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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8115570 | Phase shifter A coaxial phase shifter for very high RF-powers includes an optionally-cooled housing which forms the outer conductor and in which a substantially U-shaped inner conductor made of a tube is arranged which comprises at each of its ends a cooling medium connection for... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7830228 | Miniature RF and microwave components and methods for fabricating such components RF and microwave radiation directing or controlling components are provided that may be monolithic, that may be formed from a plurality of electrodeposition operations and/or from a plurality of deposited layers of material, that may include switches, inductors, ant... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7365695 | Antenna system An antenna system for sharing of operation employs contiguous transmit frequencies. Transmit frequencies are separated into non-contiguous sub-groups isolated from one another by filters 158(+) and 160(−) associated with positive and negative polaris... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7348285 | Fabric and yarn structures for improving signal integrity in fabric-based electrical circuits Coaxial and twisted pair conductive yarn structures reduce signal crosstalk between adjacent lines in woven electrical networks. A coaxial conductive yarn structure includes an inner conductive yarn having a plurality of conductive strands twisted together. An outer... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7301422 | Variable differential phase shifter having a divider wiper arm A variable differential phase shifter including an isolation element providing good isolation between output ports, good return loss and reduced reflections. In one embodiment a Wilkinson divider is incorporated in the wiper arm of a wiper type variable differential... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7283020 | Signal extracting arrangement A base station in a mobile communication network, includes at least one transmission line for transmitting a radio frequency signal. Each transmission line includes a coupling hole. A two-port coupled line includes one or more coupling holes. Each transmission line ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7259640 | Miniature RF and microwave components and methods for fabricating such components RF and microwave radiation directing or controlling components are provided that may be monolithic, that may be formed from a plurality of electrodeposition operations and/or from a plurality of deposited layers of material, that may include switches, inductors, ant... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7250101 | Electrochemically fabricated structures having dielectric or active bases and methods of and apparatus for producing such structures Multilayer structures are electrochemically fabricated on a temporary (e.g. conductive) substrate and are thereafter bonded to a permanent (e.g. dielectric, patterned, multi-material, or otherwise functional) substrate and removed from the temporary substrate. In so... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7239219 | Miniature RF and microwave components and methods for fabricating such components RF and microwave radiation directing or controlling components are provided that may be monolithic, that may be formed from a plurality of electrodeposition operations and/or from a plurality of deposited layers of material, that may include switches, inductors, ant... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7221239 | Variable power divider A variable power divider and method can vary the RF power between ports in a high power and multi-carrier RF environment, such as is used in controlling signals sent and received in a base station antenna. The variable power divider can include a single-control phas... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7198491 | Multi-pin RF field replaceable coaxial mounting flange structure A new and improved multi-pin RF field replaceable mounting flange structure, to be mounted upon a RF hybrid assembly, comprises a predetermined arrangement of multi-pin coaxial electrical connectors integrally incorporated upon a single field replaceable mounting fl... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195989 | Electrochemical fabrication methods using transfer plating of masks Three-dimensional structures are electrochemically fabricated by depositing a first material onto previously deposited material through voids in a patterned mask where the patterned mask is at least temporarily adhered to a substrate or previously formed layer of ma... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7187252 | Apparatus for delaying radio frequency signals In the present technique for transmitting and delaying radio frequency signal transmission, an RF delay filter (102) is provided with at least one high permittivity material coaxial delay element (104) with each having an input port (114) and an... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7127806 | Method for marking coaxial cable jumper assembly including plated outer assembly A jumper coaxial cable assembly includes a jumper coaxial cable and at least one solder-type connector secured thereto. The cable may include an outer conductor, which, in turn, includes aluminum with a tin layer thereon. The tin layer permits an aluminum outer cond... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7098756 | Arrangement and method for combining electric signals The invention relates to an arrangement and method for combining electric signals. The arrangement comprises: an antenna element (270) for receiving first electric signals from the environment; a receiver cable (210) in connection with the antenna elem... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7057474 | Adjustable delay transmission lines A transmission line includes a signal conductor and at least one varactor diode capacitively coupled to the signal conductor. The transmission line's signal path delay is a function of its shunt capacitance, and the varactor's capacitance forms a part of the transmi... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7026889 | Adjustable antenna feed network with integrated phase shifter A device for feeding signals between a common line and two or more ports. The device including a branched network of feedlines coupling the common line with the ports. The feedlines have transformer portions of varying width for reducing reflection of signals passin... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6917264 | Coaxial line phase stabilization assembly and method An apparatus and method stabilizes a pair of parallel coaxial lines for an antenna having a tower. An upper portion of each coaxial line is suspended from the tower. A lower end of the coaxial lines is free to move vertically relative to the tower. The apparatus has... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6816031 | Adjustable delay transmission line A transmission line includes a signal conductor and at least one varactor diode capacitively coupled to the signal conductor. The transmission line's signal path delay is a function of its shunt capacitance, and the varactor's capacitance forms a part of the transmi... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6794959 | In-band-flat-group-delay type dielectric filter and linearized amplifier using the same A small in-band-flat-group-delay type dielectric filter having low-loss characteristics with a small amplitude deviation and uniform-group-delay frequency characteristics is obtained, which enables broad-band characteristics to be obtained easily. The in-band-flat-g... