(12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8.427,388 B2 Fahs Et Al
USOO8427388B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8.427,388 B2 Fahs et al. (45) Date of Patent: Apr. 23, 2013 (54) EIGHT-SHAPED RF BALUN (56) References Cited (75) Inventors: Bassem Fahs, Caen (FR); Lionel U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS Guiraud, Blainville-sur-Orne (FR); 5,451,914 A * 9/1995 Stengel ........................... 333.25 Hendrik Visser, Wijchen (NL) 5,477,204 A * 12/1995 Li ........... ... 336,200 5,497,137 A * 3/1996 Fujiki ... ... 336,200 (73) Assignee: ST-Ericsson SA, Plan-Les-Ouates (CH) 6,097,273 A * 82000 Frye et al. ..................... 336,200 7,199,682 B2 4/2007 EZZeddine - r 7.623,006 B2 * 1 1/2009 EZZeddine et al. ............ 333,131 (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this 7,952.458 B2 * 5/2011 EZZeddine .................... 336,200 patent is extended or adjusted under 35 200401826O2 A1 9, 2004 Satoh U.S.C. 154(b) by 340 days. * cited by examiner (21) Appl. No.: 12/953,138 Primary Examiner — Huedung Mancuso (22) Filed: Nov. 23, 2010 (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Coats & Bennett, P.L.L.C. (65) Prior Publication Data US 2011 FO148733 A1 Jun. 23, 2011 (57) ABSTRACT Related U.S. Application Data Symmetrical eight-shaped balun (BALanced-to-UNbalanced converter) comprising a first and second eye, each eye com (63) Continuation-in-part of application No. PCT/EP2009/ prising conducting tracks forming turns. The eyes comprise 056355, filed on May 26, 2009. an equal number of primary turns that form a first conducting path from a first terminal to a second terminal, in which in (30) Foreign Application Priority Data operation electrical current flows in a first direction in a first eye and in a second direction in a second eye.
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