EP1329005B1 - Störschutzfilter- und blitzstromableiter-einrichtung - Google Patents

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EP1329005B1
EP1329005B1 EP01973942A EP01973942A EP1329005B1 EP 1329005 B1 EP1329005 B1 EP 1329005B1 EP 01973942 A EP01973942 A EP 01973942A EP 01973942 A EP01973942 A EP 01973942A EP 1329005 B1 EP1329005 B1 EP 1329005B1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R24/00—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure
    • H01R24/38—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure having concentrically or coaxially arranged contacts
    • H01R24/40—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure having concentrically or coaxially arranged contacts specially adapted for high frequency
    • H01R24/42—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure having concentrically or coaxially arranged contacts specially adapted for high frequency comprising impedance matching means or electrical components, e.g. filters or switches
    • H01R24/48—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure having concentrically or coaxially arranged contacts specially adapted for high frequency comprising impedance matching means or electrical components, e.g. filters or switches comprising protection devices, e.g. overvoltage protection
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/646—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00 specially adapted for high-frequency, e.g. structures providing an impedance match or phase match
    • H01R13/6461—Means for preventing cross-talk
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/50—Structural association of antennas with earthing switches, lead-in devices or lightning protectors
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01T—SPARK GAPS; OVERVOLTAGE ARRESTERS USING SPARK GAPS; SPARKING PLUGS; CORONA DEVICES; GENERATING IONS TO BE INTRODUCED INTO NON-ENCLOSED GASES
    • H01T4/00—Overvoltage arresters using spark gaps
    • H01T4/08—Overvoltage arresters using spark gaps structurally associated with protected apparatus
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R2103/00—Two poles

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  • the invention relates to a Störschutzfilter- and Blitzstromableiter device in a coaxial line for transmitting high-frequency signals, comprising a housing with two connectors, wherein the housing forms a ground-connected outer conductor, an inner conductor guided through the housing and a short-circuit connection between inner conductor and housing.
  • Noise filter and lightning arrester devices of this type serve assemblies, devices or systems which are connected to lines, e.g. Coaxial cables of telecommunications equipment to protect against electromagnetic pulses, surges and / or lightning currents.
  • Artificial magnetic pulses may be generated, for example, by motors, switches, switched-mode power supplies or even in connection with nuclear events, and pulses of natural origin may arise, for example, as a result of direct or indirect lightning strikes.
  • the known protective circuits are arranged on the input side of the modules, devices or systems, which may be dissipative or reflective systems.
  • EMP arrester of this kind is out EP 938 166 known.
  • This EMP arrester has a housing, which serves as an outer conductor and is connected to the ground.
  • an inner conductor In a first part of this housing, which runs in the direction of the insertion axis of a coaxial cable, an inner conductor is guided.
  • a ⁇ / 4 short-circuit conductor In a second housing part, which protrudes at right angles from the first housing part, a ⁇ / 4 short-circuit conductor is arranged, which connects the inner conductor to the housing.
  • arresters of this type have the disadvantage that even a residual pulse and thus a residual energy is delivered via the inner conductor to the connected modules, devices or equipment.
  • a further disadvantage is that the housing part arranged at right angles to the inner conductor, which accommodates the ⁇ / 4 arrester, is relatively large and leads to a bulky construction of this arrester. Often prepares the installation of such arresters due to the projecting ⁇ / 4 component at right angles considerable difficulties, and it must be complied with corresponding distances between adjacent components.
  • This design can not be covered with a shrink tube against environmental influences, but is wrapped in practice with corrosion protection tapes. This causes greater costs.
  • document FR-A-2 092 319 discloses a device according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the longitudinal axis of the inner conductor and the longitudinal axis of the short-circuit connection between the inner conductor and the housing are arranged approximately parallel to one another.
  • the longitudinal axes of the inner conductor and the short-circuit connection are approximately parallel to the longitudinal axis of the device or of the housing.
