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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:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth Meade Lakin, Redmond, OR (US);
Assignee:
TFR Technologies, Inc., Bend, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01P 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01P 7/00 ;
Abstract
A interdigital, slow-wave coplanar transmission line resonator utilizing a coupler. Sections of interdigital, slow-wave coplanar transmission lines having lengths of an integral number of quarter waves act as resonators. In one embodiment shorted transmission lines proximately located to the resonators electromagnetically coupled to the resonators to provide input and output ports to the resonators. In another embodiment, transmission lines are connected by taps to the resonators to provide input and output ports.