US Patent Issued to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS on Aug. 4 for "Balun phase and amplitude imbalance correction" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,843, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Balun phase and amplitude imbalance correction" was invented by Siraj Akhtar (Richardson, Texas) and Swaminathan Sankaran (Allen, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one example, an apparatus comprises: a first metal layer including a first segment and a second segment, in which the first segment is electrically coupled to a single-ended signal terminal, the second segment has a disconnected end; a second metal layer including a third segment and a fourth segment, in which the third segment is magnetically coupled to the first segment, the fourth segment is m...