USRE30194E - High frequency coaxial cable - Google Patents
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- USRE30194E USRE30194E US05/844,323 US84432377A USRE30194E US RE30194 E USRE30194 E US RE30194E US 84432377 A US84432377 A US 84432377A US RE30194 E USRE30194 E US RE30194E
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- H01B—CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES
- H01B11/00—Communication cables or conductors
- H01B11/18—Coaxial cables; Analogous cables having more than one inner conductor within a common outer conductor
- H01B11/1808—Construction of the conductors
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- H—ELECTRICITY
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- H01B—CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES
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- H01B11/18—Coaxial cables; Analogous cables having more than one inner conductor within a common outer conductor
- H01B11/1834—Construction of the insulation between the conductors
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- This invention relates generally to coaxial cables and more particularly concerns a coaxial cable with a low reflection coefficient and low insertion loss.
- One of the problems in constructing such a coaxial cable is meeting required critical electrical tolerances. For example, if it is desired to produce a coaxial cable with a characteristic impedance of fifty ohms plus or minus one ohm, it is often difficult to vary the conductors or dielectric to provide an impedance within that range. Accordingly with the present invention, while producing the cable, routine tests can be run and a detent can be varied slightly to correct the impedance to within the desired range. Thus, a detent can easily be pressed into corrugated outer conductor elements before assembly or an assembled cable without its protective wire mesh braid and plastic outer jacket can be further compressed to provide the desired characteristic impedance.
- a high frequency coaxial cable constructed in accordance with the invention includes a corrugated outer conductor with spaced interior convolutions presenting flat inner surfaces, an inner conductor disposed axially within the outer conductor, a dielectric around the inner conductor with axially aligned arms extending to the outer conductor, and inwardly extending detents spaced along the flat inner surfaces of the outer conductor in compressive engagement with the arms of the dielectric member to lock the dielectric member in a desired position and to form a minimum inner diameter of the outer conductor.
- FIG. 1 is a partial sectional view of a coaxial cable comprising one embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the cable taken approximately along line 2--2 of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of an element of the cable, taken as indicated by outline 3--3 in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 1 shows a coaxial cable constructed in accordance with one embodiment of the invention and comprising a corrugated outer conductor 10 with interlocking portions 11 and interior convolutions 12.
- Interior convolutions 12 have essentially flat inner surfaces which are better seen in FIG. 3. Along each of the inner surfaces is an inwardly extending detent 13, the importance of which will be described later.
- the interlocking portions 11 of the outer conductor 10 are connected by solder 14.
- the inside surface of the outer conductor is plated with a high conductivity metal such as silver or gold.
- the arrows A in FIG. 3 shows essentially where the inner surfaces are silver plated or plated with a high conductivity metal.
- a wire mesh braid 15 and a plastic outer jacket 16 surround the outer conductor 10.
- a feature of the invention is the inwardly extending detent 13, which is spaced along the flat inner surface 12 of the outer conductor 10.
- the outer conductor 10 comprises a series of spirally wound adjacent turns with the wall portion of each turn between opposite edges of each turn offset radially inwardly from the opposite edges.
- the opposite edges of each turn are in folded back overlapping radially spaced relationship with an adjacent portion of each edge for nestingly receiving there-between the edge of the adjacent turn to interlock the adjacent turns. Soldering the interlocked edges and silver plating the inner surfaces of the outer conductor provides a continuous metal or conductive path between turns.
- the outer conductor 10 provides a path which is continuous to RF signals.
- the center conductor 20 consists of silver plated stranded wire, though a solid conductor may be used if desired.
- the air-polytetrafluorothylene construction lowers the dielectric constant and decreases the dielectric losses of the cable.
- the impedance of the cable is controlled by the amount of compression of the outer diameter.
- the impedance of the coaxial cable is calculated from the equation: ##EQU1## where DM is the mean diameter of the outer conductor inner diameter, ID is the outer diameter of the inner conductor and E is the effective dielectric constant of the core components.
- the detents can be formed while forming the outer conductor or the detents can be added or varied after the inner conductor, outer conductor, and dielectric core are assembled.
- the impedance of the cable can be measured and the projection of the detent can be varied to vary the impedance to the desired range, the cable can then be enclosed in the wire mesh and plastic jacket.
- silver plating the inside surface of the outer conductor this step is preferably done before the assembly of the inner conductor, outer conductor, and dielectric core.
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