Printed circuit board impedance matching step for microwave (millimeter wave) devices

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8547187
APP PUB NO 20110241794A1
SERIAL NO

12895347

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An impedance matching ground plane step, in conjunction with a quarter wave transformer section, in a printed circuit board provides a broadband microwave matching transition from board connectors or other elements that require thin substrates to thick substrate (>quarter wavelength) broadband microwave (millimeter wave) devices. A method of constructing microwave and other high frequency electrical circuits on a substrate of uniform thickness, where the circuit is formed of a plurality of interconnected elements of different impedances that individually require substrates of different thicknesses, by providing a substrate of uniform thickness that is a composite or multilayered substrate; and forming a pattern of intermediate ground planes or impedance matching steps interconnected by vias located under various parts of the circuit where components of different impedances are located so that each part of the circuit has a ground plane substrate thickness that is optimum while the entire circuit is formed on a substrate of uniform thickness.

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  • KYOCERA AMERICA, INC.;LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Aguirre, Jerardo San Diego, US 1 1
Pao, Hsueh-Yuan San Jose, US 7 149
Sargis, Paul Livermore, US 3 21

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