• DocumentCode
    3200007
  • Title

    VHF multi-channel coupler for RF communication

  • Author

    Mizrahi, M. ; Glassner, E. ; Bachar, N. ; Farber, E. ; Abramovich, A. ; Koral, Y.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Ariel Univ. Center of Samaria, Ariel, Israel
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    9-11 Nov. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    The transmission and receiving of several channels via a single antenna is a long standing problem. We have developed a multi-channel coupler in the VHF frequency range enabling to reduce the number of antennas to one third of channels number used at one time. The system is based on a meander stripline used for each coupling channel. The channels were matched simultaneously to a single antenna using a controlled capacitor banks located on each channel. The multi coupler performance shows low insertion loss and low return loss for each channel attached to the antenna.
  • Keywords
    VHF antennas; VHF devices; strip line couplers; RF communication; VHF multi-channel coupler; antenna; controlled capacitor banks; insertion loss; meander stripline; return loss; Capacitors; Coupling circuits; Insertion loss; Military aircraft; Mutual coupling; Radio frequency; Receiving antennas; Solid modeling; Stripline; Transmitting antennas; Phase matching; Phase shifters; Stripline couplers; VHF devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwaves, Communications, Antennas and Electronics Systems, 2009. COMCAS 2009. IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Tel Aviv
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3985-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/COMCAS.2009.5386040
  • Filename
    5386040