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US 9,438,200 B2Granted
Compact broadband impedance transformer
AssigneeTeledyne Wireless, LLC
InventorsWilliam Goumas, Yehuda G. Goren
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Abstract
In various embodiments, a broadband matching circuit is disclosed. In one embodiment. the broadband matching circuit comprises a low-pass matching section, a quarter-wavelength transformer, and a high-pass matching section.
Claims20
A broadband matching circuit, comprising:
- a low-pass matching section having an output;
- a quarter-wavelength transformer having an input and an output;
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- a high-pass matching section having an input, wherein the low-pass matching section and the high-pass matching section are in signal communication with the quarter-wavelength transformer;
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- wherein the output of the low-pass matching section is coupled to the input of the quarter-wavelength transformer;
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- wherein the output of the quarter-wavelength transformer is coupled to the input of the high-pass matching section.
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A radiofrequency (RF) communication system comprising:
- a signal source;
- a broadband matching circuit in signal communication with the signal source, the broadband matching circuit comprising:
- a low-pass matching section having an output;
- a quarter-wavelength transformer having an input and an output, the quarter-wavelength transformer in signal communication with the low-pass matching section;
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- a high-pass matching section having an input, the high-pass matching section in signal communication with the quarter-wavelength transformer;
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- a RF transmitter in signal communication with the broadband matching circuit;
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- wherein the output of the low-pass matching section is coupled to the input of the quarter-wavelength transformer;
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- wherein the output of the quarter-wavelength transformer is coupled to the input of the high-pass matching section.
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A radiofrequency (RF) communication system comprising:
- a RF receiver;
- a broadband matching circuit in signal communication with the receiver, the broadband matching circuit comprising:
- a low-pass matching section having an output, the low-pass matching section in signal communication with the quarter-wavelength transformer;
- a quarter-wavelength transformer having an input and an output, the quarter-wavelength transformer in signal communication with the a high-pass matching section;
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- a high-pass matching section having an input;
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- a signal output in signal communication with the broadband matching circuit;
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- wherein the output of the low-pass matching section is coupled to the input of the quarter-wavelength transformer;
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- wherein the output of the quarter-wavelength transformer is coupled to the input of the high-pass matching section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.