Manufacturably improved asymmetric stripline enhanced aperture coupler
US5532643A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 23, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jul 2, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 23, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01P5/187
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A manufacturably improved asymmetric stripline enhanced aperture coupler (10) is provided including a first non-transverse electromagnetic (non-TEM) field which couples an asymmetric stripline transmission line (22) to a coupling conductor (19) through a first aperture (17) in a first ground plane (16). The coupler (10) suppresses a second non-TEM field formed as an image on a second ground plane (15) by reducing the current flow on the second ground plane (15) using the asymmetric stripline transmission line (22) with increased coupling between a stripline conductor (12) and first ground plane (16) relative to coupling between stripline conductor (12) and second ground plane (15), particularly in the vicinity of the second non-TEM field using second aperture (14). The second non-TEM field is suppressed so as to enhance the coupling effect of the first non-TEM field between asymmetric stripline transmission line (22) and a coupling conductor (19).
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