Wave transmission lines and networks inventions 06/07

20070146103 - Resistor board and attenuator having the same: A resistor board for attenuating a signal, includes: a first signal section for receiving the signal; a second signal section for outputting the signal; and at least two signal lines disposed between the first signal section and the second signal section. Each of the signal lines includes a first resistor... Agent: Takeuchi & Kubotera, LLP

20070146091 - Data transmitter, data transmission line, and data transmission method: A data transmitter uses a transmission line including a ground conductor (305), a signal conductor (201), and an insulating material (3) which insulates them from each other. The insulating material includes a dielectric (320) exhibiting a nonlinear relationship between a generated electric field and dielectric polarization. The effective reactance per... Agent: Hayes, Soloway P.C.

20070146092 - High voltage pulsed power supply using solid state switches with droop compensation: Systems and methods for generating a high voltage pulse. A series of voltage cells are connected such that charging capacitors can be charged in parallel and discharged in series. Each cell includes a main switch and a return switch. When the main switches are turned on, the capacitors in the... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070146093 - Integrated mmic modules for millimeter and submillimeter wave system applications: An integrated circuit module comprising integrated coupling transmission structures protruding from the main body of the integrated circuit with extra substrate material removed around and/or under the coupling transmission structures.... Agent: Richard P. Berg C/o Ladas & Parry

20070146094 - Tunable microwave devices with auto-adjusting matching circuit: An embodiment of the present invention provides a power amplifier, comprising tunable impedance matching circuit including a plurality of tunable dielectric varactors and a DC voltage source interface capable of providing voltage to said plurality of saud tunable dielectric varactors.... Agent: James S. Finn

20070146095 - Micro-electromechanical system (mems) switch: An electromechanical switch includes an actuation electrode, a cantilever electrode, a contact, a suspended conductor, and a signal line. The actuation electrode is mounted to a substrate, the cantilever electrode is suspended proximate to the actuation electrode, and the contact is mounted to the cantilever electrode. The suspended conductor is... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070146096 - Magnetron: A phase locked magnetron comprises a cathode and anode and an interaction space in between. The cathode is coupled to an injected locking signal, which prompts the operation of the magnetron to be in phase with the phase of the locking signal. From a magnetron of the type in which... Agent: Venable LLP

20070146097 - Broadband phase shifter: A phase shifting method and a phase shifter are provided. The phase shifter comprises a first (200) and a second (202) transmission line structure in parallel, the structures having a common input, each structure comprising cascaded forward and backward transmission lines and the same number of components. The component values... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070146098 - Compact printed filters with self-connected lc resonators: An LC filter structure and method for its fabrication, in which multiple shunt capacitors, multiple shunt inductors and multiple coupling inductors are printed on a metal layer formed on a thin dielectric substrate. The capacitors have first electrodes that are formed as spatially separated regions of the metal layer, and... Agent: Carmen B. Patti, Esq. Carmen B. Patti & Associates, LLC

20070146099 - Electric circuit device: Electric circuit device comprises electric element and two conductive plates. The electric element includes two anode electrodes and two cathode electrodes and has relatively low impedance in a frequency range between 1×10−5 to 10 GHz. The one conductive plate has lower impedance than that of the conductive plate comprising the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070146100 - Dual-band filter: A dual-band filter (10) is provided. The dual-band filter includes an input line (100), a first transmission line (140), a second transmission line (160), a third transmission line (180), and an output line (120). The input line is used for inputting electromagnetic signals. The first transmission line is electronically connected... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070146101 - High frequency filter: A high frequency filter comprises a first resonator and a second resonator provided inside a layered substrate. The first and second resonators are inductively coupled and capacitively coupled to each other through a first capacitor and a second capacitor connected to each other in parallel. The first capacitor is formed... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070146102 - Systems and methods for blocking microwave propagation in parallel plate structures: Systems and methods are taught for blocking the propagation of electromagnetic waves in parallel-plate waveguide (PPW) structures. Periodic arrays of resonant vias are used to create broadband high frequency stop bands in the PPW, while permitting DC and low frequency waves to propagate. Some embodiments of resonant via arrays are... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070139131 - Ferrite waveguide circulator with thermally-conductive dielectric attachments: The present invention improves the geometry of ferrite circulators in order to increase the average power handling by decreasing the temperature rise in the ferrite and associated adhesive bonds. Embodiments of the present invention utilize dielectric attachments on the sides of the ferrite element, which maximizes the area of contact... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLPIPGroup, Columbia Square

