Patent ID: 7911310

Claim:
A device, comprising: a first component; and a second component coupled to the first component, the second component including: a first inductor integrated on a monolithic IC having a plurality of segments, a second inductor integrated on the monolithic IC having a plurality of segments, wherein segments in the plurality of first inductor segments are alternately disposed with segments in the plurality of second inductor segments such that a first inductor segment is adjacent to a second inductor segment, wherein currents in each of the first inductor segments and second inductor segments flow in the same direction, and wherein an input of the first inductor receives a first component of a differential input signal, an input of the second inductor receives a second component of the differential input signal, an output of the first inductor produces a first component of a differential output signal, and an output of the second inductor produces a second component of the differential output signal.