Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Radio-frequency circuit having a transcoupling element
- Patent Title (中): 具有反耦合元件的射频电路
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Application No.: US13228063Application Date: 2011-09-08
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Publication No.: US08798561B2Publication Date: 2014-08-05
- Inventor: Igor Acimovic
- Applicant: Igor Acimovic
- Applicant Address: FR Boulogne-Billancourt
- Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
- Current Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
- Current Assignee Address: FR Boulogne-Billancourt
- Agency: Mendelsohn, Drucker & Dunleavy, P.C.
- Agent Yuri Gruzdkov; Steve Mendelsohn
- Main IPC: H01Q11/12
- IPC: H01Q11/12

Abstract:
An RF circuit having a transcoupler, a multifunctional RF-circuit element that can operate both as an impedance inverter and as a signal coupler. When connected to a fixed load impedance, the transcoupler can also operate as an impedance transformer. The impedance-transformer/inverter functionality of the transcoupler can be used, e.g., to modulate the load of a power amplifier. The signal coupler functionality of the transcoupler can be used, e.g., to generate a corresponding feedback signal indicative of phase and/or amplitude distortions in the amplifier. The use of various embodiments of the transcoupler in an RF circuit can be advantageous, for example, because the transcoupler has a lower insertion loss than a cascade consisting of a prior-art impedance inverter and a prior-art directional coupler, occupies a relatively small area on the printed circuit board, and helps to reduce the per-unit fabrication and operating costs.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130063222A1 RADIO-FREQUENCY TRANSMITTER, SUCH AS FOR BROADCASTING AND CELLULAR BASE STATIONS Public/Granted day:2013-03-14
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