US 12,231,128 B2
Frequency selective limiter having reduced spike leakage
Scott M. Gillette, Norfolk, MA (US); and Mahima Shukla, Marlborough, MA (US)
Assigned to Metamagnetics, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US)
Filed by Metamagnetics, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/462,482.
Application 18/462,482 is a continuation of application No. 17/490,865, filed on Sep. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,791,809.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/085,532, filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0072780 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H03K 5/08 (2006.01); H01P 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC H03K 5/08 (2013.01) [H01P 1/00 (2013.01)] 31 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A frequency selective limiter (FSL) module comprising:
a radio frequency (RF) ferrite-based FSL having an input, an output and a steady-state limited output power characteristic; and
an RF functional limiter coupled to an output of the ferrite-based FSL, wherein the RF functional limiter is a semiconductor limiter.