US3766499A - Directional broadband coupler arrangement - Google Patents
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- a second winding has a first terminal connected to the input, passes through the second bore and has a second terminal connected to ground.
- a third winding has a first end portion connected to the tap output, passes through the second bore and has a second end portion connected to ground through a terminating resistor.
- a fourth winding has a first end portion connected to the tap output, passes through the first bore and has a second end portion connected to ground potential. The first and fourth windings are wound through the bore and around the outside portion of the core in a first direction, while the third and second winding are wound in the opposite direction.
- the first and third windings have a number of turns which is much smaller than the number of turns of the second and fourth winding.
- This invention relates to directional broadband coupling arrangements which have a core of ferromagnetic material and, more specifically, have a core with two holes and are used for community antenna systems.
- the present invention relates to a coupler arrangement wherein a high frequency line applies high frequency energy to an input of the arrangement and most of the high frequency energy is transmitted to a main line output while only a considerably smaller portion thereof is transmitted to a tap output.
- This arrangement differs from the arrangements normally called distributor arrangements in that the distributor arrangements distribute equal amounts of energy to a plurality of lines, while the present arrangement distributes, as mentioned above, the greatest part of the incoming energy to the main line output and only a small portion thereof to one or more tap outputs.
- two individual lines which are mutually coupled both inductively and capacitively can be used. These lines have a preferred energy transmission in a particular direction.
- the inductive and capacitive coupling must have a predetermined relationship, the lengthof the line must have a value depending on the frequency of the high frequency signals and the terminating resistance at the ends of the line must correspond to the wave impedance of the lines or cables connected thereto.
- a distributor is known (German Auslegeschrift 1,257,907) which has a primary winding and two symmetrical secondary windings, which windings may besituated on a double bore core.
- the coupling attenuation between the first and second output may reach a value of approximately 25 dB, that is a value which lies at the lower end of the previously attainable coupling attenuations.
- the present invention is a directional broadband coupler arrangement having an input, a main line output and a tap output. It comprises ferromagnetic core means having a first and second bore. It further comprises first conducting means having a first end portion connected to said input, a determined conducting portion passing through said first bore and a second end portion connected to said main line output. Second conducting means have a first end portion connected to said input, a determined conducting portion passing through said second bore and a second end portion connected to ground potential. Third conducting means have a first end portion connected to the tap I together with additional objects and advantages thereof, will be best understood from the following description of specific embodiments when read in connection with the accompanying drawings.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a coupler arrangement for a community antenna system
- FIG. 2 shows the basic arrangement of a coupler having a two-bore core
- FIG. 3a is the circuit diagram for the embodiment of the coupler system shown in FIG. 3b;
- FIG. 3b is a perspective view of a coupler arrangement with approximately 10-fold amplification
- FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram showing a coupler arrangement having adjustable coupling attenuation
- FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a coupler with an auxiliary winding, showing only the core with the auxiliary winding and an auxiliary resistor connected to said auxiliary winding.
- FIG. 1 shows the input 1 to which is connected the incoming main line.
- the main line output is indicated at reference numeral 2, while the tap output, to which is connected the branch line, is designated by reference numeral 3.
- the main high frequency energy applied to input 1 is to be transmitted to output 2, while only a small portion of said energy is to be transmitted to output 3.
- the coupler 4 must not only divide the high frequency energy into two unequal portions, but must also fulfill the requirement that a much higher attenuation exists between output 2 and output 3 (herein referred to as decoupling attenuation) then exists between input 1 and output 3 (herein referred to as coupling attenuation) as well as between input 1 and output 2 (herein referred to as transmission attenuation).
- decoupling attenuation a much higher attenuation exists between output 2 and output 3
- transmission attenuation should be of the order of 0.2 to 1 dB, the coupling attenuation for example between and 20 dB, while a decoupling attenuation exceeding 40 dB is very desirable.
- a coupler arrangement in which decoupling attenuations of up to 70 dB may be attained, is built in accordance with the principal illustrated in FIG. 2.
- the coupler in accordance with FIG. 2 has an unsymmetrical input 1, a main line output 2, and a tap output 3.
- a first conducting means 5 is connected from input 1 through first bore 6 of a ferromagnetic core 7, which has two axial bores, 6 and 8.
- second conducting means Connected between input 1 and ground are second conducting means, a winding 9 which passes through the second bore 8 of core 7.
- Third conducting means, here a conductor segment 10 have an end terminal connected to the tap output 3, pass through the second bore -8 of core 7 and have a second terminal connected to ground through a terminating resistor 11.
- Fourth conducting means, namely a winding 23 have one end terminal connected from the tap output 3, a predetermined conducting portion passing through firstbore 6 of core 7 and a second end portion directly connected to ground potential.
- the resistances'shown in dashed line form in FIG. 2 signify the wave impedance of the lines connected to the various terminals.
