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US 11,114,737 B2Granted
Simplification of complex waveguide networks
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsDaniel A. Alvarez, Jeffrey C. Gale, Bryce Hutchinson, Lucas Gordon Michals
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Abstract
An improved system for simplifying a complex waveguide network in a satellite system is described herein. A waveguide network device may be configured with at least two housing portions attached together. This enables the waveguide network device to receive an arbitrary number of waveguide routes and output the routes in any configuration, effectively simplifying the overall waveguide network architecture.
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A device for directing waveguide routes, the device comprising:
- at least two housings attached together, the at least two housings comprising:
- a first housing including one or more first housing waveguide channels, wherein each of the one or more first housing waveguide channels includes a first housing input port and a first housing output port;
- and
- a second housing configured to attach to the first housing, wherein the second housing includes one or more second housing waveguide channels, wherein each of the one or more second housing waveguide channels includes a second housing input port and a second housing output port;
- and
- a sheet, disposed between the first housing and the second housing, the sheet being of a thickness less than any dimension of any of the one or more first housing waveguide channels and one or more second housing waveguide channels;
- wherein the second housing is configured to receive a signal from the first housing input port of the one or more first housing waveguide channels;
- wherein the second housing is configured to redirect the signal to the second housing output port via a first aperture in the sheet or the first housing output port via the first aperture in the sheet and a second aperture in the sheet;
- and
- wherein a number of waveguide channels in the second housing is different than a number of waveguide channels in the first housing.
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A device for directing waveguide routes, the device comprising:
- a first housing having one or more first housing waveguide channels and a second housing having one or more second housing waveguide channels;
- the device configured to:
- receive, from an input port of the one or more first housing waveguide channels in the first housing, a signal;
- redirect the signal to a predetermined output port of one of the one or more first housing waveguide channels and the one or more second housing waveguide channels via one or more apertures of a sheet being of a thickness less than any dimension of the one or more first housing waveguide channels and the one or more second housing waveguide channels, wherein:
- the first housing and second housing are configured to attach to each other with the sheet disposed therebetween;
- a number of the one or more first housing waveguide channels is less than a number of the one or more second housing waveguide channels.
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A method comprising:
- forming a first housing including one or more first housing waveguide channels, wherein each of the one or more first housing waveguide channels in the first housing includes a first input port and a first output port,
- forming a second housing including one or more second housing waveguide channels, wherein each of the one or more second housing waveguide channels in the second housing includes a second input port and a second output port;
- and
- determining a device output port for a signal from the one or more first output ports or the one or more second output ports;
- and
- in response to the determination, attaching the first housing to the second housing with a sheet disposed therebetween to form a single device;
- wherein the single device is configured to redirect the signal to the determined device output port via one or more apertures of the sheet;
- wherein the sheet is of a thickness less than any dimension of any of the one or more waveguide channels of the first housing and the second housing;
- and
- wherein a number of first housing waveguide channels is different than a number of second channel waveguide channels.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.