CA1065973A - Impedance compensation of transmission lines - Google Patents
Impedance compensation of transmission linesInfo
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- CA1065973A CA1065973A CA284,716A CA284716A CA1065973A CA 1065973 A CA1065973 A CA 1065973A CA 284716 A CA284716 A CA 284716A CA 1065973 A CA1065973 A CA 1065973A
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- H03H11/02—Multiple-port networks
- H03H11/28—Impedance matching networks
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
- H03H—IMPEDANCE NETWORKS, e.g. RESONANT CIRCUITS; RESONATORS
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Abstract
Abstract of the Disclosure An unconditionally stable impedance matching network for matching a nonloaded voice frequency transmission line to the standard impedance of a repeater on said line is provided. The network is characterized by the insertion of two effective series resistances of voice frequencies in series with the transmission line.
Description
~065~73 Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the repeatering of telephone transmission lines in general, and particularly to impedance matching of nonloaded telephone lines to standard impedance values.
Background and Prior Art of the Invention For various reasons, such as expense, telephone operating companies often utilize nonloaded twisted wire pairs for the transmission of voice frequency (VF) signals. Beyond certain cable lengths it becomes necessary to insert repeaters in order to maintain adequate transmission levels at all frequencies of interest. Since the cable exhibits varying characteristic impedance with frequency while the repeaters usually have a constant in-and output impedance7 it is necessa~y to convert the cable impedance to match that of the repeaters for proper operation of the total system.
United States Patent No. 3,814,867 issued June 4, 1974 to C. Wendell Boucher discloses an "Active Shunt Impedance For Compensating Impedance Of Transmission Line" suitable for the application at hand. However, the circuit taught therein exhibits instabilities in the form of undesired oscillations when connected for operation in telephone systems. Its utility for such applications is thus diminished.
In a system where more than a single impedance matching device is necessary, spurious oscillations and instabilities, even though they may be outside the frequency band of operation, are not acceptable.
Summary of the Invention The present invention endeavours to provide an impedance matching network that, in addition to being an improvement on the prior art discussed in the patent to Boucher, supra, is stable under actual operating conditions. As mentioned above, this is particularly important if the system includes two or more matching networks and/or repeater.
For instance, unless the repeater is located in the switching centre of the telephone company, where it is connected at one side thereof to ~65973 a well-defined and matched impedance, it is necessary to use an impedance matching network on either side of the repeater.
The present invention, thus, provides an impedance matching network for a repeatered voice frequency transmission line comprising in combination a first pair of terminals for connection to a repeater, a second pair of terminals for connection to said transmission line, means for introducing two effective series resistances at predetermined frequencies between said first and second pairs of terminals without substantially affecting d-c current flow, passive impedance means coupled across said second pair of terminals, and active impedance means a-c coupled across said second pair of terminals, whereby said impedance matching network matches the impedance of said transmission line to the impedance of said repeater while maintaining stability.
From the following detailed description it will be recognized that in the above network the three basic elements coact to matGh the impedance of the transmission line to that of the repeater at voice frequencies and still maintain stability at all frequencies.
In a preferable, narrower aspect of the invention, the means for introducing two effective resistances is a balanced transformer on a single core having two separate secondary windings interconnecting the appropriate terminals of the network and a separate primary winding having a resistor connected across it. It is also preferred that the active impedance means be a-c coupled to the second pair of terminals by means of a single isolation transformer.
Brief Description of the Drawin~s A preferred embodiment of the present invention will now be described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a block diagram illustrating how the impedance matching network is used in a VF transmission line;
Figure 2 is a block diagram of the impedance matching network.
~L~6 5~3~73 Figure 3 is an alternative realization of a component of the impedance matching network of Figure 2;
Figure 4 is a detailed circuit of the impedance Zl in Figure 2; and Figure 5 is a detailed circuit of the impedance Z2 in Figure 2.
Detailed Descr~ption of the Preferred Embodiment Figure 1 of the drawings illustrates the general use of the impedance matching network in a nonloaded VF transmission line.
