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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2012
Rob Torsiello, Stuart, FL (US);
Mark Bailly, West Melbourne, FL (US);
Paul Davidsson, Jensen Beach, FL (US);
Rob Torsiello, Stuart, FL (US);
Mark Bailly, West Melbourne, FL (US);
Paul Davidsson, Jensen Beach, FL (US);
Smiths Interconnect Microwave Components, Inc., Stuart, FL (US);
Abstract
An integrated coupler may vertically integrate a hybrid coupler and a directional coupler. The hybrid coupler may include a first quarter-wave metallic strip dielectrically coupled to a second quarter-wave strip. The directional coupler may include the second quarter-wave metallic strip dielectrically coupled to a third metallic strip. The first quarter-wave metallic strip may receive a first input signal. The second quarter-wave metallic strip may receive a second input signal, and it may superimpose the first quarter-wave metallic strip along a vertical space, so as to combine power received from the first input signal and the second input signal to form an output signal. The third quarter-wave metallic strip may superimpose the second quarter-wave metallic strip along the vertical space, so as to sample the output signal of the second quarter-wave metallic strip.