IP Library Granted Patent US 10,049,812
Granted Patent B2
US 10,049,812 · App. 14/650,300 · Granted Aug 14, 2018

Circuit arrangement

Inventors: Jürgen Kiwitt (München, DE); Robert Koch (München, DE); Maximilian Pitschi (Rottach-Egern, DE)
Assignee: SnapTrack, Inc.
H01F38/14H01F27/2804H03H9/706H03H9/725H01F2038/143
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Patent No.
US 10,049,812
App. No.
14/650,300
Granted
Aug 14, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A circuit arrangement can be used for adapting the electroacoustic properties of an electroacoustic component. The circuit arrangement includes a first conductor loop and a further element. The first conductor loop includes a main loop and a negative feedback loop. The negative feedback loop has a sense of curvature that is opposite to a sense of curvature of the main loop. The negative feedback loop compensates for a coupling between the main loop and the further element.

Claims (16)

1. A circuit comprising:

a first conductor loop comprising a main loop and an opposite curvature loop, wherein the first conductor loop comprises a continuous trace forming the main loop and the opposite curvature loop; and

a further element, wherein:

the opposite curvature loop has a sense of curvature that is opposite to a sense of curvature of the main loop;

the opposite curvature loop reduces a coupling between the main loop and the further element; and

the circuit comprises an electroacoustic component, wherein the first conductor loop adapts acoustic properties of the circuit.

2. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein a connecting line between a geometrical centroid of the opposite curvature loop and a geometrical centroid of the main loop defines an effective direction of the opposite curvature loop, which deviates by a maximum of 50° from a direction of the coupling between the main loop and the further element, wherein the direction of the coupling is defined by the connecting line of the geometrical centroids of the main loop and of the further element.

3. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the opposite curvature loop has a length that corresponds to at least 70% of a turn of the main loop.

4. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the opposite curvature loop has an ellipse-segment-shaped turn, wherein end points of the ellipse segment form an angle of at least 90° with a midpoint of the associated ellipse.

5. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the opposite curvature loop has a lower inductance than the main loop.

6. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the circuit comprises a chip arranged on a substrate, and wherein the first conductor loop is arranged on a side of the substrate that faces the chip.

7. The circuit according to claim 1 , further comprising a substrate, wherein the first conductor loop is arranged in the substrate.

8. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the further element comprises a further conductor loop.

9. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the circuit comprises a plurality of further elements each of the further elements being coupled to the main loop of the first conductor loop, wherein the couplings are superposed to form a total coupling, and wherein the opposite curvature loop reduces the total coupling.

10. The circuit according to claim 9 , wherein a direction of the opposite curvature loop deviates by a maximum of 50° from each of the directions of the couplings between the main loop and the further elements.

11. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the first conductor loop has only two terminals, wherein the main loop and the opposite curvature loop are coupled between the two terminals.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2017
From: EPCOS AG
To: SNAPTRACK, INC.
Reel/Frame 041608/0145 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2015
From: KIWITT, JÜRGEN, DR.; KOCH, ROBERT, DR.; PITSCHI, MAXIMILIAN, DR.
To: EPCOS AG
Reel/Frame 036232/0711 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2012 112 571 · Dec 18, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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