Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flexible resistive tip cable assembly for differential probing
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Application No.: US15259818Application Date: 2016-09-08
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Publication No.: US10302676B2Publication Date: 2019-05-28
- Inventor: Michael J. Mende , Gary W. Reed , James D. Pileggi , Karl A. Rinder , Richard A. Booman , Martin Van Pelt
- Applicant: Tektronix, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US OR Beaverton
- Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OR Beaverton
- Agency: Miller Nash Graham & Dunn
- Agent Kevin D. Dothager; Andrew J. Harrington
- Main IPC: G01R1/067
- IPC: G01R1/067 ; H03H1/00 ; H01P1/22 ; G01R1/18 ; H01R13/6461 ; H01R24/40 ; H01R103/00

Abstract:
A flexible resistive tip cable assembly includes a probe Radio Frequency (RF) connector structured to receive a RF differential signal and a testing connection assembly. A coaxial cable is structured to conduct the RF differential signal between the probe RF connector and the testing connection assembly. The coaxial cable includes a cable for conducting the differential signal, and a plurality of magnetic elements positioned along a length of the cable and structured to isolate the differential signal from common mode interference. The magnetic elements are separated from adjacent magnetic elements by a gap with elastomeric elements is positioned in each gap to provide cable flexibility. The assembly may also include an Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM) loaded with an attenuation associated with the flexible resistive tip cable assembly for use in signal testing by a device coupled to the testing connection assembly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170271826A1 FLEXIBLE RESISTIVE TIP CABLE ASSEMBLY FOR DIFFERENTIAL PROBING Public/Granted day:2017-09-21
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