on the PCB using suitable waveguide-based networking devices. | 02-28-2013 |
20130088307 | ORTHOMODE TRANSDUCER - An orthomode transducer (OMT) operable in a broadband (e.g. >30%), including a frequency above ˜30 GHz, with an isolation better than −50 dB, cross-polarizations better than −40 dB, an insertion loss between −0.1 and −0.3 dB for both polarizations, and return losses better than −25 dB can be produced substantially or entirely from CNC machining, comprises a turnstile for coupling a polarization diplexed waveguide with four waveguide paths; and two E-plane Y junctions each for coupling initially oppositely directed pairs of the waveguide paths such that each waveguide path has a same electrical length from the turnstile to the E-plane Y junctions as the waveguide path with which it is paired, such that the OMT is formed in 3-6 blocks, including a single block having a substantially planar mating surface that includes the matching feature, and defines one side of initial segments of the four waveguide paths. Reproducibility of these OMTs has been shown. | 04-11-2013 |
20130141186 | RECOMBINANT WAVEGUIDE POWER COMBINER / DIVIDER - In an example embodiment, an in-phase recombinant waveguide combiner/divider device can comprise: a single waveguide input; N waveguide outputs, wherein N is an integer greater than 2; a first waveguide dividing portion; a second waveguide dividing portion; a third waveguide dividing portion; and a waveguide combining portion. The waveguide combining portion can be configured to combine two signals that are each respectively received from the second waveguide dividing portion and third waveguide dividing portion. In general an in-phase recombinant waveguide combiner/divider can comprise more junctions than output ports of a conservative power divider network structure. In an example embodiment, for a N-way waveguide power divider, there can be at least N+1 waveguide junctions. | 06-06-2013 |
20130214874 | LOW NOISE BLOCK DOWNCONVERTER WITH HIGH ISOLATION - A Low Noise Block downconverter (LNB) with high isolation, and more particularly, to a low-noise-block downconverter design for horizontal wave and vertical wave of a linear polarization; wherein, a horizontal probe and a vertical probe are directly set on a printed circuit board to receive the aforesaid waves; a waveguide chamber of the horizontal probe is divided into two chambers, a front chamber and a back chamber; a waveguide chamber of the vertical probe is transversely extended from a side waveguide, and the waveguide chamber of the vertical probe is also divided into two chambers; thereby the horizontal and vertical probe respectively receives the waves when facing to the rear side of the waveguide chambers for separating the horizontal and vertical wave and reducing the coupling of each other; thus, increasing the isolation and preventing the mutual interference of the horizontal and vertical wave. | 08-22-2013 |
20130229240 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION MEDIUM - When a wavelength of an electromagnetic wave in an electromagnetic wave propagation space ( | 09-05-2013 |
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20130278352 | ORTHO-MODE TRANSDUCER WITH WIDE BANDWIDTH BRANCH PORT - An ortho-mode transducer may include a cylindrical common waveguide terminating in a common port, a rectangular vertical branch waveguide in-line with the cylindrical common waveguide and terminating in a vertical port, and a rectangular horizontal branch waveguide normal to the common waveguide and terminating in a horizontal port. The vertical branch waveguide may be configured to couple a first linearly polarized mode from the vertical port to the common waveguide. The horizontal branch waveguide may be configured to couple a second linearly polarized mode, orthogonal to the first linearly polarized mode, from the horizontal port to the common waveguide. A portion of the vertical branch waveguide may overlap a portion of the cylindrical common waveguide. A septum may span the vertical branch waveguide proximate to the overlapping portions of the vertical branch waveguide and the common waveguide. A rectangular symmetry cavity may be opposed to the horizontal branch waveguide. | 10-24-2013 |
20130307641 | WAVEGUIDE DEVICE, COMMUNICATION MODULE, METHOD OF PRODUCING WAVEGUIDE DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a central control unit and a waveguide device. The waveguide device includes a high-frequency signal waveguide for transmitting a high-frequency signal emitted from a communication module having a communication function, and an attachment/detachment unit capable of attaching/detaching the communication module so that coupling between the high-frequency signal waveguide and the high-frequency signal is possible. The communication module includes a communication device and a transfer structure configured to cause the high-frequency signal emitted from the communication device to be transferred to the high-frequency signal waveguide of the waveguide device. | 11-21-2013 |
20130328641 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MODULE INSTALLED IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is an electronic device including a high-frequency signal waveguide configured to transmit a high-frequency signal in a housing. An addition unit to which a communication device is able to be added is provided in the high-frequency signal waveguide. When a second module having a communication function is added to the addition unit and coupled to the high-frequency signal waveguide, data transmission is possible between the first module and the second module via the high-frequency signal waveguide. | 12-12-2013 |
