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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Thomson-CSF, Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/26 ;
Abstract
A microwave phase-shifter including a coupler in a waveguide form, at least one pair of phase-shifter cells, and a conductive strip positioned between each phase shifter cell and configured with a conductive plane to form a guided space where a wave cannot propagate. An incident wave entering a first input of the coupler is subdivided into two waves. Each of the waves are reflected on an elementary cell with identical phases to the incident wave and are recombined into a resultant phase-shifted wave prior to exiting the coupler by an output juxtaposed with the first input.