20070139133 - Apparatus for converting transmission structure: An apparatus for converting a transmission structure includes a conductor-backed coplanar waveguide (CBCPW) transmission line comprising metal layers formed on both sides of a board, a first signal line and a first ground line formed by removing the metal layer on one side of the board according to a pattern... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070139132 - Yig filter tuning system: A Ytrium Iron Garnett (YIG) filter tuning system includes a YIG filter having a filter passband and associated filter bandwidth, a noise source selectively coupled to an input of the YIG filter, and a receiver coupled to an output of the YIG filter, the receiver having a measurement passband with... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070139134 - Structure and method for improving the reliability of surface mounted ceramic duplexers: A duplexer assembly is provided and includes a circuit board and a duplexer connected to the circuit board by a joint material, wherein the joint material provides a joint thickness of at least about 10 mils.... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc. M/c 480-410-202

20070139135 - Waveguide diplexer: A diplexer includes a diplexer housing having transmit and receive waveguide channels formed therein. A cover is received on the diplexer housing over the transmit and receive waveguide channels. A septum is inserted between the diplexer housing and cover and configured to provide isolation between any transmitter and receiver signals... Agent: Richard K. Warther Allen, Dyer,doppelt,milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070139136 - Housing of satellite receiver and method for forming the same: Since gaps generated when assembling a high-frequency satellite receiver interrupt reception of satellite signals, accurate assembly or reduction in number of parts for assembly reduces interruption of reception of satellite signals. A signal feeding portion, a circuit board containing portion, and a signal output portion of a high-frequency satellite receiver... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070139137 - Apparatus and method for measuring the position of a member: An apparatus and method for measuring the position of a member. The apparatus has a sonic waveguide, a generator for generating an interrogation sonic wave at a first position in the sonic wave guide, and a transducer for converting the interrogation sonic wave, at a second position in the sonic... Agent: Kris T. Fredrick Attorney, Intellectual Property

20070139138 - Switchable dual-band filter: Disclosed is a switchable dual-band filter, which comprises a first and a second switchable resonators, a coupling structure having two ends respectively connecting the first and the second switchable resonators, an input impedance conversion circuit connecting an input terminal and the first resonator, and an output impedance conversion circuit connecting... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property

20070139139 - Coupled resonator filter and fabrication method thereof: A coupled resonator filter and a method of fabricating the coupled resonator filter are provided. The method includes: sequentially stacking a first electrode, a first piezoelectric layer, a second electrode, an insulating layer, a third electrode, a second piezoelectric layer, and a fourth electrode on a surface of a substrate;... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070139140 - Frequency tuning of film bulk acoustic resonators (fbar): Multiple FBARs may be manufactured on a single wafer and later diced. Ideally, all devices formed in a wafer would have the same resonance frequency. However, due to manufacturing variances, the frequency response of the FBAR devices may vary slightly across the wafer. An RF map may be created to... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070139141 - Acoustic devices using an aigan piezoelectric region: Provided is a method of forming an acoustic based device, including forming an AlGaN region having a first surface and a second surface. A first electrode is deposited on the first surface of the AlGaN region, and then a second electrode is deposited on a second surface of the AlGaN-region.... Agent: Mark S. Svat Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070139142 - Reverse-phase cross coupling structure: A reverse-phase cross coupling structure includes a base, which has a resonance chamber, resonators vertically arranged in parallel in the resonance chamber, and coupling portions respectively coupled between each two adjacent resonators, each coupling portion having a top recess and a coupling hole in the top recess, and an adjustment... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070139143 - Packaged high frequency ceramic circuits: Projecting elongate stub walls are provided on the planar surfaces of a substrate at positions where bonding of the substrate to a clamping lid or base is to be carried out. On firing of the substrate, the surfaces thereof are mechanically processed but since the stub walls protrude from the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070132526 - Balanced-to-unbalanced transformer embedded with filter: A balanced-to-unbalanced transformer embedded with a filter, the balanced-to-unbalanced transformer being disposed in a multi-layered substrate and comprising vertically coupled transmission lines designed in different layers in the multi-layer substrate to increase transmission performances. A capacitor and a transmission line are connected to a single-ended I/O port of the balanced-to-unbalanced... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070132527 - Suppression method and structure for reducing a via stub effect of a substrate: A suppression method for suppressing a via stub effect of a substrate is disclosed. The suppression method is applicable to a substrate having a via, a first conductive line and a second conductive line connected through the via to the first conductive line. The suppression method includes changing a first... Agent: Fulbright And Jaworski LLP

