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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:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
James E. Frey, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/102 ;
Abstract
Coaxial RF test probe for trouble-shooting microstrip circuits while minimizing power losses and increasing reliability. The present probes include a coaxial cable, and a grounding pin and a circuit pin supported in isolated, closely-spaced relation to each other, communicating with the outer jacket contact and the central contact, respectively, of the coaxial cable. The pins communicate through a DC block with a testing meter to evaluate predetermined areas of a microstrip circuit while providing fixed-distance grounding to closely-spaced plane areas.