Abstract: This application provides a resonator that includes a housing and a cover. A resonant rod, a dielectric block, and an elastic element are disposed in the housing. The resonant rod is in a tubular shape and includes an inner side face, an outer side face, and a first end face. The dielectric block includes a bottom end and a top end, the top end is connected to the cover, a second end face and a boss that protrudes from the second end face are disposed at the bottom end, and the boss is in an annular shape. The boss is embedded in the resonant rod a, or the boss fits around the outside of the resonant rod. The elastic element is connected between the first end face and the second end face or between the top end of the dielectric block and the cover.

Abstract: The technology described herein is directed towards microwave attenuators, and more particularly to a cryogenic microwave attenuator device for quantum technologies. In some embodiments, a device can comprise a cryogenic microwave attenuator device. The cryogenic microwave attenuator device can comprise: a housing component and a microwave attenuator chip, wherein the housing component can have thermal conductivity of about at least 0.1 Watts per meter-Kelvin at 1 degree Kelvin. The cryogenic microwave attenuator device can also comprise a microwave connector comprising a signal conductor that is direct wire coupled to the microwave attenuator chip.

Abstract: A filter and a communications device are disclosed. The filter includes a metal cavity, a metal resonant cavity, and a metal cover covering the metal cavity and the metal resonant cavity. A dielectric waveguide is disposed in the metal cavity, and the dielectric waveguide is electrically connected to the metal cavity. Resonant rod is disposed in the metal resonant cavity. A coupling structure is disposed between the metal cavity and a metal resonant cavity that is neighboring to the metal cavity, the coupling structure includes a communication area between the metal cavity and the metal resonant cavity and a dielectric body that protrudes into the communication area, the dielectric body is connected to the dielectric waveguide, and the coupling structure is coupled to a resonant rod in the metal resonant cavity.

Abstract: An integrated spring mounted chip termination for converting energy of a circuit into heat to be absorbed by a heatsink. The integrated spring mounted chip termination includes an input tab configured to connect to the circuit. The integrated spring mounted chip termination also includes a chip termination having a top surface. The chip termination includes an input contact located on the top surface and configured to connect to the input tab, a resistor element located on the top surface and connected to the input contact, and a ground contact located on the top surface and connected to the resistor element. The integrated spring mounted chip termination also includes a formed ground spring connected to the ground contact of the chip termination, the formed ground spring configured to attach the chip termination to the heatsink, such that the chip termination and the heatsink are in contact.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed having a circulator having a transmit port, a receive port, and a tuner port with tuner circuitry coupled between the tuner port and an antenna port. At least one analog control branch is coupled between the receive port and at least one control input of the tuner circuitry to generate at least one control signal from a transmit leakage signal leaking into the receive port. The tuner circuitry is configured to respond to the at least one control signal by automatically electronically tuning such that a cancellation signal of substantially equal amplitude and opposite phase of that of the transmit leakage signal is reflected through the tuner port and into the receive port, thereby reducing the transmit leakage signal to a level corresponding to an isolation of at least ?30 dB between the transmit port and the receive port.

Abstract: An isolator includes a body including an input connector and an output connector. The isolator also includes an outer shield positioned at least partially around a portion of the body. The isolator also includes a coupling member electrically coupled to the outer shield and positioned at least partially within the outer shield. The isolator also includes a coaxial circuit positioned at least partially around a first portion of the coupling member. The isolator also includes a toroid positioned at least partially around a second portion of the coupling member. The toroid is configured to filter radio frequency (RF) signals. The first portion and the second portion are axially-adjacent to one another. The isolator also includes a conditioning circuit in communication with the input connector and the output connector. The conditioning circuit is configured to condition the RF signals communicated between the input connector and the output connector.

Abstract: High power impedance tuners suffer from intense heating of the center conductor of the tuner airline (slabline), due to dissipated RF and DC power and, in addition of high electric field between the metallic tuning probe (slug) and the center conductor, also from associated thermal expansion causing bending of the center conductor and electrical short. If the thermal expansion cannot be accommodated by structural means, the center conductor is cooled using re-circulating low loss dielectric liquid (Mineral Oil), which fills the slabline and dissipates the heat. The cooling dielectric liquid is guided through an external refrigerator and recycled back into the slabline.

Abstract: A magnet-free non-reciprocal device realized using modulated filters. The device includes one or more filters in one or more branches, where each branch connects two ports or a port and a central node. The poles and zeros of each of the first, second and third filters are modulated in time such that degenerate modes at each pole and zero is split thereby destructively interfering at one or more output ports and adding up at another output port allowing non-reciprocal transmission, isolation and/or non-reciprocal phase shift. The device is able to realize a magnet-free full-duplex communication scheme implementing a magnet-free circulator for radio frequency cancellation or a magnet-free isolator or gyrator.