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6756948 | Adjustable azimuth and phase shift antenna A left and right hemisphere independently adjustable azimuth antenna with a new method of electrically floating reflector device when used with the cooperating antenna array geometry, yields an modified directed radiated beam which can be actuated by means of a simp... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6683582 | Phased array antenna using a movable phase shifter system A phased array antenna is disclosed with a new method of phase shifting device when used with the cooperating antenna array feed system structure, yields an adjustable electrically directed radiated beam that may be actuated by means of a simple mechanica... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6657523 | Stacked radio-frequency module A stacked radio-frequency module is formed by stacking packages each storing MMICs and mounting another package upside down which stores a control circuit for controlling MMICs. The MMICs and control circuits are each sealed by a metal sealing lid within ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6583989 | Computer system A computer system for managing a computer network comprises a rack cabinet having a cabinet interior. A plurality of infrastructure connector assemblies are fixedly mounted on the rack cabinet in 1-U boundaries, each infrastructure connector assembly incl... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6563399 | Adjustable azimuth and phase shift antenna A left and right hemisphere independently adjustable azimuth antenna with a new method of electrically floating reflector device when used with the cooperating antenna array geometry, yields an modified directed radiated beam which can be actuated by mean... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6392507 | Signal-processing apparatus for shifting phase of a signal inputted thereto and attenuating the signal A signal-processing apparatus is capable of stably operating without regard to outside circumstances and miniaturizing. The signal-processing apparatus for shifting phase of a signal inputted thereto and attenuating the signal includes an input connector ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6337609 | Delay compensation device, delay line component and manufacturing method of the delay line component A delay line component having merits of small physical size and small insertion loss in a radio frequency. The delay line component with coaxial cable structure includes a center conductor, a dielectric which surrounds the center conductor and an outer co... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6333683 | Reflection mode phase shifter The invention is a mechanically or electro-mechanically driven phase shifter for radio frequencies. It is a device for phase shifting a signal propagating through a transmission line by moving a conductive construct between an active line and a ground pla... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6320477 | Adjustable off-center coaxial coupler An energy coupler (10) includes a movably adjustable energy coupling sleeve (16), and a coupling transmission line (18) operatively coupled to the movably adjustable energy coupling sleeve (16) to provide adjustable coefficient coupling with a transmissio... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6154104 | High permeability tapped transmission line A transmission line includes a high permeability conductor. The high permeability conductor increases the inductance-per-length of the transmission line to reduce the propagation velocity along the line. The high permeability conductor supplements a high ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6140888 | Method and structure for tuning the summing network of a base station The invention relates to a summing member comprising in-connectors for receiving and combining different RF signals and an out-connector for supplying the combined signals further, at least one of the connectors being coaxial and comprising an elongated r... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6064280 | Delay line with shaped conductors minimizing signal reflections In a delay line, an inside conductor has straight inside conductors and curved inside conductors each of which is positioned between adjacent two ones of the straight inside conductors, each of the curved inside conductors is connected to the adjacent two... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5801600 | Variable differential phase shifter providing phase variation of two output signals relative to one input signal A variable differential phase shifter is provided. The device provides a continuous variation in phase between two outputs derived from a single input. The device is suitable for application at signal frequencies around 900 MHz, and is constructed in the ... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5554956 | Othogonal insertion phase tuning method An orthogonal insertion phase tuning method for easily and efficiently tuning insertion phase without affecting other critical system parameters. The method is used generally with an amplifier network and includes attaching (130) at least two line runners... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5459442 | High power RF phase shifter An adjustable phase shifter is formed of an RF transmission line having an internal cavity, in which the phase shift produced is determined in part by a mound of flowable dielectric material in the internal cavity. An inlet tube defines a chute for dispen... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5416450 | Ferrite loaded constant impedance element and a constant phase circuit using it in an ultra-wide frequency range To realize an element presenting a constant impedance throughout an extremely wide frequency range and a circuit supplying a high frequency signal having a constant phase throughout the same wide frequency range, a ferrite-loaded line element, a real part... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5351019 | Local area network interface and interfacing method for network element A local area network interface for a network element having redundant processors is made by using a pair of connectors for each processor. A delay line is used between pairs of connectors for non-redundant LAN configurations. For redundant LANs, the delay... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5309125 | Compact delay line formed of concentrically stacked, helically grooved, cylindrical channel-line structure A miniaturized cylindrical `channeline` delay line comprises a plurality of concentrically stacked cylindrical elements, surfaces of which are configured to form helically contoured `channeline` transmission line. The nested stack includes a first, genera... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307031 | Standard or reference transmission line with variable group time delay An adjustable impedance-correcting delay line adapted to form a standard line for providing an adjustable group delay time for measurement purposes or the like in which a plurality of different delay networks including coaxial segments of different length... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5173668 | Apparatus and a method for an electrical transmission-line interface The present invention relates generally to a new interface and a method for making the same, and more particularly, to an electrical transmission-line interface and a method for making the same. On a substrate having semiconductors, a driver or receiver c... | 12/22/1992 |
