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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2003
Robert Paul Kleihorst, Eindhoven, NL;
Eerke Holle, Eindhoven, NL;
Andreas Henricus Wilhelmus Snelders, Eindhoven, NL;
Robert Paul Kleihorst, Eindhoven, NL;
Eerke Holle, Eindhoven, NL;
Andreas Henricus Wilhelmus Snelders, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A combiner/splitter device () comprises two transmission lines (), wound to form a helical coil (), this helical coil being bent to a toroidal shape. Furthermore, a capacitor () is provided, connected in parallel with the two outer conductors () of the two transmission lines (). The combination of the wound transmission lines and said capacitor forms a parallel resonator (). The combiner/splitter device is suitable for use in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system to combine the output signals of a receiver coil system and/or to split the input signal of a transmission coil system used in the MRI system.