Abstract: A zeroing structure applicable to an adjustable diplexer includes a substrate, holder, motor, lead screw, displacement plate, stop element and interference element. The holder is disposed on the substrate. The motor is disposed on the holder. The lead screw is rotatably disposed on the holder and connected to the motor, and thus rotation of the lead screw is driven by the motor. The displacement plate is movably disposed on the substrate and helically connected to the lead screw so as to undergo linear motion between a first position and a second position relative to the substrate when guided and driven by the motor. The stop element is disposed on the lead screw. The interference element is disposed on the displacement plate and at the position that allows the interference element to come into contact with the stop element when the displacement plate is at the first position.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a microwave circuit (circuit) includes an attenuator configured to attenuate a plurality of frequencies in a microwave signal. In an embodiment, the attenuator comprises a component of a first material, the first material exhibiting superconductivity in a cryogenic temperature range. In an embodiment, the circuit includes a magnet configured to generate a magnetic field at the attenuator, wherein the magnetic field is at least equal to a critical magnetic field strength of the first material. In an embodiment, the critical magnetic field strength causes the first material to become non-superconductive in the cryogenic temperature range.

Abstract: Techniques for implementing multiple microwave attenuators on a high thermal conductivity substrate for cryogenic applications to reduce heat and thermal noise during quantum computing are provided. In one embodiment, a device for using in cryogenic environment is provided that comprises a substrate having a thermal conductivity above a defined threshold, a plurality of transmission lines fabricated on the substrate and arranged with a separation gap between the plurality of transmission lines to maintain crosstalk below ?50 decibels, and one or more microwave attenuators embedded on the plurality of transmission lines.

Abstract: An RF signal processing system including multiple drop-in modular circuit blocks is disclosed. The drop-in modular circuit blocks include input and output launches exhibiting the same launch geometry. The RF system may include a conductive plate with a grid of holes disposed on the conductive plate. Multiple modular blocks may be installed on the conductive plate to form a cascade of modular blocks that exhibit common launch geometries. The cascade may include an RF probe with a projection and conductive pin that overhang a portion of a launch of a modular block at an end of the cascade. Flex connects may be disposed on, and held in position by, anchors to connect adjacent modular blocks together in a prototype system. A production RF system may exhibit the same overall geometry as a prototype RF system to speed up the transition from prototype design to production design.

Abstract: A transmission line of the disclosure includes: a first line; a second line having characteristic impedance higher than characteristic impedance of the first line; and a third line. The transmission line transmits a symbol that corresponds to a combination of signals in the first line, the second line, and the third line.

Abstract: An exposure device for exposing at least one object to an electromagnetic field, including a section of a waveguide or transmission line device including a guided electromagnetic wave, extending along a longitudinal axis, and including a hollow tubular electrical conductor inside which the electric field is established or plural electrical conductors between which the electric field is established. The device further includes a heterogeneous adaptation structure in mechanical contact with the electrical conductor or conductors, at least one extension element, and at least one housing for the object, contained in or positioned next to the extension element. The extension element is made from a material having a relative dielectric permittivity as close as possible to that of each object. The heterogeneous adaptation structure has a dimension, along the longitudinal axis, equal to a non-zero multiple of half-wavelengths of the electromagnetic wave to be propagated in the exposure device.

Abstract: An acoustic wave resonator includes a resonating part disposed on and spaced apart from a substrate by a cavity, the resonating part including a membrane layer, a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode that are sequentially stacked. 0 ???Mg?170 ? may be satisfied, ?Mg being a difference between a maximum thickness and a minimum thickness of the membrane layer disposed in the cavity.

Abstract: Described is a frequency selective canceler, which uses signals reflected from a reflective element (e.g. a frequency selective limiter) to selectively reject only signals having a power level above a threshold power level while simultaneously allowing signals having a power level below the threshold power level to pass without rejection.

Abstract: A matching network system combined with a circulator, and a method thereof are provided. In the matching network system and method, a reflection coefficient per frequency, required to cancel a signal leaked (a leakage signal) from a port combined with an antenna (an antenna port) is calculated, an impedance value is calculated from the calculated reflection coefficient, and any antenna is matched to a matching network by using a matching network circuit for changing an impedance value of the antenna to the calculated impedance value. Therefore, cancellation of the leakage signal is controlled. In this manner, the isolation performance of the circulator in a plurality of frequencies can be increased.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an input port, an output port, a first bias input, a first shunt PIN diode, a first radio frequency (RF) choke inductor, and a first direct current (DC) blocking capacitor. The input port may be connected to the output port, a first terminal of the first shunt PIN diode, and a first terminal of the first RF choke inductor. A second terminal of the first RF choke inductor is connected to a first terminal of the first DC blocking capacitor and the first bias input. A second terminal of the first shunt PIN diode and a second terminal of the first DC blocking capacitor are connected to a circuit ground potential. A first bias voltage having a magnitude lower than a knee voltage of the first shunt PIN diode is applied at the first bias input.

Abstract: A dielectric resonator, a dielectric filter using the dielectric resonator, a transceiver, and a base station. The dielectric filter includes a body made of a solid-state dielectric material, where a plurality of indentations are disposed at a first surface of the body and where at least one of a hole or a groove is disposed between adjacent indentations of the plurality of indentations, and a conducting layer, wherein the first surface and other surfaces of the body, surfaces of the plurality of the indentations, and an interior of the at least one of the hole or the groove are covered with the conducting layer.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present disclosure may be directed to a matching network coupled to an RF source and a plasma chamber and including an electronically variable capacitor (EVC) and a control circuit. The control circuit receives parameter signals and determines corresponding parameter values. For each parameter value, the control circuit determines whether the parameter value is relevant to the matching activity and whether the parameter value is relevant to a second activity of the matching network. The matching network carries out the matching activity based on the parameter values determined to be relevant to the matching activity, and carries out the second activity based on the parameter values determined to be relevant to the second activity.