Abstract:
The present invention provides target devices such as filter units with a plurality of external projection members that project outwardly from the target device and cooperate with apertures in a mounting bracket whereby the target device can be slidably moved from a first position to a second position provided by a lobe of the apertures to couple the target device to a respective support structure using a respective mounting bracket. The mounting bracket can be provided as a plurality of mounting brackets, including a first one attached to the support structure and a first side of a first target device and a second one attached to a second side of the first target device and to a first side of a second target device thereby allowing the first and second target devices to be stacked together to a common support structure.
Abstract:
The present invention provides filter assemblies, tuning elements and a method of tuning a filter. A filter assembly includes a housing having a top cover, a bottom cover and at least one sidewall, the top cover, the bottom cover and the at least one sidewall defining an internal cavity, the housing configured to receive first through third radio frequency ("RF") transmission lines; a top metal sheet mounted within the internal cavity that has a plurality of openings that form a first hole pattern; and a bottom metal sheet mounted within the internal cavity that has a plurality of openings that form a second hole pattern. The top and bottom metal sheets are vertically spaced-apart from each other in a vertically stacked relationship within the internal cavity. The top metal sheet and the bottom metal sheet each include at least one resonator.
Abstract:
The invention is a compact three-port signal combiner suitable for use in a base station having two different wireless systems. The combiner is designed as a four-port network, but one of the ports is terminated with a predetermined load, thus leaving three ports for connection to user equipment. A first port (A) receives from an antenna a first input signal comprising first and second receive bands and transmits to the antenna a first output signal comprising a transmit band. A second port (R), connected to the first wireless system, outputs to the first wireless system a second output signal comprising the first and second receive bands. A third port (T\R) outputs, to the second wireless system, a third output signal comprising the first and second receive bands and receives from the second wireless system a second input signal that is to be transmitted from the first port.
Abstract:
Filters include first through fourth resonant cavities, an input that extends into the first resonant cavity, and an output that extends from the fourth resonant cavity. The first resonant cavity is configured to couple with the second and third resonant cavities, the second resonant cavity is configured to couple with the third and fourth resonant cavities, and the third resonant cavity is configured to couple with the fourth resonant cavity. A magnitude of the coupling between the first and third resonant cavities is configured to be substantially equal to a second magnitude of the coupling between the second and fourth resonant cavities. Combiners that include such filters are also provided.
Abstract:
Resonant cavity filters include a conductive housing having a floor. A dielectric resonator is mounted to extend upwardly from the floor. The dielectric resonator has a cylindrical body with a longitudinal bore that defines an inner sidewall. The longitudinal bore has a variable transverse cross-sectional area. A threaded dielectric fastener is at least partially inserted within the longitudinal bore of the cylindrical body. The dielectric resonator may have a protrusion that extends inwardly from the inner sidewall.
Abstract:
A metallized dielectric waveguide filter includes first and second input/output ports and a dielectric block that has metallized top and bottom surfaces and metallized sidewalls. The dielectric block further includes a plurality of metallized openings that extend into the interior of the dielectric block, and these metallized openings divide the dielectric block into a plurality of resonator cavities. A first of the metallized openings extends at an oblique angle with respect to a first of the metallized outer sidewalls.
Abstract:
For wireless cellular communications, a "smart" multi-band combiner system has a multi-band combiner and a passive inter-modulation (PIM) detection sub-system. The multi-band combiner combines multiple transmit signals in different downlink frequency bands into a single, multi-band transmit signal for transmission from a cell tower antenna. The PIM detection sub-system characterizes the frequency components in the multi-band transmit signal to predict PIM products and determine if any predicted PIM products might interfere with any receive signals in any uplink frequency bands. If so, the PIM detection sub-system generates a signal indicating the presence of such predicted interfering PIM products, and the system installer and/or the network administrator can take remedial action to prevent the PIM products from interfering with user communications.
Abstract:
A metallized dielectric waveguide filter includes an upper metallized dielectric waveguide having a plurality of upper resonant cavities, the upper metallized dielectric waveguide comprising an upper dielectric block having metallized outer walls, and a lower metallized dielectric waveguide having a plurality of lower resonant cavities, the lower metallized dielectric waveguide comprising a lower dielectric block having metallized outer walls. A first of the upper resonant cavities is operatively connected to a first of the lower resonant cavities via at least one coupling window. A first slot having metallized walls is provided in a portion of the upper dielectric block that is part of the first of the upper resonant cavities.
Abstract:
A resonant cavity filter has a housing having a resonator mounted therein, a tuning screw that comprises a head portion, a metallic tuning element and a dielectric spacer interposed between the head portion and the metallic tuning element. The tuning screw is mounted for coaxial insertion into an interior of the resonator to adjust a frequency response of the resonant cavity filter.
Abstract:
A bandpass filter has a combline structure having a plurality of cascaded nodes (503, 504, 506, 508 ). A plurality of nodes in the filter are connected both to resonant elements ( 514, 517 ) (a.k.a. resonators) and non-resonant elements ( 601, 604 ) (including elements having inductances and/or capacitances that do not resonate in a predetermined frequency band of interest). The resonant frequencies of the resonant elements may be adjusted, in order to adjust the location of the center frequency and/or the width of the passband of the filter. The characteristics of the resonant and non-resonant elements are selected such that the poles of the filter, when plotted on the complex plane, move substantially along the imaginary axis when the resonant frequencies are adjusted, without substantial movement along the real axis. The resulting bandpass filter has substantially constant losses and substantially constant absolute selectivity over a relatively wide range of bandwidths.