Xinqiang Yan1,2 and John C. Gore1,2
1Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Nashville, TN, United States, 2Department of Radiology and Radilogical Science, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States
1Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Nashville, TN, United States, 2Department of Radiology and Radilogical Science, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States
We
introduced a novel LCCC lumped-element balun with 3 capacitors and only 1
inductor. With fewer inductors (previous lumped-element baluns need at least 2
inductors), this LCCC balun can further be miniaturized and has lower insertion
loss.
Fig. 1
Diagram of a first-order Lattice balun (left) and the novel LCCC balun (right).
Fig. 5 Bench
test measurements of the common-mode rejection ratio (top) and insertion loss (bottom).
When measuring the common-mode rejection ratio, the current probes’ free space the response was first calibrated to 0 dB as a baseline.
