Abstract:
The hysteresis effect produced by a saturable absorber disposed within a resonant cavity is utilized in a bistable optical circuit. Use in an optical memory and optical data-processing system is contemplated.
Abstract:
In a typical hybrid-coupled fan-out, fan-in array, one port of each hybrid junction is resistively terminated and the array is restricted to one mode of operation. By removing some or all of these terminations and utilizing the previously unavailable ports, the array can be operated in additional modes. Various arrangements are disclosed for simultaneously handling a plurality of different signals; for utilizing the array in a self-cascaded manner; and for operating in a manner which combines features of both arrangements.
Abstract:
This application discloses a class of amplifiers employing dual active elements connected between a pair of hybrid couplers. It is shown that, in one particularly useful special case, this basic circuit can be simplified, and the hybrid couplers replaced by simple 1:1 turns ratio transformers. It is an advantage of this class of amplifier that it can be matched to any arbitrary impedance at both its input and output ports while preserving all the preferred characteristics of the active elements.
Abstract:
If all voltages operative upon any system are caused to vary proportionately, the output signal derived therefrom must also vary in the same proportion. This principle is applied to such devices as amplifiers and frequency converters as a means of significantly extending their linear dynamic operating ranges.
Abstract:
In theory, one can design an in-phase hybrid coupler having any arbitrary signal division ratio k/t as a function of frequency. The resulting network, as disclosed in the prior art, comprises a pair of frequency insensitive 3db hybrid couplers interconnected by means of two identical, reverse-connected antimetric networks. The problem, however, is that parasitics often make it difficult, if not impossible, to realize the required antimetric networks at the higher operating frequencies. This application discloses that any in-phase hybrid coupler can be synthesized as a tandem array of a plurality of in-phase hybrid couplers where each frequencysensitive coupler circuit in the array contains a preselected simplified antimetric network that is more readily realizable over the frequency band of interest. In particular, the simplified network can be designed to incorporate component parasitics into the network itself, thus further extending the useful operating range.
Abstract:
An impedance matched phase shifter is realized by the use of dual reactances. In one embodiment one of the reactances is connected in parallel with the series-aiding connected windings of 1:1 turns ratio transformer. The second reactance is connected between the common junction of the two transformer windings and ground. In a second embodiment, a phase shifter employing a three-winding transformer is disclosed for coupling between circuits having different impedance levels.
Abstract:
This application describes a transformer hybrid coupler in which the power division ratio can have essentially any arbitrary value. The coupler comprises two quadrifilar coils, each one of which includes two, tightly coupled N:1 transformers. The coils are series connected such that one end of each of the primary windings of one coil is coupled to one end of a different one of the secondary windings of the other coil in a manner such that the network representation of the resulting four-port with respect to the symmetric mode of excitation is the dual of the network representation with respect to the antisymmetric mode of excitation. The other ends of the windings of either one of the coils constitute the four coupler ports, while the other ends of the windings of the other coil are connected to a common junction, typically ground.