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Phase shift device

US10629973B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ALCAN Systems GmbH · DE

Inventors

Rolf Jakoby · Rosbach, DE
Onur Hamza Karabey · Neu-Isenburg, DE
Wenjuan Hu · Darmstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 20, 2018
Grant date	Apr 21, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 20, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01Q13/106
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A phase shift device includes a planar transmission line that is formed by a signal electrode and a ground electrode which are separated by a dielectric substance, whereby the signal electrode of the planar transmission line is divided into several pieces and includes overlapping areas of adjacent pieces that are filled with a tunable liquid crystal material, thereby forming a dielectric tunable component (varactor) with a metal-insulator-metal type capacitor. The several pieces of the signal electrode are arranged at two or more different distance levels with respect to the ground electrode. The tunable liquid crystal material is arranged as a continuous layer between several pieces of the signal electrode that are arranged at two different distance levels.

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