WO2001001514A1 - Balanced to unbalanced circuit - Google Patents
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- H—ELECTRICITY
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- H01P—WAVEGUIDES; RESONATORS, LINES, OR OTHER DEVICES OF THE WAVEGUIDE TYPE
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- H01P5/10—Coupling devices of the waveguide type for linking dissimilar lines or devices for coupling balanced lines or devices with unbalanced lines or devices
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- the present invention relates to a balanced to unbalanced circuit (BALUN) according to the preamble of Claim 1.
- High frequency electric signals can be transmitted in two often occurring ways, namely either balanced or unbalanced.
- balanced transmission there is used two conductors in which electric currents are constantly in antiphase.
- Unbalanced transmission uses only one signal conductor and the signal (the current) is returned via earth.
- the balanced transmission is differential in nature and therewith less sensitive to disturbances and interference than the unbalanced transmission.
- Balun circuits are used to this end.
- balun circuit depend on impedance difference and phase difference for odd and even modes in the high frequency electric signal.
- a typical balun is the Marchand-balun which includes four ⁇ /4 waveguides connected in pairs.
- a balanced port shall be connected to an input or to an output of a differential amplifier. Normally, it is necessary to DC-bias the amplifiers and consequently a DC-wise short circuit of the balanced port to earth cannot be accepted.
- the capacitors are discrete capacitors which are chosen so that their resonance frequency coincides with the signal frequency.
- the capacitance is then balanced by the own parasite inductance of the capacitor and ideally behaves transparent at the frequency concerned.
- a problem with discrete capacitors is that they are relatively bulky and cannot be implemented readily when integrated in multilayer printed circuit boards or ceramic substrates.
- An object of the present invention is to at least reduce the aforesaid problem.
- One advantage afforded by the present invention is that performance is improved with regard to loss reductions and better phase characteristics of the balanced signal.
- Another advantage is that it can be simulated more readily than in the case of existing solutions, since it is not necessary to rely on discrete component models.
- Figure 1 is a principle diagram of a classic Marchand-balun.
- Figure 2 is a principle diagram of one embodiment of a Marchand-balun constructed in accordance with the present standpoint of techniques so as to avoid DC-wise short circuiting to earth of the balanced output signal.
- Figure 3 is a principle diagram of one embodiment of an inventive Marchand-balun.
- Figure 1 illustrates an embodiment of a classic Marchand-balun 1, which includes a first and a second sub-circuit 10 and 20 respectively.
- the first sub-circuit 10 includes an upper conductor 10U, a lower conductor 10L and a discrete layer disposed between said conductors.
- the upper conductor 10U and the lower conductor 10L in the first sub-circuit 10 are connected together capacitively and inductively, with a given coupling constant.
- the first sub-circuit 10 corresponds to, or essentially to, a first ⁇ /4-wave guide.
- the second sub-circuit 20 includes an upper conductor 20U and a lower conductor 20L and a dielectric layer disposed between said conductors.
- the upper conductor 20U and the lower conductor 20L are connected to one another in said second sub-circuit 20 capacitively and inductively, with a given coupling constant.
- the second sub-circuit corresponds to, or essentially to, a second ⁇ /4-wave guide.
- An input Pi is connected to a first side on the upper conductor 10U in the first sub-circuit 10.
- a second side on the upper conductor 10U in the first sub-circuit 10 is connected to a first side on the upper conductor 20U in the second sub-circuit 20 via a connecting conductor 15.
- a second side on the upper conductor 20U in the second sub-circuit 20 is open.
- a first side on the lower conductor 10L in the first sub-circuit 10 is connected to earth.
- a second side of the lower conductor 10L in the first sub-circuit 10 is connected to a first output port P2.
- a first side on the lower conductor 20L in the second sub- circuit 20 is connected to a second output port P3.
- a second side of the lower conductor 20L in the second sub-circuit 20 is connected to earth.
- Figure 2 illustrates a Marchand-balun circuit 1A.
- the sole difference between the Marchand-balun circuit 1A and the classic Marchand-balun 1 shown in Figure 1 is that the Figure 2 circuit includes two capacitors 50 and 60 which prevent the balanced output signal from being short circuited DC-wise to earth.
- a first capacitor 50 is arranged between the output port P2 and the second side of the lower conductor 10L in the first sub-circuit 10.
- a second capacitor 60 is arranged between the output port P3 and the first side of the second conductor 20L in the second sub-circuit 20.
- FIG. 3 illustrates an embodiment of an inventive balun circuit IB.
- the illustrated embodiment of the inventive balun circuit is shown in stripline form, in other words the mutually connected conductors lie in different planes.
- the inventive balun circuit IB includes a first and a second sub-circuit 10 and 20 respectively.
- the first sub-circuit 10 includes an upper conductor 10U, a lower conductor 10L and a dielectric layer disposed between the said conductors.
- the upper conductor 10U and the lower conductor 10L in the first sub-circuit 10 are connected together capacitively and inductively with a given coupling constant.