- FIG. 3b An embodiment of a coupler which has been tested and foundsatisfactory in practice is shown in FIG. 3b
- FIG. 3a The dashed lines in FIG. 3a indicate the cross section of core 7 which has a first and second bore having reference numerals 6 and'8 respectively. It should be noted that the reference numerals used in FIG. 3a are the same as those used in FIGS. 1 and 2.
- the first and'third winding means 1 and 10 which are simply portions of conductor in FIG. 2 are replaced in FIGS. 3a and 3b by windings 5' and 10. It will be noted that windings 5 and 12 which are pictured as inside bore 6 in FIG. 3a are actually wound through the bore 6 and around the external surface of core 7. as shown in FIG. 3b. Similarly windings 9 and 10' are wound by passing through bore 8 and then around the outside surface of core 7. Windings 5'--and 10' have relatively few turns,
- auxiliary winding which has reference numeral 13 in FIG. 4.
- the wire of this auxiliary winding is connected from ground, passes through the second bore 8 of core 7, thence passes around the external surface of the core between bores 6 and 8 and back through the first bore 6.
- the auxiliary winding 13 may be connected either directly to ground or, as shown in FIG. 5, may be connectedto ground through a resistor 15.
- Resistor 15 may serveas an adjustment resistor allowing a continuous adjustment of the coupling between windings 5', 12 and 9,10, with a consequent adjustment of the decoupling attenuation.
- Capacitor 16 is connected in parallel to resistor 15 in order to improve the decoupling attenuation at higher frequencies.
- the construction-of the coupler may be made even more compact by inserting the terminating resistor 11 (also see FIG. 3b) into the second bore 8 of core 7 (FIG. 5).
- a piece of insulating hose 17 within the second bore 8 of core'7 serves to maintain the position of.
- the directional coupler of the present invention may also be used with advantage for furnishing tap outputs from two main lines. Of course in this case further windings would be required.
- the core of FIG. 3b has a height of 7 mm, a width of 4 mm, a depth of 4 mm, a bore diameter of 2 mm and a distance between bore centers of 3 mm.
- Windings 5i and 10 each have a half a turn, while windings 4 and 9 each have 3.5 turns.
- the wave impedance at input, output, and tap are 75 ohms each, as is the resistance of resistor 11 (FIG. 3a);
- the transmission attenuation at 40MHz is 0.6 dB.
- a directional broadband arrangement having a main line input, a main line output and a tap output comprising, in combination, ferromagnetic core means having a first and second hole; first conducting means having a first end portion connected to said input, a determined conducting portion extending through said first hole and a second end portion connected to said main line output; second conducting means having a first end portion connected to said input, a determined conducting portion passing through said second hole and a second end portion connected to ground; third conducting means having a first end portion connected to said tap output; a determined conducting portion passing through said second hole, and a second end portion; terminating resistor means having a first terminal connected to said second end portion of said third conducting means and a second terminal connected to ground potential; and fourth conducting means having a first end portion connected to said tap output, a determined conducting portion passing through said first hole, and a second end portion connected to ground potential.
- first conducting means comprise first winding means wound through said first hole and around said external surface of said core means in a second predetermined winding direction opposite to said first predetermined winding direction; and wherein said fourth conducting means comprise fourth winding means wound through said first hole and around said external surface of said core means in said second predetermined winding direction.
- auxiliary winding means for adjusting the decoupling attenuation between said main line output and said tap output, said auxiliary winding means having a first end portion and a second end portion connected to said first end portion.
- auxiliary winding means having a first and second end portion connected in common and a predetermined conducting portion passing through said second hole, around said external surface of said core means and back through said first hole.
- said core means has first and second ones of said first, second, third and fourth winding means, respectively constituting a first and second coupler arrangement; and wherein said auxiliary winding means comprise a single auxiliary winding for both said first and second coupler arrangement.
- auxiliary resistor means comprise adjustable resistor means.
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US4119914A (en) * | 1975-11-28 | 1978-10-10 | Dana Corporation | Double balanced mixer using single ferrite core |
EP0177675A2 (de) * | 1984-09-22 | 1986-04-16 | Robert Bosch Gmbh | HF-Breitbandübertragerschaltung |
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US4717896A (en) * | 1985-03-21 | 1988-01-05 | And Yet, Inc. | Balun |
US4785273A (en) * | 1985-03-27 | 1988-11-15 | Doty David F | Strip-line-core transformer |
US4789845A (en) * | 1988-01-20 | 1988-12-06 | Prabhakara Reddy | Broad band hybrid signal splitter |
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US20080150667A1 (en) * | 2006-12-22 | 2008-06-26 | Asustek Computer Inc. | Signal distributing inductor |
US7705703B2 (en) * | 2006-12-22 | 2010-04-27 | Unihan Corporation | Signal distributing inductor |
US20080200060A1 (en) * | 2007-02-16 | 2008-08-21 | Buckmeier Brian J | Electrical Isolation Device Capable Of Limiting Magnetic Saturation Even Upon Receipt Of High Power DC Bias And Method For Making The Same |
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