Wave transmission lines and networks – Coupling networks – Wave filters including long line elements
Patent
1985-10-21
1987-09-08
Nussbaum, Marvin L.
Wave transmission lines and networks
Coupling networks
Wave filters including long line elements
333205, 333207, 333235, H01P 120, H01P 1203
Patent
active
046927247
ABSTRACT:
A high power tunable filter, for use in a frequency hopping system, is described and includes a transmission line having an input for receiving a high power level input signal to be filtered, and an output. The filter includes a plurality of resonators, each parallel-coupled to the transmission line, and driven by an associated electronic tuning network. Each of the electronic tuning networks includes a plurality of tunable reactive elements and PIN diodes, each PIN diode connected to one of the tunable reactive elements to enable this diode to connect its associated tunable reactive element in and out of the tuning network, thereby controlling the resonant frequency of the resonator associated with the tuning network. An electronic control circuit is also provided for controlling the frequency of the tunable filter. The electronic control circuit includes appropriate input circuitry for entering a desired frequency of the tunable filter, and an addressable look-up table responsive to the input circuitry for converting the desired frequency into a unique binary codeword. Switch drive circuits are also provided, responsive to the bits of the binary codeword, for controlling the operational states of the PIN diodes.
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Crowder, Jr. Albert M.
E-Systems Inc.
Nussbaum Marvin L.
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