Transformer-based matching network for enhanced IC design flexibility
AssigneeRafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.
InventorSamuel Jameson
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Abstract
An Integrated Circuit (IC) containing at least one printed transformer-based matching network, which comprises: a) at least one printed transformer-based matching network with reduced size, which comprises a printed transformer with multiple internal ports in the form of electromagnetic discontinuities, introduced along the transverse dimension of the printed transformer; reactive elements, added to of the internal ports to thereby increase the order of the transformer-based matching network, the one or more reactive elements are printed along the transverse dimension of the matching network; a printed component connected to the input port of the matching network; a printed component connected to the output port of the matching network.
Claims20
A method for reducing the size of an Integrated Circuit (IC) containing at least one printed transformer-based matching network, comprising:
- a) introducing electromagnetic discontinuities inside said printed transformer, along a transverse dimension of said IC, to create multiple internal ports within said transformer;
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- b) increasing an order of said transformer-based matching network to a desired order by adding reactive elements to one or more of said internal ports, said reactive elements are printed along the transverse dimension of said IC,
- c) wherein the transverse dimension comprises at least one of a Y-axis and a Z-axis,
- wherein a path from input to output of said IC is deployed along an X-axis, wherein the X-axis is perpendicular to the Y-axis, and wherein a plane including the X-axis and the Y-axis is perpendicular to the Z-axis.
A printed transformer-based matching network with reduced size, comprising:
- a) a printed transformer with multiple internal ports in the form of electromagnetic discontinuities, introduced along a transverse dimension of said printed transformer;
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- b) one or more reactive elements, added to one or more of said internal ports to thereby increase an order of said transformer-based matching network to a desired order, said one or more reactive elements are printed along the transverse dimension of said matching network,
- c) wherein the transverse dimension comprises at least one of a Y-axis and a Z-axis,
- wherein a path from input to output of said IC is deployed along an X-axis, wherein the X-axis is perpendicular to the Y-axis, and wherein a plane including the X-axis and the Y-axis is perpendicular to the Z-axis.
An Integrated Circuit (IC) comprising:
- a) at least one printed transformer-based matching network with reduced size, which comprises:
- a.1) a printed transformer with multiple internal ports in the form of electromagnetic discontinuities, introduced along a transverse dimension of said printed transformer;
- a.2) one or more reactive elements, added to one or more of said internal ports to thereby increase an order of said transformer-based matching network to a desired order, said one or more reactive elements are printed along the transverse dimension of said matching network;
- b) a printed component connected to the input port of said matching network;
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- c) a printed component connected to the output port of said matching network,
- d) wherein the transverse dimension comprises at least one of a Y-axis and a Z-axis,
- wherein a path from input to output of said IC is deployed along an X-axis, wherein the X-axis is perpendicular to the Y-axis, and wherein a plane including the X-axis and the Y-axis is perpendicular to the Z-axis.
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