ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,820, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY (Nanjing, China).
"On-chip dual-mode transmission line with spoof surface plasmon based on balun" was invented by Di Bao (Nanjing, China), Tiejun Cui (Nanjing, China), Kai Lu (Nanjing, China), Chenchen Li (Nanjing, China) and Jiemin Wu (Nanjing, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An on-chip dual-mode transmission line with an spoof surface plasmon based on a balun includes a dual-mode transmission line located in the intermediate, the balun structures symmetrically located at both terminals of the dual-mode transmission line, and pad structures and excitation portions loc...