PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15873302
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["333", "017300"]

Abstract:
A multi-section probe and a tapered probe for impedance tuners to broaden the band width of the probes and hence the band width of the tuners. Each section of the multi-section probe has a nominal length equal to one quarter wavelength at a midpoint of the operating band. The tapered probe has a length equivalent to a plurality of one quarter wavelengths of the frequency midpoint. The multi-section probe and the tapered probe are configured to transform the characteristic impedance of the tuner transmission line step-by-step or continuously to a target impedance value.

Claim (Index 22):
A probe for a slab line impedance tuner system operable over a frequency bandwidth, the tuner system including opposed slab conductor planes and a center conductor disposed between the slab conductor planes, a probe carriage and a drive system for moving the probe carriage in a longitudinal direction parallel to the center conductor, the probe comprising:\n a tapered probe section having a nominal length dimension along the longitudinal direction, wherein the taper is such that the characteristic impedance of the probe varies smoothly along the longitudinal direction from a first end of the probe section to a second end of the probe section; wherein the probe section is supported for movement along the center conductor and in a direction transverse to the center conductor; and wherein the length dimension of the probe section is sufficient to provide a desired characteristic impedance transformation for the frequency bandwidth, wherein the characteristic impedance of the tuner system is transformed continuously along the probe to intermediate impedance values to reach a target impedance value.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 37.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.06383
- Patent Class: 333.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14446855', '13470036', '14315566', '13350993', '14311413']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8044340759358114
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4776996422303181
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7717606325652621
- Mean Citation Score: 139.15579
- Max Citation Score: 159.84474
- Similarity Product: 114.50433474057198

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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