Such a transmission line consists of, as is well known, a twisted pair of conductors, one conductor designated TIP and the other RING. The integrity of the conductors must be maintained throughout for reasons of d-c (direct current) continuity. Repeater 10 is often a negative impedance repeater and must be matched to the transmission line bilaterally. Therefore~ a pair of impedance matching networks 11 and 12 are placed on either side of the repeater 10. Should the repeater 10 be in a switching office with one side connected to a matched impedance, only one impedance matching network on the transmission line side would be necessary.
Turning now to Figure 2 of the drawings, the impedance matching network is shown with terminals 20 and 20' for connection to the repeater 10 and terminals 21 and 21' for connection to the transmission line. The network comprises a resistance insertion network 22 which consists of a balanced transformer Tl with the windings as shown in the drawing, and a resistor Rl connected to the primary winding of Tl while each of secondary windings connects the terminals 20/21 and 20'/21', respectively. The transformer Tl has sufficiently low inductance so as not to affect voice frequencies (i.e. ca. 300 to 3.4 KHz) substantially, yet enough to insert an effective series resistance (Rl transformed) at frequencies of 5 KHz and higher with each of the TIP and RING conductors. A suitable 1~65973 transformer ratio for Tl is 2:1 with the primary having an inductance of ca. 24mH and each of the secondaries being 6mH. A
suitable value for Rl is 1 KOhm. The network in Figure 2 further comprises a complex passive impedance Zl coupled across the terminals 21 and 21' for matching the transmission line to the repeater 10 at the lower portion of the VF spectrum from appr. 200 Hz to 1 KHz. An isolation transformer T2 with preferably a 1:1 ratio of primary and secondary windings is connected with one of its windings across the terminals 21 and 21' and serves to couple an 10 active complex impedance Z2 at voice frequencies thereacross. The impedance Z2, in cooperation with the insertion network 22, matches the transmission line to the repeater 10 at the higher portion of the VF spectrum without creating a device or total system instabilities either within or outside of the VF spectrum.
Figure 3 of the drawings depicts an alternative to the insertion network 22 shown in Figure 2. Insertion network 22' in Figure 3 comprises a resistor R2 and a thereto shunted inductor L
in series with the TIP conductor, and similarly R2' and L' in series with the RING conductor. The inductor L has sufficiently low 20 inductance to act substantially as a short for VF frequencies.
Figure 4 shows in detail the passive complex impedance Zl, which comprises a fixed inductor Ll, a variable resistor R3, a fixed resistor R4 and finally a capacitor C. Suitable values are: Ll = 184mH; R3 = 10 KOhm; R4 = 510 Ohm; and Cl = 0.47 microfarads.
Turning now to Figure 5, the active complex impedance Z2 comprises a negative impedance converter 23 for converting the combined impedance of the series connection of a variable resistor, a capacitor C2, an inductor L2 and a fixed resistor R5, to its output 3Q leads 24 and 24' connected to the winding of the transformer T2. Two series capacitors C3 and C3', serving as impulse noise suppressors, -- 1065~73 the junction of which is grounded, are connected between the leads 24 and 24'. Also connected therebetween are two zener diodes D and D' in series for surge protection. The negative impedance converter 23 is the subject of a copending patent application serial number 287,826 in the name of T. Lewandowski filed September 30, 1977 and assigned to the same assignee as the present application. Component values in the negative impedance converter 23 suita~le for the present preferred embodiment are given in Figure 5 of the drawings. Reference is give~
to the above-mentioned copending application for understanding of the improved negative impedance converter 23. However, it is necessary to give here the condition for the stability of the active complex impedance Z2. The feedback factor F of the negative impedance converter 23 and associated circuitry is as follows:
R I Z ~ Zfl (R + R ) A(¦ Zsl + ¦Zfl~ (Ra + Rb) where: Ra~ Rb and Rc are resistors associated directly with the negative impedance converter 23 as shown in Figure 5; A is the open loop gain factor of the operational amplifier MC1458; Zs is the equivalent source impedance appearing between the leads 24 and 24';
and Zf is the total impedance of the series feedback elements R4, C2, L2 and R5. Hence stability is always guaranteed if ¦Zf¦ tRa + Rc) >
Rb¦ Zsl For a better understanding of stability criteria of negative impedance converters reference is given to Chapter 7, p. 208 in a book by S.S. Hakim titled: "Junction Transistor Circuit Analysis", published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1~62.
