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Application US20190252755
Published 2019-08-15
Hierarchical Network Signal Routing Apparatus And Method
In embodiments, a power splitter/combiner includes a first electrically conductive trace included in a first layer; second and third electrically conductive traces included in a second layer; a first via electrically coupled to the first and second electrically conductive traces; and a second via electrically coupled to the first and third electrically conductive traces. A first portion of the first electrically conductive trace comprises a first port of the power splitter/combiner. A second portion of the first electrically conductive trace, the first via, and the second electrically conductive trace comprises a second port of the power splitter/combiner. A third portion of the first electrically conductive trace, the second via, and the third electrically conductive trace comprises a third port of the power splitter/combiner.
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- 1. A power splitter/combiner comprising:
a first electrically conductive trace included in a first layer; second and third electrically conductive traces included in a second layer; a first via electrically coupled to the first and second electrically conductive traces; and a second via electrically coupled to the first and third electrically conductive traces, wherein a first portion of the first electrically conductive trace comprises a first port of the power splitter/combiner, wherein a second portion of the first electrically conductive trace, the first via, and the second electrically conductive trace comprises a second port of the power splitter/combiner, and wherein a third portion of the first electrically conductive trace, the second via, and the third electrically conductive trace comprises a third port of the power splitter/combiner.
- 14. An apparatus comprising:
a first electrical signal path branch included in a first layer; a second electrical signal path branch included in the first layer and a second layer; and a third electrical signal path branch included in the first and second layers, wherein the first, second, and third electrical signal path branches electrically couple to each other in the first layer, and wherein signal pathway lengths associated with the second and third electrical signal path branches are quarter wavelength signal pathway lengths.
- 27. A method of routing signals, the method comprising:
in response to receipt of a first signal in a first layer, splitting the first signal into second and third signals; causing to propagate the second signal from the first layer to a second layer disposed above or below the first layer; and causing to propagate the third signal from the first layer to the second layer, wherein each of the second and third signals has half the power of a power of the first signal.
