Pat.#5422607:		Linear phase compressive filter
INVENTORS:		McEwan; Thomas E., Livermore, CA
ASSIGNEES:		The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA
ISSUED:		Jun. 6, 1995
FILED:		Feb. 9, 1994
ABSTRACT: A phase linear filter for soliton suppression is in the form of a laddered series of stages of non-commensurate low pass filters with each low pass filter having a series coupled inductance (L) and a reverse biased, voltage dependent varactor diode, to ground which acts as a variable capacitance (C). L and C values are set to levels which correspond to a linear or conventional phase linear filter. Inductance is mapped directly from that of an equivalent nonlinear transmission line and capacitance is mapped from the linear case using a large signal equivalent of a nonlinear transmission line.