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Method for providing multiple coaxial cable connections to a radio-frequency antenna without baluns

US4887039A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 22, 1988
Grant dateDec 12, 1989
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01R33/3628
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for providing plural coaxial cable connections, each to a different portion of a single radio-frequency (RF) antenna without requiring the use of isolation means at any RF connection, determines at least a point within the antenna having a desired common potential adjacent to each of the different portions to which one of the coaxial cable connections is to be made; Then forms a separate segment of each different portion which is located substantially at the common potential and is reactively separated from adjacent segments of the associated portion; and connects a shield conductor of an associated coaxial cable to the separate segment, while connecting a center conductor of that same associated coaxial cable to a selected one of the adjacent segments of that different portion.

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