20140184355 | LAMINATED WAVEGUIDE DIPLEXER WITH SHIELDED SIGNAL-COUPLING STRUCTURE - A laminated waveguide diplexer includes an upper conductive layer having a first slot and a second slot; a first line crossing over the first slot; a first shielding conductor disposed over the first line; a plurality of first conductive pillars connecting the upper conductive layer and the first shielding conductor; a second line crossing over the second slot; a second shielding conductor disposed over the second line; and a plurality of second conductive pillars connecting the upper conductive layer and the second shielding conductor. | 07-03-2014 |
20140312987 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION CABLE AND FLEXIBLE PRINTED BOARD - A signal transmission cable includes a multi-layer parallel transmission path, a single-layer parallel transmission path, and a single-layer/multi-layer conversion section. The multi-layer parallel transmission path includes two or more dielectric waveguides stacked in upper and lower directions. Each dielectric waveguide includes a dielectric layer formed of a dielectric substance, two conductive layers formed to sandwich the dielectric layer, and two quasi-conductive walls. The two quasi-conductive walls include a plurality of via-holes electrically connected to the two conductive layers. The dielectric waveguides are arranged sharing the conductive layers in contact in the upper and lower directions. The single-layer parallel transmission path includes the two or more dielectric waveguides arranged in left- and right-hand directions on the same dielectric layer and conductive layer. The single-layer/multi-layer conversion section transmits a signal transmitted by each dielectric waveguide in the single-layer parallel transmission path to each dielectric waveguide in the multi-layer parallel transmission path. | 10-23-2014 |
20140312988 | KA-BAND HIGH POWER AMPLIFIER STRUCTURE HAVING MINIMUM PROCESSING AND ASSEMBLING ERRORS - A Ka-band high power amplifier structure having minimum processing and assembling errors, which uses a technique in which input and output waveguide flanges of individual amplifiers which are connected in parallel are connected to a waveguide divider and a waveguide combiner from above, and uses a waveguide transition patch implemented on an interconnect substrate for coupling to the individual amplifier to avoid the use of an input and output connector pin and an interconnector. | 10-23-2014 |
20140354375 | Orthomode Transducers And Methods Of Fabricating Orthomode Transducers - Orthomode transducers (OMTs) and methods of fabricating OMTs are disclosed. According to disclosed embodiments, an OMT includes a housing defining an internal waveguide. The housing may be composed of a first cast housing member attached to a second cast housing member. The first housing member may include a first side of the waveguide that is cast into the first housing member. The second housing member may include a second side of the waveguide that is cast into the second housing member. A method of fabricating an OMT may include arranging at least one casting insert in at least one mold, casting the housing in the mold and casting a waveguide in the housing using the at least one casting insert. The disclosed devices and methods provide cost effective solutions for fabricating OMTs of various operating frequencies that share a substantially similar outer housing shape and size. | 12-04-2014 |
20150035618 | APPARATUS FOR USE IN THE RECEIPT AND/OR TRANSMISSION OF DATA SIGNALS - Apparatus is provided which allows for the receipt and/or transmission of data signals, and, for the received signals, for the subsequent separation of the same into at least two sets of data signals which are orthogonal and provide these sets of data signals to subsequent processing components, whilst maintaining the isolation between the first and second data signal sets. For the transmission of the data signals the first and second sets of data signals are initially separate and then combined into one data set to allow the same to be transmitted. | 02-05-2015 |
20160036113 | HIGH FREQUENCY POWER COMBINER/DIVIDER - Radio frequency (RF) power amplifiers are provided which may include high power, wideband, microwave or millimeter-wave solid state power amplifiers based on waveguide power combiner/dividers. | 02-04-2016 |
20160049715 | Feed Network Arrangement for Generating a Mutli-Antennae Signal - A feed network arrangement for generating a multi-antennae signal includes a plurality of coupler devices coupled to one another in waveguide technique, and a plurality of adjustable length of line devices. At least one of the plurality of adjustable length of line devices is coupled to at least one of the plurality of coupler devices, where the one of the plurality of adjustable length of line device is configured to calibrate an electrical length of a supply line of the at least one of the plurality of coupler devices, | 02-18-2016 |
20160111767 | WAVEGUIDE COMBINER APPARATUS AND METHOD - Embodiments disclosed herein relate to wave guide couplers as well as 3-way, 6-way, and 9-way combiners. The waveguide coupler comprises: a housing having a first outer waveguide branch, a second outer waveguide branch, and an inner waveguide branch; first, second, and third input ports in communication with the first outer, second outer, and the inner waveguide branches respectively; an output port in communication with the inner waveguide branch; a first wall separating the first outer waveguide branch and the inner waveguide branch, the first wall having a first iris; a second wall separating the second outer waveguide branch and the inner waveguide branch, the second wall having a second iris; a first tapered section in the first outer waveguide branch; and a second tapered section the second outer waveguide branch. Various embodiments of the 3-way, 6-way, and 9-way combiners are implemented using the wave guide coupler. | 04-21-2016 |
20160172730 | WAVEGUIDE DEVICE, COMMUNICATION MODULE, METHOD OF PRODUCING WAVEGUIDE DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 06-16-2016 |
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