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Plasma filter

US6784620B1 · kind B1 · utility

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33Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 10, 2003
Grant dateAug 31, 2004
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Expiry dateMar 10, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG21K1/00
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A low/band/high pass filter includes first and second plasmas, each with a path for the flow of electromagnetic energy at frequencies above the plasma frequency. A path for the flow of electromagnetic energy is coupled to the second port of the first plasma and to a first port of the second plasma. The plasma frequency of the second plasma is greater than that of the first plasma. Energy below the plasma frequency of the first plasma is reflected from the first port of the first plasma, and energy above the plasma frequency of the second plasma propagates to the second plasma. That energy above the plasma frequency of the first plasma but below the plasma frequency of the second plasma reflects from the second plasma and is coupled out of the system. That energy at a frequency above the second plasma frequency propagates through the second plasma.

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