US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on June 17 for "Marchand balun formed in a laminated substrate and including main lines and sub-lines formed by partial lines having specified distance relationships" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,620, issued on June 17, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Marchand balun formed in a laminated substrate and including main lines and sub-lines formed by partial lines having specified distance relationships" was invented by Takuya Sato (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A balun includes an unbalanced terminal; balanced terminals; first and second main lines; and first and second sub-lines. The first main line has an end connected to the unbalanced terminal. The second main line has an end connected to the first main line and an end that is open. Each of the first and the second sub-lines is con...