Patent ID: 6242984
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: H01P

Abstract:
A solid state signal processing module comprising:a signal input;a radial splitter connected to said signal input, said radial splitter comprising a plurality of radially extending splitter waveguides, each splitter waveguide having a splitter bottom metal surface fashioned into a first side of a block of metal and connected to said signal input;a signal output;a radial combiner connected to said signal output, said radial combiner comprising a plurality of radially extending combiner waveguides, each combiner waveguide having a combiner bottom metal surface fashioned into a second side of said block of metal opposite said first side and connected to said signal output; anda plurality of vertically extending waveguides exteriorly formed into edges of said block of metal to individually continue each of said radially extending splitter waveguides to meet a predetermined one of said radially extending combiner waveguides, thereby providing a plurality of continuous channels from said signal input to said signal output through said splitter waveguides, said vertically extending waveguides, and said combiner waveguides.