Device including a switching unit and applications thereof

US10778278B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Infineon Technologies AG · DE

Inventors

• Valentyn Solomko · Munich, DE
• Hans-Peter Friedrich · Munich, DE
• Michael Wilhelm · Lambach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 16, 2019
• Grant date: Sep 15, 2020
• Expiry date: Jun 27, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04B1/006
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A device includes a switching unit including N input ports and M output ports, wherein N≥M≥2. The switching unit is configured to selectively interconnect each of the M output ports with a different one of the N input ports. The device further includes M attenuators, wherein each of the M attenuators is electrically coupled to a different one of the M output ports of the switching unit.