Patent ID: 9350064
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: H01P

Claim Text:
1. A power division and recombination network (PDRN) with internal signal adjustment, the PDRN comprising: a first 4-by-4 matrix waveguide network (“4×4MWN”), wherein the first 4×4MWN includes a first, second, third, and fourth enhanced hybrid-tee couplers (“EHT-couplers”), wherein the first EHT-coupler is in signal communication with the third and fourth EHT-couplers via a first and second signal path of the first 4×4MWN, respectively, and wherein the second EHT-coupler is in signal communication with third and fourth EHT-couplers via a third and fourth signal path of the first 4×4WMN, respectively; a second 4×4MWN, wherein the second 4×4MWN includes a first, second, third, and fourth EHT-couplers, wherein the first EHT-coupler is in signal communication with third and fourth EHT-couplers via a first and second signal path of the second 4×4WMN, respectively, and wherein the second EHT-coupler is in signal communication with third and fourth EHT-couplers via a third and fourth signal path of the second 4×4WMN, respectively; and a plurality of waveguide runs defining a plurality of signal paths from the first and second 4×4MWNs to a ninth EHT-coupler, tenth EHT-coupler, eleventh EHT-coupler, and twelfth EHT-coupler, wherein the ninth EHT-coupler is in signal communication with the fourth EHT-coupler of the first 4×4MWN and the third EHT-coupler of the second 4×4MWN via a first and second signal path of the plurality of signal paths, wherein the tenth EHT-coupler is in signal communication with the third EHT-coupler of the first 4×4MWN and the fourth EHT-coupler of the second 4×4MWN via a third and fourth signal path of the plurality of signal paths, wherein the eleventh EHT-coupler is in signal communication with the fourth EHT-coupler of the first 4×4MWN and the third EHT-coupler of the second 4×4MWN via a fifth and sixth signal path of the plurality of signal paths, and wherein the twelfth EHT-coupler is in signal communication with the third EHT-coupler of the first 4×4MWN and the fourth EHT-coupler of the second 4×4MWN via a seventh and eighth signal path of the plurality of signal paths.