US 11,754,605 B2
Series tee splitter for impedance measurements
Matthew Halligan, O'Fallon, MO (US); and Tyler Bowman, Albuquerque, NM (US)
Assigned to National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, Albuquerque, NM (US)
Filed by National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, Albuquerque, NM (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/479,265.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/084,721, filed on Sep. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0099720 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. G01R 27/16 (2006.01); H01R 9/05 (2006.01)
CPC G01R 27/16 (2013.01) [H01R 9/05 (2013.01); H01R 2201/20 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A series tee splitter, comprising a primary electromagnetic transmission line having a first port and a third port at opposite ends of the primary transmission line, and a secondary electromagnetic transmission line having a second port that is placed in a series path with the primary electromagnetic transmission line, wherein a load is attached to the second port of the secondary electromagnetic transmission line and a network analyzer is connected to the first port and the third port of the primary electromagnetic transmission line to measure an impedance of the load.