Patent ID: 9344138
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: H01P,H04B

Claim Text:
1. An RF communications device capable of being used as a splitter or a combiner, the communications device comprising: at least three ports, wherein: at least four transmission line elements, each comprising a first conductor element and a second conductor element, wherein at least three of the transmission line elements are configured so that each one of the first conductor elements are in electric communication with an RF signal and each one of the second conductor elements are in electric communication with a ground reference, and at least one of the transmission line elements are configured so that the first conductor element is in electric communication at one end with the ground reference and at the other end with the RF signal and the second conductor element is in electric communication at one end with the ground reference and at the other end with an isolation load element, which is also in electric communication with one of the first conductor elements of another one of the transmission line elements; whereby the isolation load is grounded.