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Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 18, 2017
Applicant:

Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Tracy Wynn, Gainsville, FL (US);

Aasrith Ganti, Gainsville, FL (US);

Olli Tapio Friman, Gainsville, FL (US);

Christopher Spencer, Gainsville, FL (US);

Assignee:

Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/36 (2006.01); G01R 33/3415 (2006.01); G01R 33/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/3685 (2013.01); G01R 33/3415 (2013.01); G01R 33/34092 (2013.01);
Abstract

A balun is provided that is suitable for use with miniature coaxial cables and that obviates the need to cut the cable in order to install the balun. A portion of each coaxial cable that extends from the RF receive coils to the RF receiver is wound multiple times around a device to form an inductor. The inductor may be used with or without a separate resonant circuit. If used with a separate resonant circuit, the inductor and the resonant circuit couple with one another to generate a coupled impedance that provides common-mode noise suppression at the frequency of interest. If used without a separate resonant circuit, the inductor formed in the cable provides an inductance and the capacitance between the windings coupled with the inductance provides a series impedance that suppresses common-mode noise at the frequency of interest.


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