Digitally controlled distributed phase shifter
Abstract
A digitally controlled distributed phase shifter is comprised of N phase shifters. Digital control is achieved by using N binary length-weighted electrodes located on the top surface of a waveguide. A control terminal is attached to each electrode thereby allowing the application of a control signal. The control signal is either one or two discrete bias voltages. The application of the discrete bias voltages changes the modal index of a portion of the waveguide that corresponds to a length of the electrode to which the bias voltage is applied, thereby causing the phase to change through the underlying portion of the waveguide. The digitally controlled distributed phase shift network has a total phase shift comprised of the sum of the individual phase shifters.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6229616
- Patent Number(s):
- 5237629
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 7-854024
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 19 Mar 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING; WAVEGUIDES; COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS; PHASE SHIFT; ELECTRODES; MODE CONTROL; CONTROL; CONTROL SYSTEMS; ON-LINE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ON-LINE SYSTEMS; 426000* - Engineering- Components, Electron Devices & Circuits- (1990-)
Citation Formats
Hietala, V M, Kravitz, S H, and Vawter, G A. Digitally controlled distributed phase shifter. United States: N. p., 1993.
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Hietala, V M, Kravitz, S H, & Vawter, G A. Digitally controlled distributed phase shifter. United States.
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abstractNote = {A digitally controlled distributed phase shifter is comprised of N phase shifters. Digital control is achieved by using N binary length-weighted electrodes located on the top surface of a waveguide. A control terminal is attached to each electrode thereby allowing the application of a control signal. The control signal is either one or two discrete bias voltages. The application of the discrete bias voltages changes the modal index of a portion of the waveguide that corresponds to a length of the electrode to which the bias voltage is applied, thereby causing the phase to change through the underlying portion of the waveguide. The digitally controlled distributed phase shift network has a total phase shift comprised of the sum of the individual phase shifters.},
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