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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2004
Applicants:
François Dupont, Tours, FR;
Patrick Poveda, Villedomer, FR;
Inventors:
François Dupont, Tours, FR;
Patrick Poveda, Villedomer, FR;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics S.A., Montrouge, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01P 5/00 (2006.01); H01P 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A non-directional coupler including a semiconductor junction in series with a capacitor, the semiconductor junction being formed so that the threshold frequency short of which it behaves as a rectifier is smaller than the coupler's operating frequency.