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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2021
Sivers Semiconductors, Inc., Chatham, NJ (US);
Arun Natarajan, Corvallis, OR (US);
Harish Krishnaswamy, New York, NY (US);
Sivers Semiconductors, Inc., Chatham, NJ (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for implementing a circuit capable of operating as a passive power divider or combiner are described. In at least some embodiments multiple modes of operation are supported with one of the modes being a mode in which power is not communicated along one of the paths in the circuit, e.g., because the path leads to an inactive component or element. The methods and apparatus are well suited for use in communications devices and/or transceiver circuits. The passive nature of the power combiner/divider allows the device in some embodiments to act as a power divider when signals pass through the circuit in a first direction, e.g., during a transmit mode of operation, and to act as a power combiner when signals pass through the circuit in the other direction, e.g., during a receive mode of operation.