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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2003
Steven Robert Snyder, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Stephen B. Brown, Palm Bay, FL (US);
James J. Rawnick, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Steven Robert Snyder, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Stephen B. Brown, Palm Bay, FL (US);
James J. Rawnick, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL (US);
Abstract
A continuously variable true time delay line () and method for producing a time delay. The true delay line () includes an RF transmission line () and at least a first fluidic dielectric () contained in a cavity () coupled to the RF transmission line along at least a first length thereof. One or more variable displacement fluid processors () are provided for changing a distribution of the fluid dielectric () in the cavity () in response to a time delay control signal (). The propagation delay of the line is selectively varied by changing the distribution of the fluid dielectric in the cavity.