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US 4,162,459 AGranted
Magnetron tuning circuit
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorHoward Scharfman
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Abstract
A circuit for the modulation of the frequency of radiation produced by a magnetron includes a directional coupler connected to the output port of the magnetron, a circulator coupled between the output port and a load, and a phase shifter connected between the directional coupler and the circulator.
Claims4
A tuning circuit for a microwave source comprising:
- a circulator;
- a directional coupler connected between an output port of said source and a first terminal of said circulator, a second terminal of said circulator providing power for a load;
- and
- a phase shifter connected between said directional coupler and third terminal of said circulator, said directional coupler providing a fraction of the power of the output signal of said source to said phase shifter, the phase of said phase shifter effecting the reflection coefficient of power reflected back into said output port of said source for controlling the frequency thereof.
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A tunable magnetron circuit comprising:
- a magnetron;
- circulator means;
- means for coupling a large fraction of the output power of said magnetron to a first terminal of said circulator, a second terminal of said circulator providing power for a load;
- and
- a phase shifter connected between said coupling means and a third terminal of said circulator, said coupling means coupling a small fraction of said output power of said magnetron to said phase shifter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.