Patents Assigned to Tyce Electronics Corporation
  • Patent number: 9178262
    Abstract: A feed network includes three radio frequency (RF) devices constructed in a suspended-substrate stripline configuration that provides a five-port microwave device having a sum port and four feed ports. The three RF devices include at least one coupled-line quadrature hybrid and at least one Marchand balun. Each of the at least one coupled-line quadrature hybrid has only a single transmission line section providing two outputs with approximately equal amplitude power and a phase difference of 90°. Each of the at least one Marchand balun includes two offset-coupled transmission line sections separated by a gap and two outputs on opposite sides of the gap. The two outputs have approximately equal amplitude power and a phase difference of 180°. The three RF devices are electrically arranged relative to the sum port and the four feed ports such that the feed ports have equal amplitude power and a progressive 90° phase shift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Tyce Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce Foster Bishop, Kathleen Fasenfest