US4233579A
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Technique for suppressing spurious resonances in strip transmission line circuits
Assignee: AT&T Inc
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Filing: 1979-06-06
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Granted: 1980-11-11
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Expires: 1999-06-06
Abstract
Abstract The present invention relates to a technique for displacing spurious resonances which are excited in strip transmission line circuits outside the frequency band of interest. Such displacement is accomplished by adding apertures in the capacitive elements of the strip transmission line circuit which have dimensions to move the transverse resonances out of frequency band of interest while causing, for example, no significant change in the passband ripple or the stopband attenuation of a filter. The slots effectively cause the inductance across the capacitive element to increase and, therefore, lower the frequency of the transverse modes or resonances.
Inventors
- 👤 Eric R. Carlson
- 👤 Martin V. Schneider
- 👤 Ralph F. Trambarulo
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 20:21
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01P; H01P1/00; H01P1/20; H01P1/201; H01P1/203; H01P1/2039
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
103 words
A strip transmission line circuit comprising a layer of an electrically conductive material which is deposited on a dielectric substrate (10), the layer being fabricated into a predetermined pattern of various width sections along a longitudinal axis (20) thereof to form various circuit elements which includes a wide section that forms a capacitive element (13, 15, 17 or 19) CHARACTERIZED IN THAT the wide section forming the capacitive element comprises an aperture (40, 41, 42 or 43) having dimensions which cause transverse resonances that may be excited in the strip transmission line circuit to be displaced outside a desired frequency band of interest.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
103 words
A strip transmission line circuit comprising a layer of an electrically conductive material which is deposited on a dielectric substrate (10), the layer being fabricated into a predetermined pattern of various width sections along a longitudinal axis (20) thereof to form various circuit elements which includes a wide section that forms a capacitive element (13, 15, 17 or 19) CHARACTERIZED IN THAT the wide section forming the capacitive element comprises an aperture (40, 41, 42 or 43) having dimensions which cause transverse resonances that may be excited in the strip transmission line circuit to be displaced outside a desired frequency band of interest.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
74 words
A strip transmission line circuit in accordance with claim 1 wherein the predetermined pattern comprises a serial connection of alternating wide and narrow sections which forms a network comprising shunt capacitive elements and either one of serial inductive and resistive elements, respectively, CHARACTERIZED IN THAT each of the wide sections of the predetermined pattern comprises an aperture having dimensions for causing said transverse modes to be displaced outside said desired frequency band of interest.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
A strip transmission line circuit in accordance with claim 1 or 2 CHARACTERIZED IN THAT each aperture is in the form of a slot having its longest dimension along the longitudinal axis of the pattern.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
A strip transmission line circuit in accordance with claim 1 or 2 CHARACTERIZED IN THAT each aperture (40, 41, 42, or 43) is centrally oriented about said longitudinal axis (20).
Claim 6
Independent Claim
132 words
A method of displacing transverse modes which are excited in a strip transmission line circuit in a frequency band of interest outside said frequency band where the strip transmission line circuit comprises a layer of an electrically conductive material which is fabricated into a predetermined pattern of various width sections along a longitudinal axis (20) thereof to form various circuit elements of a network which includes a wide section forming a portion of a capacitive elements (13, 15, 17 or 19) CHARACTERIZED IN THAT the method comprises the step of: (a) forming an aperture (41, 42, 43 or 44) in the wide section of the predetermined pattern forming the capacitive element of the network, the aperture having dimensions which cause the transverse modes to be displaced outside the frequency band of interest.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
132 words
A method of displacing transverse modes which are excited in a strip transmission line circuit in a frequency band of interest outside said frequency band where the strip transmission line circuit comprises a layer of an electrically conductive material which is fabricated into a predetermined pattern of various width sections along a longitudinal axis (20) thereof to form various circuit elements of a network which includes a wide section forming a portion of a capacitive elements (13, 15, 17 or 19) CHARACTERIZED IN THAT the method comprises the step of: (a) forming an aperture (41, 42, 43 or 44) in the wide section of the predetermined pattern forming the capacitive element of the network, the aperture having dimensions which cause the transverse modes to be displaced outside the frequency band of interest.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
85 words
The method in accordance with claim 5 where the predetermined pattern comprises a plurality of wide sections (13, 15, 17 and 19) which form separate portions of a plurality of capacitive elements CHARACTERIZED IN THAT the method comprises the additional step of: (b) in performing step (a), forming an aperture (41, 42, 43 and 44) in each of the plurality of wide sections forming the capacitive elements, the apertures having dimensions which cause the transverse modes to be displaced outside the frequency band of interest.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method in accordance with claim 5 or 6 CHARACTERIZED IN THAT the method comprising the additional step of: (c) in performing step (a) and (b), forming each aperture such that its dimensions are centrally oriented about said longitudinal axis.
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