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US 8,009,114 B2Granted
Flexible transmit/receive antenna pair using a switchable 0°/180° phase shifter
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorsMark Hauhe, Clifton Quan
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AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorsMark Hauhe, Clifton Quan
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A switchable 0°/180° phase shifter on a balanced transmission line is provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to an apparatus for providing 0°/180° phase shifting for a transmit/receive antenna pair including a transmit element and a receive element coupled by a balanced transmission line having two sections, the apparatus including a first section of the balanced transmission line, the first section including a first conductor and a second conductor, a second section of the balanced transmission line, the second section including a third conductor and a fourth conductor, and a switch disposed between the first section and the second section, wherein in a first configuration, the switch couples the first conductor to the third conductor and the second conductor to the fourth conductor, and in a second configuration, the switch couples the first conductor to the fourth conductor and the second conductor to the third conductor.
An apparatus for providing 0° /180° phase shifting for a transmit/receive antenna pair, the apparatus comprising:
A method for providing 0°/180° phase shifting for a transmit/receive antenna pair comprising a transmit radiating element and a receive radiating element, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.