IP Library Granted Patent US 7,538,640
Granted Patent B2
US 7,538,640 · App. 11/665,337 · Granted May 26, 2009

Waveguide and attenuation pole waveguide bandpass filter

Assignee: The Doshisha
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,538,640
App. No.
11/665,337
Filed
Apr 13, 2007
Granted
May 26, 2009
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2817
USPC
333/208
Abstract

A waveguide and an attenuation pole waveguide bandpass filter with a simple structure without any additional structure such as a negative cross coupling between resonators. The attenuation pole waveguide bandpass filter arranged at right angle to the longitudinal direction (radio wave propagation direction) is composed only of conductors. The conductor comprises depressions each opening outwardly and having a non-conducting region which continues from the inside of the opening section to the outside, and a window in the conductor section between these opposed depressions. In an alternative embodiment, such conductor shall be covered by a dielectric such as a resin.

Claims (11)

1. A waveguide having attenuation pole waveguide bandpass filters which are positioned at right angle to a radio wave propagation direction,

wherein each of the attenuation pole waveguide bandpass filters is composed of a conductor and the conductor is provided with two or more depressions each opening outwardly, a window located between said depressions, and rounding sections which go around an end section from an inside of the depression.

2. The waveguide according to claim 1 , wherein the attenuation pole waveguide bandpass filter is composed of the conductor, which is shaped as a plate, and the conductor is sandwiched at a joint between waveguide components.

3. The waveguide according to claim 1 , wherein the rounding sections are covered by a dielectric composed of resin.

4. The waveguide according to any of claims 1 or 3 , wherein two or more different kinds of the attenuation pole waveguide bandpass filters are attached along the radio wave propagation direction.

5. The waveguide according to any of claims 1 or 3 , the depressions and the window are formed in a laterally symmetrical shape.

6. The waveguide according to any of claims 1 or 3 , wherein the depressions and the window are formed in a vertically symmetrical shape.

7. The waveguide according to claim 1 , further comprising a pair of cut-off guides configured to narrow a width in a vertical direction to the radio wave propagation direction, wherein the attenuation pole waveguide bandpass filters are arranged between said opposed cut-off guides.

8. An attenuation pole waveguide bandpass filter which is positioned at right angle to a radio wave propagation direction,

wherein the attenuation pole waveguide bandpass filter is composed of a conductor and the conductor is provided with two or more depressions each opening outwardly, a window located between said depressions, and rounding sections which go around an end section from an inside of the depression.

9. The attenuation pole waveguide bandpass filter according to claim 8 , wherein a surrounding section of the conductor is covered by a dielectric composed of resin.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS, RECORDED ON JULY 31, 2019 AT REEL 049924 FRAME 0794 Recorded Jun 22, 2026
From: CRESTLINE DIRECT FINANCE, L.P., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
Reel/Frame 075798/0763 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS, RECORDED ON JANUARY 29, 2019 AT REEL 048373 FRAME 0217 Recorded Sep 22, 2025
From: CRESTLINE DIRECT FINANCE, L.P., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
Reel/Frame 072936/0464 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2019
From: CRESTLINE DIRECT FINANCE, L.P.
To: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
Reel/Frame 049924/0794 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2019
From: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
To: CRESTLINE DIRECT FINANCE, L.P.
Reel/Frame 048373/0217 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2007
From: TSUJI, MIKIO; DEGUCHI, HIROYUKI; OHIRA, MASATAKA
To: THE DOSHISHA
Reel/Frame 019219/0841 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2005-058573 · Mar 3, 2005 · national
JP 2005-247310 · Aug 29, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
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