High power hybrid-l coaxial attenuator with t-fitting for inner conductors

Claim 1

AN ATTENUATOR COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A CONCENTRIC TRANSMISSION LINE WITH AN INPUT END FOR CONNECTION TO A SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY TO BE ATTENUATED AND AN OUTPUT END, A BRANCH TRANSMISSION LINE, A HOLLOW FITTING IN THE FORM OF A T, AN INNER FITTING THE FORM OF A T, EACH T HAVING A PAIR OF ARMS EXTENDING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS AND AN ARM EXTENDING PERPENDICULARLY THERETO, EACH TRANSMISSION LINE COMPRISING AN OUTER HOLLOW CONDUCTOR AND A CONCENTRIC CENTER ROD, THE LATTER POSSESSING ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE, THE OUTPUT END OF THE FIRST MENTIONED CONCENTRIC TRANSMISSION LINE BEING CONNECTED TO ONE ARM OF THE T-FITTING, THE BRANCH TRANSMISSION LINE HAVING A FIRST END AT WHICH THE OUTER CONDUCTOR AND THE RESISTIVE CENTER ROD ARE ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED AND HAVING A SECOND END CONNECTED TO A SECOND ARM OF THE T-FITTING, AND THE THIRD ARM OF THE T-FITTING SERVING AS A CONNECTOR FOR AN OUTPUT TRANSMISSION LINE, WHEREBY THE FIRST RESISTIVE ROD SERVES AS A SERIES DISSIPATOR AND THE BRANCH RESISTIVE ROD SERVES AS A SHUNT DISSIPATOR TO FORM AN L-CONNECTED ATTENUATOR.