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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2004
Applicants:
John A. Nguyen, Hayward, CA (US);
Anand Gundavajhala, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
John A. Nguyen, Hayward, CA (US);
Anand Gundavajhala, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Oplink Communications, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01P 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A suspended and truncated co-planar waveguide is described. The waveguide has a substrate with a substantially flat top surface and two lateral faces. A signal conductor and two ground conductors are placed on the top surface forming a ground-signal-ground pattern along a common plane. The waveguide has respective electrical side-wall boundaries on each of the two lateral faces of the substrate.