Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
131 words
A crossover for a microwave circuit comprising: (a) a plate of electrically conductive material having channels therein for communication of microwave energy, the path of a first of said channels crossing the path of a second of said channels; (b) a first and a second inner conducting means disposed respectively within said first and said second channels and electrically insulated from the walls of said channels; (c) an electrically conductive septum disposed at the crossing of said paths; (d) means within said first conducting means for depressing said first conducting means below said septum; and (e) means within said second conducting means for elevating said second conducting means above said septum to provide isolation in the conduction of microwave energy through said crossover along said first and said second conducting means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
131 words
A crossover for a microwave circuit comprising: (a) a plate of electrically conductive material having channels therein for communication of microwave energy, the path of a first of said channels crossing the path of a second of said channels; (b) a first and a second inner conducting means disposed respectively within said first and said second channels and electrically insulated from the walls of said channels; (c) an electrically conductive septum disposed at the crossing of said paths; (d) means within said first conducting means for depressing said first conducting means below said septum; and (e) means within said second conducting means for elevating said second conducting means above said septum to provide isolation in the conduction of microwave energy through said crossover along said first and said second conducting means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
A crossover according to claim 1 further comprising a cover of electrically conductive material disposed contiguous to said plate for closing said channels.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
42 words
A crossover according to claim 2 wherein said elevating means includes a bar-shaped member of reduced thickness as compared to the balance of said second conducting means to provide a structure of a coaxial transmission line between said septum and said cover.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
47 words
A crossover according to claim 1 wherein said depressing means comprises a bar-shaped conductor of reduced thickness as compared to the balance of said first conducting means for providing the structure of a coaxial transmission line between said septum and a bottom portion of said first channel.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
125 words
A crossover according to claim 4 further comprising a cover structured in the form of a plate and disposed contiguous to said plate having the channels therein for closing off said first channel and said second channel for retaining microwave energy therein; and wherein said elevating means comprises a bar-shaped conductor of reduced thickness as compared to the balance of said second conducting means for providing the structure of a coaxial transmission line between said septum and said cover, said bar-shaped conductor of said depressing means being slung beneath the termini of said first inner conducting means located away from said septum, and said bar-shaped conductor of said elevating means being set upon termini of said second inner conducting means located away from said septum.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
64 words
A crossover according to claim 5 wherein said first inner conducting means comprises a rod-shaped member of rectangular shape cross-section, and wherein said second inner conducting means comprises a rod-shaped member of rectangular shape cross-section, the termini of rod-shaped members in each of said conducting means being mitered at points of connection with the bar-shaped conductors of said depressing means and said elevating means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
A crossover according to claim 6 wherein said channels are of rectangular shape cross-section.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
A crossover according to claim 7 wherein the rectangular cross-sectional shape of said channels and of said rod-shaped members are square to provide the configuration of a square-shaped coaxial transmission line.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
A crossover according to claim 6 wherein the mitered portion of the respective inner conducting means are spaced apart by approximately one-quarter wavelength at the microwave frequency.