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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joel David Bickford, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Julius K Botka, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Assignee:
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
333 26 ; 343859 ;
Abstract
The invention provides a balun capable of operation over a range including micro and millimeter wavelengths. The balun includes a set of ferrite beads, and a set of polyiron cones. The ferrite beads and polyiron cones together provide signal balancing operable across a bandwidth together provide a signal balancing operable across a range of bandwidths of about 5000 to 1.