The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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. 11, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
William J Anklam, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
William E Kunz, Foster City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
333 20 ; 307320 ;
Abstract
Varactor diodes having noncommensurate parametric values are utilized within respective cells of a nonlinear transmission line. By the appropriate selection of varactor cell parameters, the configuration of a nonlinear transmission line can be improved to alleviate problems associated with varactor turn-on and punch-through voltage limitations, soliton compression and inefficient use of varactor nonlinearity, reflections from mismatched load and source impedances, and rining and soliton generation.