Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Frequency tunable balun
-
Application No.: US15131903Application Date: 2016-04-18
-
Publication No.: US09935354B2Publication Date: 2018-04-03
- Inventor: Luciano Boglione , Joel I. Goodman
- Applicant: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Applicant Address: US DC Washington
- Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Current Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Current Assignee Address: US DC Washington
- Agency: US Naval Research Laboratory
- Agent William P. Ladd
- Main IPC: H03H7/42
- IPC: H03H7/42 ; H01P1/10 ; H01P5/10

Abstract:
Systems and method are provided for making a balun's operational bandwidth tunable around multiple distinct center frequencies by using switches to vary the balun's dimensions. An embodiment of the present disclosure uses a pass gate structure for the switches, and the switches connect additional lengths of line in or out of the balun to change its frequency response. A balun in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure is able to switch its response between 2 or more adjacent bands by switching additional length of lines in and out of the balun's core windings.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160308511A1 Frequency Tunable Balun Public/Granted day:2016-10-20
Information query