L3 Technologies, Inc.

Brian Christopher Clark

Joel B Gorman

Kris Allen Skowronski

Power dividers (or splitters) and power combiners may be implemented using distributed lossy transmission lines that dissipate radio frequency (RF) and other electromagnetic (EM) signal energy. By taking advantage of natural PCB board loss at high operating frequencies, N-way power dividers with matched outputs and good isolation may be implemented without the use of discrete resistors. In one embodiment, a N-way power divider may be at least partially implemented on buried printed circuit board (PCB) layers (e.g., partially embedded) and, in a further embodiment a N-way may be implemented in a manner that is completely internal to the PCB (e.g., completely embedded), without the use of discrete resistors.

Transmission line power dividers and power combiners with matched ports

Antennas, systems and methods may be implemented using a feed network with optional balanced to unbalanced conductor (balun) structure printed on one or more varying surfaces (e.g., sides, faces, etc.) of antenna substrates of various shapes including, but not limited to, flat, cylindrical, hemispherical and conical-shaped antenna substrates. Both antenna element/s and feed network/s may be printed onto one or more varying surfaces of a single common antenna substrate, such as printed onto both interior and exterior surfaces of the same hollow antenna substrate.

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Plano, TX, United States of America

Brian Christopher Clark