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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2015
Linear Technology Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Xudong Wang, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
William B. Beckwith, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Thomas E. Schiltz, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A broadband radio frequency, microwave, or millimeter mixer system may include a balun and a mixer. The balun may have an unbalanced port; a balanced port; a first and a second inductor tightly and inversely magnetically coupled to one another; and a third inductor which is not magnetically coupled to the first or the second inductors. The mixer may be connected to the balanced port of the balun. The balun, including its three inductors, and the mixer may all be integrated onto a single substrate that forms an integrated circuit.