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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2008
Oliver Lips, Hamburg, DE;
Bernd David, Huettblek, DE;
Sascha Krueger, Hamburg, DE;
Steffen Weiss, Hamburg, DE;
Daniel Wirtz, Hamburg, DE;
Oliver Lips, Hamburg, DE;
Bernd David, Huettblek, DE;
Sascha Krueger, Hamburg, DE;
Steffen Weiss, Hamburg, DE;
Daniel Wirtz, Hamburg, DE;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An electrically conductive transmission line for transmitting RF signals, in particular for transmitting MR signals between a transmission and/or receiving coil and a transmitting and/or receiving unit, by which separate known matching networks can be avoided or reduced. A transmission line is proposed comprising a plurality of lead segments coupled by transformers having a transformer impedance Zplaced between two neighboring lead segments, wherein for power matching of the two transformers placed at opposite ends of a lead segment, the lead segment has a lead segment impedance Zor a dielectric constant ∈and wherein the lead segment has a short length l. Thus, the lead segments themselves provide the matching of the transformers, and separate matching circuits are no longer needed.