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AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsOliver Lips, Bernd David, Sascha Krueger, Steffen Weiss, Daniel Wirtz
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An electrically conductive transmission line for transmitting RF signals, in particular for transmitting MR signals between a transmission and/or receiving coil and a transmitting and/or receiving unit, by which separate known matching networks can be avoided or reduced. A transmission line is proposed comprising a plurality of lead segments coupled by transformers having a transformer impedance ZL placed between two neighboring lead segments, wherein for power matching of the two transformers placed at opposite ends of a lead segment, the lead segment has a lead segment impedance Z0 or a dielectric constant ∈r and wherein the lead segment has a short length l. Thus, the lead segments themselves provide the matching of the transformers, and separate matching circuits are no longer needed.
An electrically conductive transmission line for transmitting magnetic resonance RF signals between a transmission or receiving coil and a transmitting or receiving unit, comprising a plurality of lead segments coupled only by transformers having a transformer impedance ZL placed between two neighbouring lead segments, wherein for power matching of the two transformers placed at opposite ends of a lead segment, the lead segment has a lead segment impedance Z0 or a dielectric constant ∈r and
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