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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:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
May. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard P. Stein, Princeton, TX (US);
Assignee:
InnerWireless, Inc., Richardson, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 7/38 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 7/38 ;
Abstract
A coupler for coupling a selected amount of energy from a transmission line includes a contact for contacting an inner conductor of transmission line through an aperature through an outer conductor of transmission line . A wire of a preselected configuration is coupled to contact and is spaced from a ground plane to create a selected parasitic capacitance, the configuration of wire defining a center frequency of the coupler. Coupler also includes a connector having an inner conductor coupled to wire