Wave transmission lines and networks – Plural channel systems – Having branched circuits
Patent
1988-08-01
1989-05-30
LaRoche, Eugene R.
Wave transmission lines and networks
Plural channel systems
Having branched circuits
333125, 333246, 330286, H01P 308, H01P 512
Patent
active
048354961
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed herein is an N-way, broad band planar power divider/combiner circuit for dividing or combining RF signals which includes a tapered strip of electrically conductive material having a plurality of conductor fingers which define a plurality of ports at the wide end of the taper, and having a narrow end which defines single port. The tapered metal strip is mounted onto a dielectric slab, and isolation resistors connect adjacent fingers. A single RF signal can be fed into the single port which will be divided into a plurality of signals of equi-amplitude and equi-phase. Conversely, a plurality of RF signals can be fed into the ports at the wide end which will be combined into a single signal.
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Schellenberg James M.
Yau Wing
Gudmestad Terje
Ham Seung
Hughes Aircraft Company
Karambelas A. W.
LaRoche Eugene R.
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