Wave transmission lines and networks – Plural channel systems – Having branched circuits
Patent
1997-11-20
1999-08-10
Pascal, Robert
Wave transmission lines and networks
Plural channel systems
Having branched circuits
333107, 335 5, 200 5105, H01P 111
Patent
active
059364823
ABSTRACT:
A 3D microwave switch having a plurality of waveguide transmission lines configured in a polyhedron and with I/O microwave ports at the corners. An actuator selectively moves respective reeds in the waveguide transmission lines between a signal-attenuating position abutting the interior surface of the waveguide transmission line and a signal-conducting position substantially coaxial with the waveguide transmission line and abutting the signal lines of the I/O microwave ports coupled to opposite ends of the waveguide transmission line. Preferably, the transmission lines and ports are formed in a tetrahedral-shaped conductive cavity with a single 4-pole magnet at its center for actuating the reeds or in an octahedral-shape with different actuators for each reed.
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Ando Michael N.
Steidel Clinton F.
Bettendorf Justin P.
Grunebach Georgann S.
Hughes Electronics Corporation
Pascal Robert
Sales M. W.
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