Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hybrid coupler
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Application No.: US16640831Application Date: 2018-08-21
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Publication No.: US11462812B2Publication Date: 2022-10-04
- Inventor: Mark Christopher Nguyen , Gareth Michael Lewis
- Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Current Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Finch & Maloney PLLC
- Priority: EP17275130 20170831,GB1713965 20170831
- International Application: PCT/GB2018/052365 WO 20180821
- International Announcement: WO2019/043358 WO 20190307
- Main IPC: H01Q13/00
- IPC: H01Q13/00 ; H01P3/08 ; H01P5/22

Abstract:
A hybrid coupler for dividing an input electrical signal to produce first and second output electrical signals which are substantially out of phase, the hybrid coupler including an input port for receiving the input electrical signal, and an input line for coupling the input electrical signal to a slotline. The hybrid coupler further includes an output line for coupling the first and second output electrical signals to a first output port and a second output port, respectively. The output line has a junction with the slotline. The hybrid coupler further includes a co-planar waveguide electrically connected to said output line and having a first end and an opposing second end, and defining, at the second end, a sum port configured to divert common mode signals received at said first and second output ports to said second end. The slotline transitions into the first end of the co-planar waveguide.
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