Reciprocal hybrid mode RF circuit for coupling RF transceiver to an RF radiator
US5129099A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 30, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jul 7, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 30, 2009 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S7/03
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A reciprocal transceiver to radiator coupling circuit uses both microstrip and waveguide modes of RF signal transmission (including a pair of nonreciprocal hybrid mode phase shifters) to gain size and weight advantages useful in feeding large scale phase arrays. At the same time, the radar cross section of such array apertures is reduced by arranging separate nonreciprocal receive and transmit branches of the circuit to route spurious intra-circuit reflections of incoming RF signals to a matched termination.
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