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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2015
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Adam M. Kroening, Atlanta, GA (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Abstract
A variable power divider comprising a latching ferrite circulator including an input port, a first output port, a second output port, and at least one winding. The ports meet in a common junction. The variable power divider also includes a controller interface that receives a command signal indicating a desired power division ratio and a driver circuit configured to receive a control signal from the controller interface. The driver circuit generates a first pulse, having a duration and amplitude corresponding to a saturation state of the latching ferrite circulator, in a first direction through the at least one winding. After the first pulse, the driver circuit generates a second pulse in a second direction through the at least one winding opposite the first direction, the second pulse having a duration and amplitude determined from the desired power division ratio and corresponding to a non-saturation state of the latching ferrite circulator.