Cable traps are commonly used for RF coils to suppress the common-mode current flowing on the outer conductor of coaxial cables. In massive-element array coils, conventional cable traps become cumbersome and not easy to assemble due to the limited space. In this work, we propose a novel circuit component called an “inverted cable trap”, which uses the outer conductor of a coaxial cable to form a capacitor rather than an inductor and which can be highly miniaturized. This inverted trap suppresses common-mode signals by up to -23 dB at 300 MHz which makes it valuable for operations at 7T.
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