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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1993
Richard W Babbitt, Fair Haven, NJ (US);
Richard A Stern, Allenwood, NJ (US);
Ernest Potenziani, II, Ocean, NJ (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A microstrip circuit having a plurality of coplanar microstrips mounted on a common dielectric substrate. A planar circulator is coupled to a junction of the microstrips. The circulator includes a ferrite disc which lies in the plane of the substrate. The circulator also includes a biasing permanent magnet in the form of a planar, toroidal-shaped magnet having magnetic sections that are embedded in the dielectric substrate. The magnetic sections from a split cylinder that encircles the ferrite material while permitting the microstrips to pass therethrough.