  • All essential Components of the device are arranged around the longitudinal axis of the housing, that the housing may be formed concentrically to the longitudinal axis. This arrangement results in a compact cylindrical configuration of the device in which the input and output for the cable, or the corresponding connector on the same axis and this coincides with the longitudinal axis of the device.
  • each short-circuit line has a capacitance and an inductance, which operate in parallel. This embodiment results in a broadband range of action of the device, for example, for high-frequency signals in the range of 1.7 - 2.5 GHz.
  • the solution according to the invention makes it possible to install additional pulse-discharging elements between the oppositely directed ends of the short-circuit lines and the housing.
  • gas discharge arresters or varistors or diodes can be used as additional impulse-discharging elements, these elements being decoupled in the working frequency range of the device. This arrangement allows the transmission of supply voltages.
  • the device can thus also be used for the RF decoupling of corresponding additional pulse-diverting elements without the intermodulation behavior being impaired.
  • Fig. 1 shows a longitudinal section through an inventive Störschfilter- and Blitzstromableiter device 1 with double-sided connectors 7, 8 for coaxial cable.
  • the coaxial cable is not shown and serves, for example, as a connection between an antenna and a transceiver with corresponding devices.
  • the connectors 7, 8 are known per se, partially standardized components and have both on the input side 19 as on the output side 18 connecting elements, on the one hand the inner conductor of the cable via elements 21 to the inner conductor 3 of the device 1 and on the other hand, the outer conductor of the cable connect to the housing 2 via a mechanical connection 22. In this case, the housing 2 forms the outer conductor 4 of the device 1.
  • the connecting elements 21 are both arranged on the longitudinal axis 9 of the device 1, or of the housing 2, and are supported in the housing 2 via insulator disks 23.
  • An inner part 24 of the connecting elements 21 is electrically conductive, for example by screwing, soldering or crimping, each with a disk 25, 26 is connected.
  • These disks 25, 26 are formed of an electrically conductive material, in particular metal, for example made of brass.
  • These two discs 25, 26 are arranged in the direction of the longitudinal axis 9 of the housing 2 at a distance from each other and form connection points 12, 13 between the inner conductor 3 and two short-circuit conductors 5, 6.
  • the inner conductor 3 is parallel to the longitudinal axis 9 of the housing 2 and at a distance arranged to this.
  • the entire inner conductor of the device 1 consists of the connecting elements 21, parts of the disks 25 and 26, and the inner conductor 3.
  • the inner conductor has different geometrical deviations over its length, whereby different reactances, or inductances and capacitances are formed.
  • the two short-circuit conductors 5, 6 are also arranged approximately parallel to the longitudinal axis 9 of the housing 2 and at a distance therefrom.
  • the outer ends 10, 11 of these two short-circuit conductors 5, 6 are connected via the discs 25, 26 with the inner conductor 3 and with connecting elements 21.
  • the inner ends 14, 15 of the two short-circuit conductors 5, 6 are directed against each other and electrically connected via a contact part 16 to the housing 2.
  • the two short-circuit conductors 5 and 6 and the contact part 16 are integrally formed.
  • the two short-circuit conductors 5, 6 and the associated Parts of the disks 25, 26 form the short-circuit connection between the inner conductor 3 and the housing 2.
  • the frequency range and the bandwidth can be determined to the desired application range of the device.
  • the inner conductor 3 and the short-circuit conductors 5, 6 are at least partially surrounded by an insulating body 27. In some areas, air is present between the housing 2 and the inner conductor 3 or the short-circuit conductors 5, 6 and the disks 25, 26 as a dielectric.
  • the housing 2 is provided with a flange 28 and a screw 29, for example, to insert and fix it by a passage in an electrically conductive device wall. The derivation of the pulses then takes place via this electrically conductive device wall against the equipotential bonding.
  • Fig. 2 is a cross section through the device 1 along the line I-I in Fig. 1 is shown.
