# US 12,763,450 B2 · Systems for and methods of signal division

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- Number: US 12,763,450 B2
- Document ID: US12763450B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/494,481
- Filed: 2023-10-25
- Published: 2025-05-01
- Granted: 2026-10-13
- Earliest claimed: 2023-10-25
- Assignees: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
- Applicants: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
- Inventors: Seyed Mehrdad Babamir
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12763450B2

## CPC

- H01P 5/16: Conjugate devices, i.e. devices having at least one port decoupled from one other port
- H04B 1/40: Circuits
- H01P: WAVEGUIDES; RESONATORS, LINES, OR OTHER DEVICES OF THE WAVEGUIDE TYPE (operating at optical frequencies G02B)
- H04B: TRANSMISSION

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

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.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The power divider device of claim 1, 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.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The power divider device of claim 1, 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 a capacitance related to the power division ratio between the first node and the third node.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The power divider device of claim 1, wherein the first inductor has an inductance of L2/|S21|2 where L2 is an inductance value and |S21|2 is a square of the power division ratio between the first node and the second node.

### Claim 5

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.

### Claim 6

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.

### Claim 7

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.

### Claim 8

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 an amplifier is coupled to the first node.

### Claim 9

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 capacitive element has a capacitance of 1/(1/C1−1/C2) where C1 and C2 are capacitance values derived from an impedance matching network.

### Claim 10

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; and
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.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The power divider device of claim 10, wherein a circuit is provided between the second node and the third node.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The power divider device of claim 11, wherein the circuit comprises an inductor and a capacitor.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The power divider device of claim 12, wherein the inductor and the capacitor are in series.

### Claim 14 (depends on 10)

The power divider device of claim 10, wherein the first 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 network comprises a fourth inductor having an inductance related to the power division ratio between the first node and the third node.

### Claim 15 (depends on 10)

The power divider device of claim 10, wherein the first network comprises a first capacitor having a capacitance related to the power division ratio between the first node and the second node and the second network comprises a second capacitor having a capacitance related to the power division ratio between the first node and the third node, and wherein the first network comprises a third capacitor having capacitance related to the power division ratio between the first node and the second node and the second network comprises a fourth capacitor having an capacitance related to the power division ratio between the first node and the third node.

### Claim 16 (depends on 10)

The power divider device of claim 10, further comprising:
a fifth node configured to provide a third signal;
wherein the fifth node is coupled to a third load, wherein the third load has an impedance related to a power division ratio between the first node and the fifth node.

### Claim 17

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; and
providing a fourth signal across a path between the second node and the third node, the path being an inductive and resistive path.
