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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:
Dec. 24, 1991
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alfred W Morse, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
333116 ; 333161 ;
Abstract
A loaded overlay coupler with capacitive stubs slows down the even mode velocity more than odd mode velocity. The quarter wavelength of the coupler cancels impedance caused by the stubs so that directivity is enhanced and impedance mismatch is minimized.