Patent · US Expired

Stripline balun

US6294965A · kind A · utility

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10Claims

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Assignee

Anaren Microwave, Inc. · US

Inventors

Jeffrey Merrill · Manlius, US
Hans Peter Ostergaard · Viborg, DK

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 11, 1999
Grant date	Sep 25, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 11, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01P5/10
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A surface mount balun includes a first stripline segment having a first and second end, a first balanced port connected to the first end, and a second balanced port connected to the second end, a second stripline segment overlapping and coupled to the first stripline segment, and having a third end adjacent to the first end of the first stripline segment and a fourth end disposed approximately adjacent to the center of the first stripline segment, a third stripline segment overlapping and coupled to the first stripline segment, and having a fifth end adjacent to the second end of the first stripline segment and a sixth end disposed approximately adjacent to the center of the first stripline segment, and a third, unbalanced port connected to the sixth end of the third stripline segment.

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