Patents by Inventor Dale W. Penner

Dale W. Penner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • High power tuning device using layered varactors
    Patent number: 5311158
    Abstract: A variety of embodiments of varactor diodes are disclosed ranging from an N.times.N matrix assembly of individually packaged diodes arranged in N rows and columns to a multi-continuous layered varactor. The matrix assembly varactor has N rows of discrete devices electrically coupled in parallel and multiple rows vertically aligned and electrically coupled in series to each other. The overall matrix assembly capacitance equals the individual diode capacitance of such assembly. When used as a tuning component across a tank coil transmission line, the RF voltage across any device in the matrix assembly is equal to the tank voltage divided by N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1994
    Assignee: Rockwell International Corporation
    Inventors: Peter M. Asbeck, Richard C. Edwards, Garth D. Hammond, Dale W. Penner