Patents by Inventor Michael J. Virostko

Michael J. Virostko 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).

  • Broadband stripline coupler
    Patent number: 5012209
    Abstract: Microwave apparatus fabricated in stripline is shown to be made up of (a) printed circuitry to form a directional coupler on both sides of a sheet of a dielectric material effectively suspended in space between a pair of ground planes, the printed circuitry being connected by shorting posts passing through the dielectric material; and (b) a matching section, formed from a dielectric material having a dielectric constant greater than unity, overlying portions of the printed circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1991
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: John A. Lantagne, Edward G. Johnson, Michael J. Virostko