Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a quadrature hybrid circuit is provided comprising a first spiral inductor and a second spiral inductor separated by an insulating layer to provide all necessary capacitances intrinsically. Further, a vector modulator circuit is provided that incorporates a plurality of quadrature hybrid circuits on a MMIC contained within a chip scale package.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 22, 2002
Date of Patent:
October 19, 2004
Assignee:
M/A-Com Corporation
Inventors:
Shawn Peter Bawell, Simon Donald Gay, Christopher Dirk Weigand