Since such devices tend to become unstable at frequencies above VF, the inclusion of the inductor L2 (lmHenry is sufficient) in Zf fulfills the above condition at such frequencies, without major effect in the VF range.
Suitable values are as follows:
- 1065~73 C3, C3' = 1000 picofarads;
R4 = lKOhms;
R5 = 200 Ohmsi and L2 = lmH.
C2 is chosen practically to yield the best match (highest return loss) measured across the terminals 21 and 21' (TIP and RING) under actual operating conditions. The value, depending on the length and gauge of the VF transmission line to be matched would vary from a few thousand picofarads to fractions of microfarads. The variable resistor R4 is also adjusted for best match with the impedance matching network in situ. With the herein given component values a match is easily achieved to 900 Ohms plus 2.15 microfarads in series.
Background and Prior Art of the Invention For various reasons, such as expense, telephone operating companies often utilize nonloaded twisted wire pairs for the transmission of voice frequency (VF) signals. Beyond certain cable lengths it becomes necessary to insert repeaters in order to maintain adequate transmission levels at all frequencies of interest. Since the cable exhibits varying characteristic impedance with frequency while the repeaters usually have a constant in-and output impedance7 it is necessa~y to convert the cable impedance to match that of the repeaters for proper operation of the total system.
United States Patent No. 3,814,867 issued June 4, 1974 to C. Wendell Boucher discloses an "Active Shunt Impedance For Compensating Impedance Of Transmission Line" suitable for the application at hand. However, the circuit taught therein exhibits instabilities in the form of undesired oscillations when connected for operation in telephone systems. Its utility for such applications is thus diminished.
In a system where more than a single impedance matching device is necessary, spurious oscillations and instabilities, even though they may be outside the frequency band of operation, are not acceptable.
Summary of the Invention The present invention endeavours to provide an impedance matching network that, in addition to being an improvement on the prior art discussed in the patent to Boucher, supra, is stable under actual operating conditions. As mentioned above, this is particularly important if the system includes two or more matching networks and/or repeater.
For instance, unless the repeater is located in the switching centre of the telephone company, where it is connected at one side thereof to ~65973 a well-defined and matched impedance, it is necessary to use an impedance matching network on either side of the repeater.
The present invention, thus, provides an impedance matching network for a repeatered voice frequency transmission line comprising in combination a first pair of terminals for connection to a repeater, a second pair of terminals for connection to said transmission line, means for introducing two effective series resistances at predetermined frequencies between said first and second pairs of terminals without substantially affecting d-c current flow, passive impedance means coupled across said second pair of terminals, and active impedance means a-c coupled across said second pair of terminals, whereby said impedance matching network matches the impedance of said transmission line to the impedance of said repeater while maintaining stability.
From the following detailed description it will be recognized that in the above network the three basic elements coact to matGh the impedance of the transmission line to that of the repeater at voice frequencies and still maintain stability at all frequencies.
In a preferable, narrower aspect of the invention, the means for introducing two effective resistances is a balanced transformer on a single core having two separate secondary windings interconnecting the appropriate terminals of the network and a separate primary winding having a resistor connected across it. It is also preferred that the active impedance means be a-c coupled to the second pair of terminals by means of a single isolation transformer.
Brief Description of the Drawin~s A preferred embodiment of the present invention will now be described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a block diagram illustrating how the impedance matching network is used in a VF transmission line;
Figure 2 is a block diagram of the impedance matching network.
