Reducing coupling coefficient variation using intended width mismatch

US9806395B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Skyworks Solutions, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Yang Li · Nanhu, CN
• Xuanang Zhu · Lexington, US
• Dinhphuoc Vu Hoang · Anaheim, US
• Guohao Zhang · Irvine, US
• Russ Alan Reisner · Oxnard, US
• Dmitri Prikhodko · Reading, US
• Jiunn-Sheng Guo · Corona, US
• Bradley D. Scoles · Irvine, US
• David Viveiros, Jr. · Newbury Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 19, 2014
• Grant date: Oct 31, 2017
• Expiry date: Sep 2, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49208
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A coupler is presented that has high-directivity and low coupling coefficient variation. The coupler includes a first trace with a first edge substantially parallel to a second edge and substantially equal in length to the second edge. The first trace includes a third edge substantially parallel to a fourth edge. The fourth edge is divided into three segments. The outer segments are a first distance from the third edge. The middle segment is a second distance from the third edge. Further, the coupler includes a second trace, which includes a first edge substantially parallel to a second edge and substantially equal in length to the second edge. The second trace includes a third edge substantially parallel to a fourth edge. The fourth edge is divided into three segments. The outer segments are a first distance from the third edge. The middle segment is a second distance from the third edge.