Harmonic generator employing antiresonant traps in the input and output circuits forfrequency separation

Claim 1

A HARMONIC GENERATOR WHICH COMPRISES (A) A SECTION OF TRANSMISSION LINE TERMINATED AT EACH END IN A SHORT CIRCUIT, (B) A NON-LINEAR REACTANCE MOUNTED IN SHUNT WITHIN SAID SECTION, SAID REACTANCE DIVIDING THE SECTION OF TRANSMISSION LINE INTO AN INPUT AND AN OUTPUT SECTION, SAID INPUT SECTION HAVING AN ELECTRICAL LENGTH SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO ONE-EIGHT OF A WAVELENGTH AT THE INPUT FREQUENCY, SAID OUTPUT SECTION HAVING AN ELECTRICAL LENGTH SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN ONE-HALF OF A WAVELENGTH AT A HARMONIC OF THE INPUT FREQUENCY TO PROVIDE A LOW INDUCTIVE REACTANCE AT SAID HARMONIC FREQUENCY SAID INPUT AND OUTPUT PROVIDING ANTI-RESONANT TRAPS AT THE HARMONIC AN INPUT FREQUENCIES RESPECTIVELY, (C) MEANS FOR COUPLING A SIGNAL AT THE INPUT FREQUENCY TO SAID INPUT SECTION, (D) FIRST REACTANCE MEANS CONTAINED IN SAID INPUT SECTION, THE COMBINATION OF SAID INPUT SECTION, SAID NONLINEAR REACTANCE AND SAID FIRST REACTANCE MEANS BEING SERIES RESONANT AT THE INPUT FREQUENCY, (E) SECOND REACTANCE MEANS CONTAINED IN SAID OUTPUT SECTION, THE COMBINATION OF SAID OUTPUT SECTION, SAID NON-LINEAR REACTANCE, AND SAID SECOND REACTANCE MEANS BEING SERIES RESONANT AT THE HARMONIC FREQUENCY, AND (F) MEANS FOR COUPLING THE HARMONIC SIGNAL FROM SAID OUTPUT SECTION.