Patent ID: 6538536
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: H01P

Abstract:
A dielectric resonator oscillator (DRO) comprising:a housing; a housing lid having a bottom surface that completes a resonant cavity when the housing lid is attached to the housing; a dielectric resonator positioned within the resonant cavity; and a support structure comprising a conductive material and extending downward from the bottom surface of the housing lid, which contacts a top surface of the dielectric resonator, holding the dielectric resonator in a fixed position with respect to the housing lid, wherein the support structure comprises one or more support legs, and wherein each of the one or more support legs includes a step with a first surface and a second surface, and the first surface is substantially parallel to and contacts the top surface of the dielectric resonator and the second surface is substantially parallel to and contacts a side surface of the dielectric resonator.