  • the disc 26 can be seen, in which centrally the inner part 24 of the connecting element 21 is inserted and connected thereto. Displaced outwards, the outer end 11 of the short-circuit conductor 6 and the region 13 of the inner conductor 3 are likewise connected to the disk 26.
  • the disc 26 is concentrically surrounded by the housing 2 and between the disc 26 and the housing 2 is the dielectric 20, in this area air.
  • FIG. 3 shows a further cross section through the device 1, specifically along the line II-II in FIG. 1.
  • the inner conductor 3 and the short-circuit conductor 6 can be seen which run approximately parallel to one another and parallel to the longitudinal axis 9.
  • Both the inner conductor 3 and the short-circuit conductors 5, 6 are embedded in the dielectric 20, which is formed in this area by the insulating body 27 and consists for example of the material Teflon.
  • the inventive Störschutzfilter- and Blitzstromableiter device as shown and described as an example in Figs. 1-3, has compact and minimal construction dimensions. It allows a large packing density the cables, and there are no protruding components necessary.
  • the housing 2 and thus the whole device 1 can be cylindrical and can thus be used in round holes, and it must be observed no positional orientation. Adjacent cable entries can be arranged close to each other, without interfering with each other elements of the individual devices 1 or that damage occurs. This design can be protected in a simple manner with a shrink tube against environmental influences.
  • the device 1 according to the invention has substantially reduced residual pulses and residual energies.
  • the Störschutzfilter- and Blitzstromableiter device 1 shown as an example subjected to a standardized surge current with a waveform 8/20 microseconds so for example, a residual voltage pulse of about 16 V and about 13 ⁇ J remains at 25 kA.
  • a conventional device having a right angle ⁇ / 4 short-circuit conductor for the same frequency band is subjected to the same test, this conventional device has a residual voltage pulse of 70 V and about 430 ⁇ J at 25 kA.
  • the device 1 according to the invention and shown as an example is designed in a broadband manner for a frequency range from 1.7 to 2.5 GHz. This broadband design can be used in the entire range of use of approximately 400 MHz up to the upper limit frequency of the connector.
  • the outer diameter of the housing 2 of the illustrated example is 29 mm with these connectors and the total length of the device 1 about these connecting elements 21 approximately 72 mm. Depending on the application and the connectors, or the high frequency range to be transmitted, the dimensions change accordingly.
  • FIG. 4 shows an equivalent circuit diagram of the high-frequency technical device 1 according to FIG. 1.
  • the inner conductor 3 and the outer conductor 4 extend between the input side 19 and the output side 18.
  • the input or output side 19, 18 is defined according to the direction of the pulse That is, the input side 19 is directed, for example against the antenna and the output side 18 against the device to be protected.
  • the main path formed by the inner conductor 3 comprises a capacitance 30, an inductance 32, a capacitance 34, a Inductor 33 and another capacitor 31. These have different reactance values.
  • the short-circuit conductors 5, 6 are each shown in the equivalent circuit diagram by an inductor 35 and a capacitor 36 connected in parallel.
  • the outer conductor 4, or the housing 2 is grounded.
  • a capacitor 37 is formed in Fig. 5 in addition to the output 18 of the main line, and the inner conductor 3, a capacitor 37 is formed.
  • This capacitance 37 forms a high-pass filter in a manner known per se and serves to further reduce the residual energies.
  • FIG. 6 shows an equivalent circuit diagram for a device 1 according to the invention, in which a direct current feed 38 is provided.
  • this arrangement has an additional impulse-discharging element 39 and a further capacitance 40.
  • an additional pulse-discharging element 39 a gas discharge arrester, a varistor or a diode can be used.
  • This dissipating element 39 is turned on between the output side 14, 15 of the short-circuit conductors 5 and 6 and the outer conductor 4, or the housing 2. In this case, this additional arrester device 39 is decoupled in the transmittable frequency range.

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