Rotary attenuator and method of making it
USRE43266E1 · kind E1 · reissue
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 20, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 27, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 20, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
An attenuator includes a housing defining an interior, a front, a rear, and a rotor mounted between front and rear for rotation within housing about an axis of the rotor. First electrical contacts are provided on the housing. Second electrical contacts are provided on the rotor. The rotor includes multiple printed conductor boards. Each PC board includes an electrically relatively non-conductive substrate. One side of each substrate provides conductive areas through which electrically attenuating elements of the attenuator are coupled together to form an attenuating network providing a selected level of attenuation. Electrical contact is made between the first electrical contacts and the electrically attenuating elements of the attenuator through the second electrical contacts.
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