- Patent Title: 8GHz-20GHz noise cancelling transversal reconfigurable notch filter
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Application No.: US15341829Application Date: 2016-11-02
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Publication No.: US09991874B1Publication Date: 2018-06-05
- Inventor: Timothy R. LaRocca , Denpol Kultran
- Applicant: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US VA Falls Church
- Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Falls Church
- Agency: Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
- Agent John A. Miller
- Main IPC: H03H11/04
- IPC: H03H11/04 ; H03H11/26 ; H03H11/32

Abstract:
A tunable analog noise-cancelling transversal reconfigurable filter for filtering an RF signal. The filter includes a noise-cancelling balun responsive to the RF signal and providing gain and noise suppression, and a time delay network responsive to the signal from the balun. The time delay network includes a single continuous three-dimensional air coaxial line where a separate tap is provided between sections of the line. The filter also includes a multiplication and summing network having a plurality of multiplication stages, where each stage is fed by a voltage signal from at least one of the taps, and each stage includes a multiplication amplifier that amplifies the voltage signal. A tuning element provides a multiplication coefficient to the amplified signal. Each amplified signal in each stage is added on an output line, where the multiplication and summing network operates under Millman's Theorem.
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