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US3094643A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Frequency multiplier and wave signal generator

Assignee: Zenith Electronics LLC
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Filing: 1959-10-01
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Granted: 1963-06-18
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Expires: 1979-10-01
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Wade Glen

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 07:53
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01J; H01J25/00; H01J25/34; H01J25/49

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 197 words
A FREQUENCY MULTIPLIER AND WAVE SIGNAL GENERATOR COMPRISING: MEANS FOR PROJECTING AN ELECTRON STREAM ALONG A GIVEN PATH; MEANS FOR CREATING IN SAID PATH A FIELD FOR ESTABLISHING ELECTRON RESONANCE IN SAID STREAM; MEANS FOR DEFLECTION MODULATING SAID STREAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH A MODULATING SIGNAL OF A PREDETERMINED FREQUENCY TO ESTABLISH THEREIN ORBITAL ELECTRON MOTION HAVING A ROTATIONAL COMPONENT OF SAID PREDETERMINED FREQUENCY; AN ELECTRON-MOTION EXPANDER POSITIONED ALONG SAID PATH FOR EXPANDING THE RADIUS OF THE ORBITAL MOTION OF THE ELECTRONS OF SAID STREAM, SAID EXPANDER INCLUDING A MULTI-FILAR ARRANGEMENT OF INTERLEAVED HELICAL CONDUCTORS COAXIAL WITH SAID PATH AND A SOURCE OF UNIDIRECTIONAL EXCITATION POTENTIAL CONNECTED ACROSS ADJACENT ONES OF SAID CONDUCTORS FOR SIMULATING WITHIN SAID EXPANDER A SYMMETRICAL, NONHOMOGENEOUS PUMPING FIELD WHICH APPEARS TO BE ROTATING IN SYNCHRONISM WITH THE ELECTRONS OF SAID STREAM; A MULTIPOLAR STRUCTURE POSITIONED COAXIALLY OF SAID PATH BEYOND SAID EXPANDER AND INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO PAIRS OF POLES ARRANGED SYMMETRICALLY ABOUT SAID PATH IN ELECTROSTATIC COUPLING RELATION TO SAID STREAM; AND MEANS FOR DERIVING FROM SAID MULTI-POLAR STRUCTURE AN OUTPUT SIGNAL OF N TIMES SAID PREDETERMINED FREQUENCY, WHERE N IS THE NUMBER OF PAIRS OF POLES INCLUDED IN SAID MULTI-POLAR STRUCTURE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 197 words
A FREQUENCY MULTIPLIER AND WAVE SIGNAL GENERATOR COMPRISING: MEANS FOR PROJECTING AN ELECTRON STREAM ALONG A GIVEN PATH; MEANS FOR CREATING IN SAID PATH A FIELD FOR ESTABLISHING ELECTRON RESONANCE IN SAID STREAM; MEANS FOR DEFLECTION MODULATING SAID STREAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH A MODULATING SIGNAL OF A PREDETERMINED FREQUENCY TO ESTABLISH THEREIN ORBITAL ELECTRON MOTION HAVING A ROTATIONAL COMPONENT OF SAID PREDETERMINED FREQUENCY; AN ELECTRON-MOTION EXPANDER POSITIONED ALONG SAID PATH FOR EXPANDING THE RADIUS OF THE ORBITAL MOTION OF THE ELECTRONS OF SAID STREAM, SAID EXPANDER INCLUDING A MULTI-FILAR ARRANGEMENT OF INTERLEAVED HELICAL CONDUCTORS COAXIAL WITH SAID PATH AND A SOURCE OF UNIDIRECTIONAL EXCITATION POTENTIAL CONNECTED ACROSS ADJACENT ONES OF SAID CONDUCTORS FOR SIMULATING WITHIN SAID EXPANDER A SYMMETRICAL, NONHOMOGENEOUS PUMPING FIELD WHICH APPEARS TO BE ROTATING IN SYNCHRONISM WITH THE ELECTRONS OF SAID STREAM; A MULTIPOLAR STRUCTURE POSITIONED COAXIALLY OF SAID PATH BEYOND SAID EXPANDER AND INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO PAIRS OF POLES ARRANGED SYMMETRICALLY ABOUT SAID PATH IN ELECTROSTATIC COUPLING RELATION TO SAID STREAM; AND MEANS FOR DERIVING FROM SAID MULTI-POLAR STRUCTURE AN OUTPUT SIGNAL OF N TIMES SAID PREDETERMINED FREQUENCY, WHERE N IS THE NUMBER OF PAIRS OF POLES INCLUDED IN SAID MULTI-POLAR STRUCTURE.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1966-06-17 1966-12-17 1967-06-18 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1970-06-17 1970-12-17 1971-06-18 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1974-06-17 1974-12-17 1975-06-18 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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