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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
May. 03, 2010
Victor Taracila, Orange Village, OH (US);
Fraser Robb, Aurora, OH (US);
Aleksey Zemskov, Solon, OH (US);
Vijayanand Alagappan, Streetsboro, OH (US);
Victor Taracila, Orange Village, OH (US);
Fraser Robb, Aurora, OH (US);
Aleksey Zemskov, Solon, OH (US);
Vijayanand Alagappan, Streetsboro, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A balun assembly includes a body portion having an opening extending therethrough, the opening sized to receive at least one radio-frequency (RF) cable therethrough, the RF cable transmitting a signal therethrough a signal having a wavelength, and a balun disposed within the body portion, the balun being folded to form a plurality of layers, the combined length of the layers being approximately equal to a quarter wavelength of the signal transmitted through the RF cable. A method of fabricating a balun assembly and an MRI system including a balun are also provided.