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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2000
Filed:
May. 22, 1998
R Glenn Thomson, Waterloo, CA;
Com Dev Ltd., Cambridge, CA;
Abstract
A device for changing the operating frequency of a microwave filter is mounted in a wall of a cavity of the filter. The device has a bellows that is located inside the cavity. The bellows contains an elongated member that extends outside the cavity to an actuator. The actuator can be temperature dependent and moves the elongated member either further into or further out of the cavity as desired. An interior end of the elongated member can be connected to the bellows or it can simply be in contact with the bellows without being connected. When the elongated member is in contact with the bellows and is not connected, when the elongated member moves outward, the bellows will return to a rest position due to its inherent spring. The bellows is sealed from an interior of the cavity. Filters using the device have one device located primarily for each mode in each cavity of the filter.