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US 9,312,591 B2Granted
Dielectric waveguide with corner shielding
AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorsJuan Alejandro Herbsommer, Gerd Schuppener, Robert Floyd Payne
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Abstract
A dielectric wave guide (DWG) has a longitudinal dielectric core member. The core member has a first dielectric constant value. A cladding surrounds the dielectric core member and has a second dielectric constant value that is lower than the first dielectric constant. A portion of the DWG is configured as a corner having a radius. A conductive layer formed on an outer radius of the corner.
Claims2
A dielectric waveguide (DWG) comprising:
- a longitudinal dielectric core member, wherein the core member has a first dielectric constant value;
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- a cladding surrounding the dielectric core member, wherein the cladding has a second dielectric constant value that is lower than the first dielectric constant;
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- wherein a portion of the DWG is configured as a corner having a radius;
- and further comprising a conductive layer formed on an outer radius of the corner;
- wherein the conductive layer is formed on only the outside radius of the portion of the DWG configured as the corner.
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A system comprising:
- a first substrate;
- an electronic device mounted on the first substrate, the electronic device having radio frequency (RF) circuitry for processing a radio frequency signal;
- a launching structure coupled to the RF circuitry;
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- a dielectric wave guide (DWG) mounted on the first substrate with a first end interfaced to the launching structure, the DWG comprising:
- a longitudinal dielectric core member, wherein the core member has a first dielectric constant value;
- and
- a cladding surrounding the dielectric core member, wherein the cladding has a second dielectric constant value that is lower than the first dielectric constant;
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- wherein a portion of the DWG is configured as a corner having a radius;
- and further comprising a conductive layer formed on an outer radius of the corner;
- wherein the conductive layer is formed on only the outside radius of the portion of the DWG configured as the corner.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.