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US8085111B2
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Thin film balun
Assignee: TDK Corp
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Filing: 2009-08-05
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Granted: 2011-12-27
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Expires: 2029-08-05
Abstract
Abstract A thin film balun includes: an unbalanced transmission line which includes two coils; a balanced transmission line which includes two coils and is electromagnetically coupled to 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 in a region which does not overlap a coil included in the unbalanced transmission line and a coil included in the balanced transmission line.
Inventors
- 👤 Makoto Endo
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 15:10
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03H; H03H7/00; H03H7/42; H01; H01P; H01P5/00; H01P5/08; H01P5/10; H03H1/00; H03H2001/0021; H03H2001/0078; H03H2001/0085; H10; H10W; H10W20/00; H10W20/40; H10W20/495; H10W20/496; H10W20/497
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
121 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 is electromagnetically coupled to the unbalanced transmission line, the pair of second coil sections being disposed on a different layer from the first coil sections; a DC supply terminal which is connected to the balanced transmission line and supplies a DC bias; a capacitor having one end connected to the balanced transmission line and the DC supply terminal; and a ground terminal connected to the other end of the capacitor, wherein the capacitor is disposed in a region which does not overlap the first coil sections and the second coil sections.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
121 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 is electromagnetically coupled to the unbalanced transmission line, the pair of second coil sections being disposed on a different layer from the first coil sections; a DC supply terminal which is connected to the balanced transmission line and supplies a DC bias; a capacitor having one end connected to the balanced transmission line and the DC supply terminal; and a ground terminal connected to the other end of the capacitor, wherein the capacitor is disposed in a region which does not overlap the first coil sections and the second coil sections.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
The thin film balun according to claim 1 , wherein the capacitor is connected to the balanced transmission line or the ground terminal via a leading wire, and the leading wire is disposed in a region which does not overlap the first coil sections and the second coil sections.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
The thin film balun according to claim 1 , wherein the capacitor is disposed adjacent to the ground terminal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
68 words
The thin film balun according to claim 1 , wherein the pair of first coil sections are disposed side by side on the same surface, the pair of second coil sections are disposed to be opposed to the pair of first coil sections, and the capacitor is disposed to be symmetrical with respect to an imaginary line which divides the pairs of coil sections into individual coil sections.
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