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Quarter wave stub surge suppressor with coupled pins

US8134818B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 8, 2008
Grant dateMar 13, 2012
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Expiry dateMay 27, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01P1/202
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A surge suppressor for protecting electronic equipment by suppressing damaging surges of low frequency signals in a radio frequency (RF) transmission line, while allowing RF signals of a desired frequency range to pass through the transmission line. The surge suppressor can comprise a housing, a center pin connected to a stub, and at least one interface pin conductively coupled to the cable and capacitively coupled to the center pin. The surge suppressor can have a signal pass through bandwidth approximately 10 times exceeding the bandwidth of traditional quarter wavelength stub (QWS) devices, a higher return loss, and higher surge attenuation level. The surge suppressor can be symmetrically insertable into a cable providing an RF communication line.

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