Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Baluns for RF signal conversion and impedance matching
- Patent Title (中): 用于RF信号转换和阻抗匹配的平衡/不平衡变换器
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Application No.: US13118015Application Date: 2011-05-27
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Publication No.: US09276056B2Publication Date: 2016-03-01
- Inventor: Siraj Akhtar , Richard Francis Taylor , Petteri Litmanen
- Applicant: Siraj Akhtar , Richard Francis Taylor , Petteri Litmanen
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Jacqueline J. Garner; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: H01L21/425
- IPC: H01L21/425 ; H01L49/02 ; H01L23/522 ; H01L23/64 ; H01L23/66 ; H01F21/12 ; H01F27/28

Abstract:
A magnetically-coupled structure is integrated with an integrated circuit in back end-of-line (BEOL) digital CMOS fabrication processes. A differential primary (or secondary) coil is formed by patterning a thick copper (Cu) metal layer, and a single-ended secondary (or primary) coil is formed by patterning a thick aluminum (Al) top metal bonding layer. Crossovers and/or cross-unders are formed using thin metal layers. One embodiment provides a stacked balun with a differential primary input winding defined in the copper layer, directly underneath a single-ended spiral winding defined in the aluminum layer. The spiral forms the single-ended secondary output of the balun and is rotated by 90° to prevent metal shorting for its cross-under connections. Another embodiment provides a transformer with one differential primary (or secondary) coil defined in the copper layer and another differential secondary (or primary) coil defined in the aluminum layer and adding a center tap. The position of the tap is selected to compensate for phase differences and provide desired balance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120056297A1 BALUNS FOR RF SIGNAL CONVERSION AND IMPEDANCE MATCHING Public/Granted day:2012-03-08
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