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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
May. 08, 2012
Swaminathan Sankaran, Plano, TX (US);
Nirmal C. Warke, Irving, TX (US);
Hassan Ali, Murphy, TX (US);
Brad Kramer, Plano, TX (US);
Swaminathan Sankaran, Plano, TX (US);
Nirmal C. Warke, Irving, TX (US);
Hassan Ali, Murphy, TX (US);
Brad Kramer, Plano, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided. First and second hybrid couplers are provided with each having a first port, a second port, a third port, a fourth port and with each being substantially curvilinear. The fourth ports of the first and second hybrid couplers are first and second isolation port that are mutually coupled. The first port of the first hybrid coupler is configured to carry a first portion of a differential signal, and the first port of the second hybrid coupler is configured to carry a second portion of the differential signal.