Electromagnetic wave devices

Claim 1

IN AN ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM SUPPORTIVE OF WAVE ENERGY OVER A BROAD FREQUENCY RANGE, MEANS FOR ENERGIZING SAID SYSTEM WITH A PLURALITY OF DISCRETE SIGNALS CENTERED AT FREQUENCIES WITHIN SAID FREQUENCY RANGE, A SIGNAL SEPARATING NETWORK FOR SEPARATING SAID PLURALITY OF SIGNALS COMPRISING A FIRST SECTION OF GUIDED WAVE PATH, A CONDUCTIVE SEPTUM FOR BIFURCATING SAID FIRST WAVE PATH INTO TWO AUXILIARY WAVE PATHS EACH HAVING EQUAL CROSS-SECTIONAL DIMENSIONS AND EACH BEING SUPPORTIVE OF EQUAL PORTIONS OF SAID WAVE ENERGY OVER SAID FREQUENCY RANGE, A PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF WAVE FILTERS DISPOSED IN LONGITUDINAL SUCCESSION ALONG SAID AUXILIARY PATHS WITH ONE FILTER OF EACH PAIR BEING LOCATED IN ONE OF SAID AUXILIARY PATHS AND THE OTHER FILTER OF EACH PAIR BEING LOCATED IN THE OTHER OF SAID AUXILIARY PATHS, EACH PAIR OF FILTERS HAVING A COMMON RESONANT FREQUENCY WHICH DIFFERS FROM THE COMMON RESONANT FREQUENCY OF EACH OF THE OTHER OF SAID PAIRS TO REFLECT A PORTION OF THE WAVE ENERGY IN EACH OF SAID AUXILIARY PATHS AT ONE OF SAID SIGNAL FREQUENCIES TO THE EXCLUSION OF THE REMAINING SIGNALS, THE FILTERS COMPRISING EACH PAIR OF FILTERS BEING LONGITUDINALLY DISPLACED RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER TO INTRODUCE A 180 DEGREE RELATIVE PHASE SHIFT BETWEEN SAID PORTIONS OF REFLECTED WAVE ENERGY, AND A PLURALITY OF BRANCH WAVE PATHS EQUAL IN NUMBER TO THE NUMBER OF PAIRS OF FILTERS COUPLED TO BOTH OF SAID AUXILIARY PATHS TO RECEIVE IN EACH OF SAID BRANCHES ONE OF SAID SIGNALS TO THE EXCLUSION OF THE REMAINING SIGNALS.