US 12,327,903 B2
Compact thin film surface mountable coupler having wide-band performance
Michael Marek, Jerusalem (IL); Elinor O'Neill, Jerusalem (IL); and Ronit Nissim, Jerusalem (IL)
Assigned to KYOCERA AVX Components Corporation, Fountain Inn, SC (US)
Filed by KYOCERA AVX Components Corporation, Fountain Inn, SC (US)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/902,338.
Application 17/902,338 is a continuation of application No. 16/810,974, filed on Mar. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,437,695.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/817,647, filed on Mar. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0006326 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01P 5/12 (2006.01); H01P 11/00 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/03 (2006.01); H05K 1/16 (2006.01); H05K 3/30 (2006.01)
CPC H01P 5/12 (2013.01) [H01P 11/00 (2013.01); H05K 1/0243 (2013.01); H05K 1/0306 (2013.01); H05K 1/165 (2013.01); H05K 1/167 (2013.01); H05K 3/303 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surface mountable coupler comprising:
a monolithic base substrate having a first surface, a second surface, a length in an X-direction, and a width in a Y-direction that is perpendicular to the X-direction;
a plurality of ports formed over the first surface of the monolithic base substrate;
a first thin film inductor;
a second thin film inductor that is inductively coupled with the first thin film inductor; and
at least one thin film component,
wherein a width of the coupler is less than about 1.2 mm.