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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
May. 05, 2020
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Elicia K. Harper, Chelsea, MA (US);
Christopher M. Laighton, Boxborough, MA (US);
Francois Y. Colomb, Westford, MA (US);
RAYTHEON COMPANY, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A branchline coupler structure having a pair of main transmission lines disposed on different horizontal levels of a support structure and a pair of shunt transmission lines, vertically disposed and laterally spaced, and disposed in the support structure. A first one of the pair of shunt transmission lines is coupled between: one region of a first one of the pair of main transmission lines and a first end of a second one of the pair of main transmission line. A second one of the pair of shunt transmission lines is coupled between a second region of the first one of the pair of main transmission lines, laterally spaced from the first region, and a second end of the second one of the main transmission lines.