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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 1988
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1987
Robert DiBiase, Carlisle, MA (US);
Zvi Galani, Bedford, MA (US);
Raymond C Waterman, Jr, Westford, MA (US);
Ernst F Schloemann, Weston, MA (US);
Ronald E Blight, Framingham, MA (US);
Raytheon Company, Lexington, MA (US);
Abstract
A magnetically tuned resonant circuit having improved noise performance includes a ferrimagnetic or gyromagnetic body such as a YIG sphere which is disposed within r.f. structure, The r.f. structure is disposed between a pair of pole pieces of a biasing magnet and flux return path. Several techniques are described for reducing fluctuations in magnetic fields through the gyromagnetic body. The gyromagnetic body is isolated from conductive surfaces, or the bulk of conductive surfaces in the region adjacent to the magnetic body are reduced. Further, a technique is also described which provides a break in the electrical continuity around the r.f. structure. Each of these technique reduce the magnitude of thermally induced eddy current flow in conductive regions adjacent to the resonant body. It is believed that such eddy current flow produce random magnetic field variations which produce random variations in the frequency characteristics of conventional magnetically tuned resonant circuits.