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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2009
Applicants:
Sylvain Charley, Mettray, FR;
François Dupont, Tours, FR;
Hilal Ezzeddine, Tours, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics (Tours) SAS, Tours, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01P 5/12 (2006.01); H01P 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A coupler including: a first conductive line intended to convey a signal to be transmitted between first and second terminals; a second conductive line, coupled to the first one and having one end intended to provide, on a third terminal, data relative to a signal reflected on the second terminal; and an inductive and/or capacitive impedance matching circuit, interposed between the other end of the second line and a fourth terminal of the coupler.