Method for designing coupling-function based millimeter wave electrical elements
US8760240B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 15, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jun 24, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 3, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03H2001/0085
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A miniaturized (compact) millimeter wave hybrid based on a coupling function and associated method for designing millimeter wave electrical elements based on a coupling function is provided. The invention overcomes a drawback of conventional coupled transmission lines structures and equivalent lumped elements in that they are considerably large in size for IC designs making such structures unsuitable for use in RFICs' designs. Hence, such structures are not partial in millimeter wave electrical elements, and more particularly elements that should be integrated in devices for 60 GHz applications.
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