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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Kelly Ryian Stewart, Tucson, AZ (US);
Matthew Salem, Tucson, AZ (US);
Matthew J. Wargo, Tucson, AZ (US);
Joseph M. Anderson, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
RAYTHEON COMPANY, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01P 5/18 (2006.01); H01P 3/08 (2006.01); H05K 1/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01P 5/184 (2013.01); H01P 3/08 (2013.01); H01P 5/185 (2013.01); H05K 1/115 (2013.01);
Abstract
A directional coupler includes a substrate, an output line formed on a top of the substrate, and an input line formed on the top of the substrate and including a transmission region. The coupler also includes a lower input line formed on a bottom of the substrate below at least a portion of the transmission region, and one or more vias passing through the substrate and electrically coupling the input line and the lower input line.