~L~6 5~3~73 Figure 3 is an alternative realization of a component of the impedance matching network of Figure 2;
Figure 4 is a detailed circuit of the impedance Zl in Figure 2; and Figure 5 is a detailed circuit of the impedance Z2 in Figure 2.
Detailed Descr~ption of the Preferred Embodiment Figure 1 of the drawings illustrates the general use of the impedance matching network in a nonloaded VF transmission line.
Such a transmission line consists of, as is well known, a twisted pair of conductors, one conductor designated TIP and the other RING. The integrity of the conductors must be maintained throughout for reasons of d-c (direct current) continuity. Repeater 10 is often a negative impedance repeater and must be matched to the transmission line bilaterally. Therefore~ a pair of impedance matching networks 11 and 12 are placed on either side of the repeater 10. Should the repeater 10 be in a switching office with one side connected to a matched impedance, only one impedance matching network on the transmission line side would be necessary.
Turning now to Figure 2 of the drawings, the impedance matching network is shown with terminals 20 and 20' for connection to the repeater 10 and terminals 21 and 21' for connection to the transmission line. The network comprises a resistance insertion network 22 which consists of a balanced transformer Tl with the windings as shown in the drawing, and a resistor Rl connected to the primary winding of Tl while each of secondary windings connects the terminals 20/21 and 20'/21', respectively. The transformer Tl has sufficiently low inductance so as not to affect voice frequencies (i.e. ca. 300 to 3.4 KHz) substantially, yet enough to insert an effective series resistance (Rl transformed) at frequencies of 5 KHz and higher with each of the TIP and RING conductors. A suitable 1~65973 transformer ratio for Tl is 2:1 with the primary having an inductance of ca. 24mH and each of the secondaries being 6mH. A
suitable value for Rl is 1 KOhm. The network in Figure 2 further comprises a complex passive impedance Zl coupled across the terminals 21 and 21' for matching the transmission line to the repeater 10 at the lower portion of the VF spectrum from appr. 200 Hz to 1 KHz. An isolation transformer T2 with preferably a 1:1 ratio of primary and secondary windings is connected with one of its windings across the terminals 21 and 21' and serves to couple an 10 active complex impedance Z2 at voice frequencies thereacross. The impedance Z2, in cooperation with the insertion network 22, matches the transmission line to the repeater 10 at the higher portion of the VF spectrum without creating a device or total system instabilities either within or outside of the VF spectrum.
Figure 3 of the drawings depicts an alternative to the insertion network 22 shown in Figure 2. Insertion network 22' in Figure 3 comprises a resistor R2 and a thereto shunted inductor L
in series with the TIP conductor, and similarly R2' and L' in series with the RING conductor. The inductor L has sufficiently low 20 inductance to act substantially as a short for VF frequencies.
Figure 4 shows in detail the passive complex impedance Zl, which comprises a fixed inductor Ll, a variable resistor R3, a fixed resistor R4 and finally a capacitor C. Suitable values are: Ll = 184mH; R3 = 10 KOhm; R4 = 510 Ohm; and Cl = 0.47 microfarads.
Turning now to Figure 5, the active complex impedance Z2 comprises a negative impedance converter 23 for converting the combined impedance of the series connection of a variable resistor, a capacitor C2, an inductor L2 and a fixed resistor R5, to its output 3Q leads 24 and 24' connected to the winding of the transformer T2. Two series capacitors C3 and C3', serving as impulse noise suppressors, -- 1065~73 the junction of which is grounded, are connected between the leads 24 and 24'. Also connected therebetween are two zener diodes D and D' in series for surge protection. The negative impedance converter 23 is the subject of a copending patent application serial number 287,826 in the name of T. Lewandowski filed September 30, 1977 and assigned to the same assignee as the present application. Component values in the negative impedance converter 23 suita~le for the present preferred embodiment are given in Figure 5 of the drawings. Reference is give~
to the above-mentioned copending application for understanding of the improved negative impedance converter 23. However, it is necessary to give here the condition for the stability of the active complex impedance Z2. The feedback factor F of the negative impedance converter 23 and associated circuitry is as follows:
R I Z ~ Zfl (R + R ) A(¦ Zsl + ¦Zfl~ (Ra + Rb) where: Ra~ Rb and Rc are resistors associated directly with the negative impedance converter 23 as shown in Figure 5; A is the open loop gain factor of the operational amplifier MC1458; Zs is the equivalent source impedance appearing between the leads 24 and 24';
and Zf is the total impedance of the series feedback elements R4, C2, L2 and R5. Hence stability is always guaranteed if ¦Zf¦ tRa + Rc) >
Rb¦ Zsl For a better understanding of stability criteria of negative impedance converters reference is given to Chapter 7, p. 208 in a book by S.S. Hakim titled: "Junction Transistor Circuit Analysis", published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1~62.
