Wave transmission lines and networks inventions 10/09

20090243746 - Circulator device and a method for assembly: The present invention is directed to a circulator/isolator device that includes a housing having a substantially planar base portion integrally connected to a segmented flexible wall structure extending in a direction normal thereto. The substantially planar base portion and the segmented flexible wall structure forms an interior housing volume having... Agent: Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

20090243747 - Methods and devices for compensating a signal using resonators: Compensation of a signal using resonators as well as related methods and devices are described. Some embodiments include methods and devices for performing frequency compensation on a signal.... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090243748 - Semiconductor device: The present invention is directed to adjust a resistance value of an output buffer on the basis of a resistance value of an external resistor. A potential according to a resistance ratio between an external resistor and each of resistance adjusters is detected by a code generator. In the code... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090243761 - Circular polarizer for coaxial waveguide: There is disclosed a linear polarization to circular polarization converter. An outside surface of an inner conductor may be coaxial with the inside surface of an outer conductor. First and second diametrically opposed conductive fins may extend outward from the outer surface of the inner conductor. First and second dielectric... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20090243764 - Gate-driver ic with hv-isolation, especially hybrid electric vehicle motor drive concept: An automotive drive system for a high voltage electric motor comprises a microcontroller and ECU powered by a low voltage (12 volt) bus net which controls the drives of a high voltage inverter powered by a 100 volt or higher source, which, in turn, drives the motor. To provide good... Agent: Farjami & Farjami LLP

20090243765 - Bidirectional, dc-isolated transmission channel: Arrangement and method for electrically isolated transmission of direct-current and alternating-current signals. The signals can be transmitted in both directions via the same and only DC-isolated channel. The arrangement comprises a first transmit-and-receive system (1), a direct-current transmitter (4) in short-circuit mode, an operational amplifier arrangement (5), and a second... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20090243749 - Method and system for configurable differential or single-ended signaling in an integrated circuit: Aspects of a method and system for configurable differential or single-ended signaling in an integrated circuit. In this regard, a balun comprising one or more loops fabricated in a plurality of metal layers in an integrated circuit may enable conversion between unbalanced and balanced signals. In this regard, balanced signal... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090243750 - Balun with series-connected balanced-signal lines: A balun may include series-coupled balanced-signal lines. In some examples, a balun may include a first transmission line having a first unbalanced signal port on which an unbalanced signal may exist relative to circuit ground; a second transmission line having a first balanced-signal port may be connected in series with... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20090243751 - Splitter with a printed element: According to one exemplary embodiment, a three-way splitter includes a printed element and a resistive network comprising discrete resistors. A first printed branch, second printed branch, and third printed branch distribute a received communication signal to respective outputs having substantially the same phase, frequency, and impedance. Each printed branch includes... Agent: Farjami & Farjami LLP

20090243752 - Compact diplexer: A diplexer for receiving and transmitting a first bandwidth signal corresponding to a first central frequency and a second bandwidth signal corresponding to a second central frequency includes a first signal end, a second signal end, a third signal end, a first impedance unit, a second impedance unit and a... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090243753 - Method and system for processing signals via power splitters embedded in an integrated circuit package: Methods and systems for processing signals via power splitters embedded in an integrated circuit package may include generating via a power splitter, one or more RF signals proportional to one or more received RF signals. The power splitter may be integrated in a multi-layer package. The generated RF signals may... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090243754 - Integrated circuit: In an integrated circuit having a number of circuit units on a single semiconductor chip, particularly in a system-on-chip integrated circuit including an integrated transceiver, interference between the circuit units is suppressed using on-chip resonant elements. Each resonant element has at least one on-chip capacitor and at least one on-chip... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing - Intellectual Property

20090243755 - Noise filter and noise-filter-incorporated amplifier circuit: A ladder LPF includes a first capacitor formed of a transistor in which two terminals out of three are diode-connected, and a second capacitor formed by connecting a pn junction capacitor and an insulating capacitor in parallel. In the second capacitor, the pn junction capacitor formed in a semiconductor layer... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090243756 - Shielded three-terminal flat-through emi/energy dissipating filter: A shielded three-terminal flat-through EMI/energy dissipating filter includes an active electrode plate through which a circuit current passes between a first terminal and a second terminal, a first shield plate on a first side of the active electrode plate, and a second shield plate on a second side of the... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20090243757 - Modular jack having an improved magnetic module: A modular jack (3) has an insulative housing (6), a printed circuit board (92), a number of cores (931-934) and a magnetic core (935), a number of conductive wires (936-939) respectively wind around the cores and then around the magnetic core together, and a number of grounding wires. The grounding... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090243758 - Power conditioning circuit utilizing high oersted rating inductors: A power conditioning circuit for conditioning power supplied by a power source at a nominal frequency over conductors in a polyphase system includes first and second phase conductors. First and second inductors are connected in series between the first and second phase conductors and first and second phase output lines,... Agent: Mccracken & Frank LLP

20090243759 - Low-pass filter: A low-pass filter (10) includes an input portion (100) for input of an electromagnetic signal, an output portion (120) for output of the electromagnetic signal, a high impedance transmission portion (140) electrically connecting the input portion and the output portion, a pair of low impedance transmission portions (160, 180) arranged... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090243760 - Second-order band-pass filter and wireless apparatus using the same: A second-order band-pass filter for generating at least two transmission zeros includes a first signal terminal, a second signal terminal, a first transmission line resonator, a second transmission line resonator and an impedance inverter. The first transmission line resonator and the second transmission line resonator are symmetric to each other... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090243762 - Waveguide filter: A waveguide bandpass filter for use in microwave and millimeter-wave satellite communications equipment is presented. The filter is based on a substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) having several cascaded oversized SIW cavities. The filter is implemented in a printed circuit board (PCB) or a ceramic substrate using arrays of standard metalized... Agent: Teitelbaum & Maclean

20090243763 - Transmission line and a method for production of a transmission line: a centre conductor (5), at least partly submersed in the groove (2), the centre conductor (5) being isolated from the conducting walls (3) and the conducting floor (4) of the groove (2). The transmission line is distinguished in that the centre conductor (5) comprises at least one conductor formed on... Agent: Myers Andras Sherman LLP

20090243766 - Corner waveguide: The disclosure provides a corner waveguide including a first straight waveguide portion for transmitting an electromagnetic wave, a second straight waveguide portion for transmitting an electromagnetic wave to a direction different from the transmitting direction of the electromagnetic wave of the first straight waveguide portion, and a corner waveguide portion... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch