Current balanced balun network with selectable port impedances
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsDavid Ryan Haub, Louis Jay Vannatta, Hugh Kennedy Smith
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Abstract
A half-wave balun network balanced for at least current is provided by a conductor section having contiguous conductor portions 130 and 140. A balanced port 110 is provided between ends of the conductor section. An unbalanced port 120 is provided between one end of the conductor section and a ground plane 107. A difference between impedances of the contiguous conductor portions 130 and 140 of the half-wave balun network provides for a selectable impedance ratio between the port impedances of the balanced and unbalanced ports 110 and 120. In one embodiment the number of different impedance conductor portions approaches infinity, thereby providing a tapered conductor section.
Claims12
A balun network balanced for at least current, comprising
- a conductor section having first and second ends and at least two contiguous conductor portions therebetween;
- a balanced port between the first end of the conductor section and the second end of the conductor section;
- an unbalanced port between a ground reference plane and the first end of the conductor section;
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- wherein the at least two contiguous conductor portions have impedances different from one another to provide for a selected impedance value at the balanced and unbalanced ports.
A portable radio, comprising:
- radio transceiver circuitry for providing an unbalanced connection;
- a balun comprising a conductor section having first and second ends and at least two contiguous conductor portions therebetween, an unbalanced port between a ground reference plane and the first end of the conductor section and operatively coupled to the unbalanced connection of the radio transceiver circuitry, wherein the at least two contiguous conductor portions have impedances different from one another to provide for a selected impedance value at the balanced and unbalanced ports, and
- an integrated circuit including a balanced connection, one conductor of the balanced connection of the integrated circuit connected to the first end of the conductor section and wherein another conductor of the balanced connection of the integrated circuit is connected to the second end of the conductor section.
A portable radio, comprising:
- radio transceiver circuitry for providing an unbalanced output;
- a balun comprising a conductor section having first and second ends and at least two contiguous conductor portions therebetween, an unbalanced port between a ground reference plane and the first end of the conductor section and operatively coupled to the unbalanced output of the radio transceiver circuitry, wherein the at least two contiguous conductor portions have impedances different from one another to provide for a selected impedance value at the balanced and unbalanced ports, and
- an antenna element including a balanced antenna port, one conductor of the balanced antenna port of the antenna element connected to the first end of the conductor section and wherein another conductor of the balanced port of the antenna element is connected to the second end of the conductor section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.