Patent ID: 11949146
Assignee: MISSION MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 19:
20. An apparatus comprising:
an inner conductor comprising (a) a cylindrical portion and (b) a tapered end, wherein (i) said tapered end has an I/O transition and (ii) a plurality of probes are connected to said cylindrical portion; and
an outer conductor comprising (a) a cavity, (b) a first coaxial connector, (c) a plurality of second coaxial connectors and (d) a plurality of blades, wherein (i) said inner conductor is within said cavity, (ii) said first coaxial connector is connected to said I/O transition of said tapered end, (iii) said plurality of blades (A) are arranged evenly spaced around said cylindrical portion and (B) each extend with an edge having a predetermined shape into said cavity along a length of said outer conductor, (iv) said edge of each of said plurality of blades has one of said plurality of probes at a first end and a second end of said edge of each of said plurality of blades gradually meets said outer conductor, (v) each of said plurality of second coaxial connectors is connected to said probe of one of said plurality of blades and (vi) said predetermined shape of said edge of each of said plurality of blades is configured to provide a low-loss transition for a microwave signal propagating between (a) each of said plurality of second coaxial connectors and (b) said first coaxial connector.