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US 12,763,450 B2Granted
Systems for and methods of signal division
AssigneeAvago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
InventorSeyed Mehrdad Babamir
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Abstract
Wide-band output isolation is provided. A device includes a first output for a first radio frequency (RF) signal. A device includes a second output for a second RF signal. The device includes a first transistor having a first source/drain. The device includes a second transistor having a first source/drain, wherein the first source/drain of the first transistor is coupled to the first source/drain of the second transistor and wherein the first and second transistors are disposed between the first output and the second output.
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A power divider device, comprising:
- a first node configured to receive a first signal;
- a second node configured to provide a second signal;
- a third node configured to provide a third signal;
- an inductive element coupled between the first node and a power or ground node;
- a capacitive element coupled between the first node and a fourth node;
- a first T network coupled between the fourth node and the second node;
- and
- a second T network coupled between the third node and the fourth node, wherein the first T network comprises a first capacitor having a capacitance related to a power division ratio between the first node and the second node and a first capacitance value, and the second T network comprises a second capacitor having a capacitance related to a power division ratio between the first node and the third node and the first capacitance value,
- wherein the first T network comprises a first inductor having an inductance related to the power division ratio between the first node and the second node and the second T network comprises a second inductor having an inductance related to the power division ratio between the first node and the third node.
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A power divider device, comprising:
- a first node configured to receive a first signal;
- a second node configured to provide a second signal;
- a third node configured to provide a third signal;
- an inductive element coupled between the first node and a power or ground node;
- a capacitive element coupled between the first node and a fourth node;
- a first T network coupled between the fourth node and the second node;
- and
- a second T network coupled between the third node and the fourth node, wherein the first T network comprises a first capacitor having a capacitance related to a power division ratio between the first node and the second node and a first capacitance value, and the second T network comprises a second capacitor having a capacitance related to a power division ratio between the first node and the third node and the first capacitance value,
- wherein the first T network comprises a first inductor having an inductance related to the power division ratio between the first node and the second node and the second T network comprises a second inductor having an inductance related to the power division ratio between the first node and the third node, wherein the first T network comprises a third inductor having an inductance related to the power division ratio between the first node and the second node and the second T network comprises a fourth inductor having an inductance related to the power division ratio between the first node and the third node, and wherein the first T network comprises a third capacitor having capacitance related to the power division ratio between the first node and the second node and the second T network comprises a fourth capacitor having an capacitance related to the power division ratio between the first node and the third node.
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A power divider device, comprising:
- a first node configured to receive a first signal;
- a second node configured to provide a second signal;
- a third node configured to provide a third signal;
- an inductive element coupled between the first node and a power or ground node;
- a capacitive element coupled between the first node and a fourth node;
- a first T network coupled between the fourth node and the second node;
- a second T network coupled between the third node and the fourth node, wherein the first T network comprises a first capacitor having a capacitance related to a power division ratio between the first node and the second node and a first capacitance value, and the second T network comprises a second capacitor having a capacitance related to a power division ratio between the first node and the third node and the first capacitance value;
- a fifth node configured to provide a fourth signal;
- and
- a third T network coupled between the fifth node and the fourth node, wherein the third T network comprises a third capacitor having a capacitance related to a power division ratio between the first node and the fifth node.
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A power divider device, comprising:
- a first node configured to receive a first signal;
- a second node configured to provide a second signal;
- a third node configured to provide a third signal;
- an inductive element coupled between the first node and a power or ground node;
- a capacitive element coupled between the first node and a fourth node;
- a first T network coupled between the fourth node and the second node;
- and
- a second T network coupled between the third node and the fourth node, wherein the first T network comprises a first capacitor having a capacitance related to a power division ratio between the first node and the second node and a first capacitance value, and the second T network comprises a second capacitor having a capacitance related to a power division ratio between the first node and the third node and the first capacitance value,
- wherein the first capacitor has a capacitance of C2|S21|2 where C2 is the first capacitance value and |S21|2 is a s square of the power division ratio between the first node and the second node.
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A power divider device, comprising:
- a first node configured to receive a first signal;
- a second node configured to provide a second signal;
- a third node configured to provide a third signal;
- an inductive element coupled between the first node and a power or ground node;
- a capacitive element coupled between the first node and a fourth node;
- a first T network coupled between the fourth node and the second node;
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- a second T network coupled between the third node and the fourth node, wherein the first T network comprises a first capacitor having a capacitance related to a power division ratio between the first node and the second node and a first capacitance value, and the second T network comprises a second capacitor having a capacitance related to a power division ratio between the first node and the third node and the first capacitance value,
- wherein an amplifier is coupled to the first node.
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A power divider device, comprising:
- a first node configured to receive a first signal;
- a second node configured to provide a second signal;
- a third node configured to provide a third signal;
- an inductive element coupled between the first node and a power or ground node;
- a capacitive element coupled between the first node and a fourth node;
- a first T network coupled between the fourth node and the second node;
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- a second T network coupled between the third node and the fourth node, wherein the first T network comprises a first capacitor having a capacitance related to a power division ratio between the first node and the second node and a first capacitance value, and the second T network comprises a second capacitor having a capacitance related to a power division ratio between the first node and the third node and the first capacitance value,
- wherein the capacitive element has a capacitance of 1/(1/C1−1/C2) where C1 and C2 are capacitance values derived from an impedance matching network.
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A power divider device, comprising:
- a first node configured to receive a first signal;
- a second node configured to provide a second signal;
- a third node configured to provide a third signal;
- an inductive element coupled between the first node and a power or ground node;
- a capacitive element coupled between the first node and a fourth node;
- a first network coupled between the fourth node and the second node;
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- a second network coupled between the third node and the fourth node, wherein the second node is coupled to a first load and the third node is coupled to a second load, wherein the first load has an impedance related to a power division ratio between the first node and the second node and a first impedance value, and the second load has an impedance related to a power division ratio between the first node and the third node and the first impedance value,
- wherein the first network comprises a first inductor having an inductance related to the power division ratio between the first node and the second node and the second network comprises a second inductor having an inductance related to the power division ratio between the first node and the third node.
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A method comprising:
- receiving at a first node a first signal;
- providing the first signal to a second node, wherein the second node is coupled to a first network, the first network comprising a first capacitor and a first inductor, the first capacitor being between the first node and the second node;
- providing a second signal from a second network to a third node, the second network being coupled to the first capacitor and the third node, the second network comprising a second capacitor and a third capacitor coupled in series and a second inductor coupled between the second capacitor and the third capacitor;
- providing a third signal from a third network to a fourth node, the third network being coupled to the first capacitor and the fourth node, the third network comprising a fourth capacitor and a fifth capacitor coupled in series and a third inductor coupled between the fourth capacitor and the fifth capacitor, wherein the second inductor has an inductance related to a power division ratio between the first node and the second node and a first impedance value, and the third inductor has an inductance related to a power division ratio between the first node and the third node and the first impedance value;
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- providing a fourth signal across a path between the second node and the third node, the path being an inductive and resistive path.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.