- the first sub-circuit 10 corresponds to, or essentially to, a first ⁇ /4-wave guide.
- the second sub-circuit 20 includes an upper conductor 20U and a lower conductor 20L and a dielectric layer disposed between said conductors.
- the upper conductor 20U and the lower conductor 20L in the second sub-circuit 20 are connected together capacitively and inductively with a given coupling constant.
- the second sub-circuit corresponds to, or essentially to, a second ⁇ /4-wave guide.
- An input PI is connected to a first side of the upper conductor 10U in the first sub-circuit 10.
- a second side on the upper conductor 10U in the first sub-circuit 10 is connected to a first side on the upper conductor 20U in the second sub-circuit 20 via a connecting conductor 15.
- a second side on the upper conductor 20U in the second sub-circuit 20 is open.
- a first side on the second conductor 10L in the first sub-circuit 10 is connected to a first side of a first open terminating ⁇ /4-wave guide 30.
- a second side on the lower conductor 10L in the first sub-circuit 10 is connected to a first output port P2.
- a first side on the lower conductor 20L in the second sub-circuit 20 is connected to a second output port P3.
- a second side on the lower conductor 20L in the second sub-circuit 20 is connected to a first side on a second open, terminating ⁇ /4-wave guide 40.
- the dielectric material disposed between the upper conductors 10U and 20U and the lower conductors 10L and 20L in the first and the second sub-circuits is disposed in a layer structure, a stripline structure. It will be understood, however, that the dielectric layer can be disposed in the same plane as the upper and the lower conductor, microstructure .
- the electric conductors may be linear in accordance with Figure 1, or of the spiral type.
- a point 70 between the third ⁇ /4-wave guide 30 and the lower conductor 10L in the first sub-circuit 10 functions as an RF- wise earth point.
- a point 80 between the fourth ⁇ /4-wave guide 40 and the lower conductor 20L in the second sub-circuit 20 functions as an RF-wise earth point.
- the ⁇ /4-wave guides in the illustrated embodiment of the balun circuit IB may be made of metal, for instance from a silver alloy, copper, tungsten or aluminium.
- the dielectric material may comprise a ceramic material, polymeric material, an electrically non-conductive organic material, silicon dioxide or silicon nitride.
- the balun circuit IB may be of the microstrip or stripline kind.
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Priority Applications (7)
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KR1020017016717A KR20020013938A (en) | 1999-06-30 | 2000-06-26 | Balanced to unbalanced circuit |
AU60369/00A AU6036900A (en) | 1999-06-30 | 2000-06-26 | Balanced to unbalanced circuit |
DE60035694T DE60035694D1 (en) | 1999-06-30 | 2000-06-26 | balun |
EP00946644A EP1198861B1 (en) | 1999-06-30 | 2000-06-26 | Balanced to unbalanced circuit |
CA002377963A CA2377963A1 (en) | 1999-06-30 | 2000-06-26 | Balanced to unbalanced circuit |
JP2001506637A JP2003503928A (en) | 1999-06-30 | 2000-06-26 | Unbalanced circuit |
HK03100298.6A HK1048197B (en) | 1999-06-30 | 2003-01-13 | Balanced to unbalanced circuit |
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SE9902497A SE9902497L (en) | 1999-06-30 | 1999-06-30 | balun |
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EP (1) | EP1198861B1 (en) |
JP (1) | JP2003503928A (en) |
KR (1) | KR20020013938A (en) |
CN (1) | CN1175516C (en) |
AU (1) | AU6036900A (en) |
CA (1) | CA2377963A1 (en) |
DE (1) | DE60035694D1 (en) |
HK (1) | HK1048197B (en) |
SE (1) | SE9902497L (en) |
TW (1) | TW431079B (en) |
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WO1997048187A1 (en) * | 1996-06-14 | 1997-12-18 | Watkins-Johnson Company | Printed circuit board having integrated broadside microwave coupler |
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EP0869574A2 (en) * | 1997-03-31 | 1998-10-07 | Nippon Telegraph And Telephone Corporation | A balun circuit |
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- 2000-06-26 EP EP00946644A patent/EP1198861B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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WO1997048187A1 (en) * | 1996-06-14 | 1997-12-18 | Watkins-Johnson Company | Printed circuit board having integrated broadside microwave coupler |
DE19729761A1 (en) * | 1996-08-05 | 1998-03-26 | Motorola Inc | Symmetry transmitter |
EP0869574A2 (en) * | 1997-03-31 | 1998-10-07 | Nippon Telegraph And Telephone Corporation | A balun circuit |
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WO2018041809A1 (en) * | 2016-08-29 | 2018-03-08 | Arralis Holdings Limited | A multiband circularly polarised antenna |
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JP2003503928A (en) | 2003-01-28 |
AU6036900A (en) | 2001-01-31 |
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EP1198861A1 (en) | 2002-04-24 |
CA2377963A1 (en) | 2001-01-04 |
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CN1175516C (en) | 2004-11-10 |
HK1048197A1 (en) | 2003-03-21 |
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SE9902497L (en) | 2000-08-28 |
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