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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1999
Jeffrey Craig Merrill, East Syracuse, NY (US);
Hans Peter Ostergaard, Jamesville, NY (US);
Anaren Microwave, Inc., Syracuse, NY (US);
Abstract
A surface mount balun includes a first stripline segment having a first and second end, a first balanced port connected to the first end, and a second balanced port connected to the second end, a second stripline segment overlapping and coupled to the first stripline segment, and having a third end adjacent to the first end of the first stripline segment and a fourth end disposed approximately adjacent to the center of the first stripline segment, a third stripline segment overlapping and coupled to the first stripline segment, and having a fifth end adjacent to the second end of the first stripline segment and a sixth end disposed approximately adjacent to the center of the first stripline segment, and a third, unbalanced port connected to the sixth end of the third stripline segment.