Patent ID: 11862837
Assignee: SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 17:
18. An apparatus, comprising:
a first electrically conductive trace having a first orientation included in a first layer;
a second electrically conductive trace having a second orientation, different from the first orientation, included in a second layer;
a power splitter/combiner included in the first and second layers, wherein a first portion of the power splitter/combiner included in the first layer electrically connects to the first electrically conductive trace, a second portion of the power splitter/combiner included in the second layer electrically connects to the second electrically conductive trace, and a third portion of the power splitter/combiner comprises a via that extends between the first and second layers; and
an isolation resistor included in the second layer configured to electrically isolate a first portion of the second electrically conductive trace from a second portion of the second electrically conductive trace, wherein the second portion of the power splitter/combiner included in the second layer comprises first and second branches, and wherein the first and second portions of the second electrically conductive trace electrically couple with respective first and second branches.