Since such devices tend to become unstable at frequencies above VF, the inclusion of the inductor L2 (lmHenry is sufficient) in Zf fulfills the above condition at such frequencies, without major effect in the VF range.
Suitable values are as follows:
- 1065~73 C3, C3' = 1000 picofarads;
R4 = lKOhms;
R5 = 200 Ohmsi and L2 = lmH.
C2 is chosen practically to yield the best match (highest return loss) measured across the terminals 21 and 21' (TIP and RING) under actual operating conditions. The value, depending on the length and gauge of the VF transmission line to be matched would vary from a few thousand picofarads to fractions of microfarads. The variable resistor R4 is also adjusted for best match with the impedance matching network in situ. With the herein given component values a match is easily achieved to 900 Ohms plus 2.15 microfarads in series.
Claims (6)
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. An impedance matching network for a repeatered voice frequency transmission line comprising, in combination: a first pair of terminals for connection to a repeater; a second pair of terminals for connection to said transmission line; means for introducing two effective series resistances at predetermined frequencies between said first and second pairs of terminals without substantially affecting d-c current flow; passive impedance means coupled across said second pair of terminals; and active impedance means a-c coupled across said second pair of terminals; whereby said impedance matching network matches the impedance of said transmission line to the impedance of said repeater while maintaining stability.
2. The impedance matching network of claim 1, said means for introducing two effective resistances being a balanced transformer on a single core having two separate secondary windings, one in series with the TIP conductor and the other in series with the RING conductor of said transmission line, and a primary winding having a resistor connected thereacross.
3. The impedance matching network of claim 2, said active impedance means being coupled across said second pair of terminals by means of an isolation transformer.
4. The impedance matching network of claims 1, 2 or 3, said voice frequency transmission line being a nonloaded line; said active impedance means comprising a negative impedance converter for converting the impedance of a series connection of a resistor, a capacitor and an inductor, the converted impedance being a-c coupled across said second pair of terminals.
5. The impedance matching network of claims 1, 2 or 3, said voice frequency transmission line being a nonloaded line; said active impedance means comprising a negative impedance converter for converting the impedance of a series connection of a resistor, a capacitor and an inductor, the converted impedance being a-c coupled across said second pair of terminals, and said passive impedance means being a series connection of a resistor, a capacitor and an inductor.
6. The impedance matching network of claims 1, 2 or 3, said repeater being a negative impedance repeater.
Priority Applications (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| CA284,716A CA1065973A (en) | 1977-08-15 | 1977-08-15 | Impedance compensation of transmission lines |
| GB7829878A GB2002613B (en) | 1977-08-15 | 1978-07-14 | Impedance compensation of transmission lines |
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| CA284,716A CA1065973A (en) | 1977-08-15 | 1977-08-15 | Impedance compensation of transmission lines |
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| DE3007791A1 (en) * | 1980-02-29 | 1981-09-10 | Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München | CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT FOR INCREASING THE INDUCTIVITY OF A TRANSMITTER |
| GB2076546B (en) * | 1980-05-20 | 1983-11-23 | Philips Electronic Associated | Rf impedance determination |
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