Patent attributes
An integrated circuit is disclosed that includes at least one integrated transmission line for the transmission of a high-frequency differential signal with a number of at least two series-connected line arrangements, each of which has a differential input, a differential output, a first trace, connected to a first terminal of the differential input and a first terminal of the differential output, and a second trace, connected to a second terminal of the differential input and a second terminal of the differential output. According to the invention, each line arrangement has at least two crossing areas, in which the first and the second traces cross, and at least four positive feedback regions, in which at least one first section of the first trace is placed at a small first distance to at least one second section of the second trace in such a way that the magnetic fields, caused by the currents flowing in the first and section sections, are mutually amplified in the exterior space surrounding the first and second sections when the high-frequency differential signal is applied at the differential input of the line arrangement.
