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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2002
Hugo Veenstra, 5656 AA Eindhoven, NL;
Edwin Van Der Heijden, 5656 AA Eindhoven, NL;
Mihai Adrian Tiberiu Sanduleanu, 5656 AA Eindhoven, NL;
Other;
Abstract
A transmission lines arrangement comprising a first plurality of transmission lines each transmission line having an effective characteristic impedance. The arrangement further comprises a second plurality of transmission lines, said first plurality of transmission lines being coupled to a plurality of switching elements. The plurality of switching elements are conceived to redirect an input signal from one transmission line of the first plurality of transmission lines to at least one transmission line of the second plurality of transmission lines. The arrangement is characterized in that each of the switching elements of the plurality of switching elements have a relatively high input impedance in comparison with the effective characteristic impedance and a relatively high output impedance in comparison with the effective characteristic impedance. Furthermore, each transmission line of the first plurality of transmission lines is further coupled to an impedance that is substantially equal to the effective characteristic impedance of said transmission line.