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US 2013/0157587 A1Published application
Integrated circuit comprising an integrated transformer of the "balun" type with several input and output channels
AssigneeSTMicroelectronics S.r.l.
InventorsFloria Blanchet, Christophe Arricastres, Denis Pache
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Abstract
An integrated circuit includes an integrated transformer of the balanced-to-unbalanced type with N channels, wherein N is greater than 2. The integrated transformer includes, on a substrate, N inductive circuits that are mutually inductively coupled, and respectively associated with N channels.
Claims16
An integrated circuit, comprising:
- an integrated transformer of the balanced-to-unbalanced type with N channels, N being greater than 2, the integrated transformer comprising N inductive circuits on a substrate that are mutually-inductively coupled, and respectively associated with the N channels.
A transceiver device, comprising:
- an antenna,
- a transmit channel comprising a power amplifier,
- a receive channel comprising a low-noise amplifier, and
- an integrated circuit comprising:
- an integrated transformer of the balanced-to-unbalanced type with N channels, N being greater than 2, the integrated transformer comprising N inductive circuits on a substrate that are mutually-inductively coupled, and respectively associated with the N channels,
- wherein the integrated transformer comprises a first inductive circuit connected to the antenna, a second inductive circuit coupled to the transmit channel and a third inductive circuit coupled to the receive channel.
3 more elements
An integrated transformer of the balanced-to-unbalanced type, comprising:
- a plurality of integrated inductive circuits supported by a integrated circuit substrate, wherein the plurality of integrated inductive circuits are mutually-inductively coupled.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.