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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2010
Applicants:
James J. Jaklitsch, Parkton, MD (US);
Jay Markey, York, PA (US);
Thomas P. Mcgrath, Lutherville, MD (US);
Inventors:
James J. Jaklitsch, Parkton, MD (US);
Jay Markey, York, PA (US);
Thomas P. McGrath, Lutherville, MD (US);
Assignee:
AAI Corporation, Hunt Valley, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for characterizing the effect of each step attenuator state, on phase and amplitude, which may include in an exemplary embodiment: activating each step attenuator state as the sole contributor to attenuation, and measuring at least one of a step attenuator amplitude contribution (SAAC) and/or a step attenuator phase contribution (SAPC).