US 7,321,280 B2
Transmission line and high frequency cavity resonator using such transmission lines, particularly for the nuclear magnetic resonance
Michel Luong, Villeneuve St Georges (France); Xavier Hanus, Paris (France); Michel Desmons, Montigny le Bretonneux (France); Franck Lethimonier, Palaiseau (France); and Eric Giacomini, Rochefort en Yvelines (France)
Assigned to Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Paris (France)
Filed on May 11, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/842,431.
Claims priority of application No. 04 50218 (FR), filed on Feb. 06, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2005/0174201 A1, Aug. 11, 2005
Int. Cl. H01P 7/00 (2006.01); H01P 7/06 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 333—219  [333/222; 333/227] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Transmission line, comprising:
a straight bar, which is divided into cylindrical segments, the cylindrical segments configured to be electrically conducting, the straight bar provided with thin dielectric elements inserted between the segments;
wherein the cylindrical segments are made from a dielectric material with a surface that is configured to be electrically conducting.