Patent ID: 6407647
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: H01P

Abstract:
A method for creating a transmission line element, comprising the acts of:defining a first electrically conductive transmission line in a first metal layer, wherein the first transmission line comprises a plurality of segments and spirals outward from an inner terminus; forming a dielectric over the first metal layer; defining a second electrically conductive transmission line in a second metal layer formed over the dielectric, wherein the second transmission line spirals outward from an inner terminus, and wherein the second transmission line is positioned over the first transmission line; defining a bridge segment in the second metal layer, the bridge segment forming an electrical connection, exclusive of a via, between first and second segments of the first transmission line; and defining a first connector segment in the first metal layer, wherein the first connector segment extends from the inner terminus of the first transmission line, below the bridge segment, and between the first and second segments of the first transmission line.