| US 7,518,952 B1 | ||
| Sonar sensor array signal distribution system and method | ||
| Robin Padden, West Jordan, Utah (US) | ||
| Assigned to ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, Del. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 08, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/517,662. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/715662, filed on Sep. 09, 2005. | ||
| Int. Cl. H01P 3/06 (2006.01); H04B 3/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 367—131 | 27 Claims |
| 1. A signal distribution system for a sonar sensor array comprising:
a coaxial transmission line having an outer conductor and an inner conductor separated by an internal field region;
a plurality of taps affixed to the outer conductor of the coaxial transmission line along a length of the coaxial transmission
line,
each of the taps having at least one field coupling portion extending through an opening in the outer conductor into the internal
field region of the coaxial transmission line to interface with electromagnetic wave energy propagating within the coaxial
transmission line;
a capacitively-coupled probe configured to inject electromagnetic wave energy into the internal field region; and
an inductively-coupled probe configured to extract electromagnetic wave energy from the internal field region.
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