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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2019
Applicant:
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventor:
Henry Andre Christange, Egmating, DE;
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 11/20 (2006.01); H03H 11/26 (2006.01); H03H 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 11/20 (2013.01); H03H 11/04 (2013.01); H03H 11/265 (2013.01);
Abstract
A delay line includes one or more phase-shifting cells, where each phase-shifting cell includes a high-pass filter circuit that may be selectively coupled to or decoupled from a transmission line. The filter circuit is couplable in parallel with the transmission line and shifts a signal conveyed through the transmission line by a predetermined phase angle. The high-pass filter circuit includes one or more capacitors and one or more reactance elements (e.g., inductors). The selective coupling may be achieved using multi-gate transistors.