20070132528 - Input arrangement for a low-noise amplifier pair: s

20070132529 - High-frequency resonant cavity for nuclear magnetic resonance, using radio-frequency transmission lines: This cavity resonator comprises a set of transmission lines and a shield which surrounds them. Each transmission line comprises a rectilinear bar which is divided into elongated cylindrical segments (1) these segments being or being made electrically conducting, the bar being provided with thin dielectric elements (2) inserted between the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070126523 - Electrical adaption network comprising a transformation line: For electrical matching of an electrical component, a network with a transformation line is proposed which is realized in or on a substrate, preferably a ceramic substrate. The network has a prescribed electrical length for achieving a desired phase shift, and comprises at least two electrical conductors (LE) each of... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070126524 - Substrate and substrate module: A substrate module includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate comprises a base material; a transmission line in which a signal line is sandwiched between two ground patterns, on the surface of the base material; a ground pattern on the rear surface of the base material;... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070126525 - Dual path attenuation system: A dual path attenuation system includes an ALC system, a through signal path, an attenuation signal path, and a non-terminated input switch and a non-terminated output switch that alternatively couple one of the through signal path and the attenuation signal path between an input and an output. The ALC system... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070126526 - Input signal processing device, high-frequency component aqcuisition method, and low-frequency component acquisition method: It is possible to smoothly separate a signal according to the frequency band. An input signal processing device includes: an input signal terminal for receiving an input signal; a grounding capacitance element which is grounded; a grounding inductance element which is grounded; a connection inductance element for connecting the grounding... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070126527 - System on chip structure comprising air cavity for isolating elements, duplexer, and duplexer fabrication method thereof: A duplexer which prevents effects between transmitter and receiver filters. The duplexer include a substrate, a transmitter filter fabricated in a predetermined first area on a surface of the substrate, a receiver filter fabricated in a predetermined second area on the surface of the substrate and an air cavity fabricated... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070126528 - Dielectric resonator filter assemblies and methods: A unitary resonator assembly for use in dielectric resonator filters and multiplexers. The unitary resonator assembly comprises a plurality of resonators joined by bridges, where the resonators and bridges are all constructed from a single piece of a dielectric material. The unitary resonator assemblies may be used in conjunction with... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070126529 - Thin-film bandpass filter using inductor-capacitor resonators: A bandpass filter including one or more metal layers, each layer having a first region and a second region. The filter also includes two or more LC resonators and one or more coupling networks for connecting the two or more LC resonators in parallel. The two or more LC resonators... Agent: Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20070126530 - High-voltage transformer coil with acoustic wave guiding function: The present invention relates to a high-voltage transformer coil with acoustic wave guiding function, which comprises a plurality of wound wires, an insulated material for packaging said wound wires to form a coil, a high-voltage connector formed on a side of said coil, and at least one wave guide formed... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070126531 - Balanced acoustic wave filter device: In a balanced acoustic wave filter device, first and second acoustic wave filter sections that are connected in parallel to an unbalanced terminal are connected to first and second balanced terminals, respectively. The first and second surface acoustic wave filter sections are configured such that the phases of the first... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070126533 - Bandpass filter for differential signal, and multifrequency antenna provided with same: There is provided a bandpass filter for a differential signal applicable to a device having a wide passband, being a device for transmitting a signal using a differential signal. Respective lines 1 and 2 and lines 3 and 4 are provide on two surfaces P1 and P2 at an inner... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070126532 - High-frequency circuit device and transmitting and receiving apparatus: An undesired-wave propagation blocking circuit that blocks an undesired wave propagating between at least two parallel planar conductors is formed by a band eliminate filter including a plurality of stages of resonators and transmission lines each connecting the resonators in the respective stages. Each of the resonators in the respective... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070126534 - Dielectric resonator device, oscillator and transmitter-receiver apparatus: A circuit substrate 1 has a top surface 1A provided with transmission lines 2, and a bottom surface 1B provided with a ground electrode 3. A dielectric substrate 5 has opposite surfaces 5A, 5B that are respectively provided with electrodes 6 having circular openings 7 so as to form a... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070126535 - Radio frequency cavity resonatory with heat transport apparatus: An RF cavity resonator that includes: a resonator chamber for containing an RF field; an RF coupling element coupled to the resonator chamber for introducing the RF field into and extracting the RF field from the resonator chamber; a tuning assembly for causing the RF field to resonate at a... Agent: Motorola, Inc.