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US7948331B2
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Thin film balun
Assignee: TDK Corp
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Filing: 2009-03-16
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Granted: 2011-05-24
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Expires: 2029-03-16
Abstract
Abstract There is provided a thin film balun which, while incorporating a capacitor used to supply a DC bias, allows improvement of various required characteristics. A thin film balun according to the present embodiment includes: an unbalanced transmission line which includes two first coils; a balanced transmission line which includes two second coils and which magnetically couples with the unbalanced transmission line; a capacitor having one end connected to the balanced transmission line; and a ground terminal connected to the other end of the capacitor. The capacitor is disposed to have a region which does not overlap a part of coil openings defined by the first coils and the second coils.
Inventors
- 👤 Makoto Endo
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 14:53
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03H; H03H7/00; H03H7/42; H03H7/422; H01; H01P; H01P5/00; H01P5/08; H01P5/10; H03H1/00; H03H2001/0021; H03H2001/0085
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
113 words
A thin film balun comprising: an unbalanced transmission line which includes a pair of first coil sections; a balanced transmission line which includes a pair of second coil sections and which magnetically couples with the unbalanced transmission line; a capacitor having one end connected to the balanced transmission line; and a ground terminal connected to the other end of the capacitor, wherein the capacitor is disposed to have a region which does not overlap a part of a coil opening defined by the first coil section and the second coil section, and the capacitor is disposed to overlap a part of a region above the first coil section and the second coil section.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
113 words
A thin film balun comprising: an unbalanced transmission line which includes a pair of first coil sections; a balanced transmission line which includes a pair of second coil sections and which magnetically couples with the unbalanced transmission line; a capacitor having one end connected to the balanced transmission line; and a ground terminal connected to the other end of the capacitor, wherein the capacitor is disposed to have a region which does not overlap a part of a coil opening defined by the first coil section and the second coil section, and the capacitor is disposed to overlap a part of a region above the first coil section and the second coil section.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The thin film balun according to claim 1 , wherein the capacitor is disposed not to overlap the whole area of the coil opening.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
The thin film balun according to claim 1 , wherein the first coil section and the second coil section each have a corner, and wherein the capacitor is disposed to overlap a part of a region above the corner.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
70 words
The thin film balun according to claim 1 , wherein the pair of first coil sections are disposed adjacent to each other on the same plane, and the pair of second coil sections are disposed to face the pair of first coil sections, and wherein a pair of coil openings disposed adjacent to each other on a plane are defined by the first coil section and the second coil section.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
46 words
The thin film balun according to claim 4 , wherein the capacitor is disposed so that a region overlapping one coil opening of the pair of coil openings has the same area as a region overlapping the other coil opening of the pair of coil openings.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
50 words
The thin film balun according to claim 4 , wherein the capacitor is disposed so that the region overlapping one coil opening and the region overlapping the other coil opening are symmetrical with respect to a virtual line which divides the pair of coil openings into the two coil openings.
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