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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2009
Applicants:
Benoît Bonnet, Tours, FR;
Sylvain Charley, Mettray, FR;
François Dupont, Tours, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics (Tours) SAS, Tours, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/02 (2006.01); H04K 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and a device for determining the amplitude and the phase of an impedance connected on a transmission line, including a bidirectional coupler having a first line interposed on the transmission line and having a second line providing at its respective ends two measurement signals, and a balun having its respective differential-mode inputs receiving data representative of the measurement signals.