VHF / UHF Filters and Multicouplers
Application of Air Resonators
Samenvatting
This book describes the various devices used in radio communication and broadcasting to achieve high selectivity filtering and coupling. After providing a background in the basics of microwave theory and more detailed material including a special chapter on precision and errors in measurement the reader will find detailed descriptions, manufacturing processes, and, for the most useful instances, a number of worked–through formulas, which will allow engineers and technicians to design circuits or components for filtering or coupling applications. Content is covered in this format across a broad range of fields including coaxial cavities, combline filters, band–pass and pass–reject duplexers, multicouplers, circulators, low–noise amplifiers, helix resonators, and much more.
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<p>Introduction xvii</p>
<p>Chapter 1. Reminders and General Points 1</p>
<p>1.1. Lines 1</p>
<p>1.2. Adaptation and stationary waves 4</p>
<p>1.3. Smith chart 6</p>
<p>1.4. Power in a line 6</p>
<p>1.5. Line sections 7</p>
<p>1.6. Lines with losses 9</p>
<p>Chapter 2. Measurements in HF 11</p>
<p>2.1. Material 11</p>
<p>2.2. The power bench 11</p>
<p>2.3. Measurements on the network analyzer 14</p>
<p>Chapter 3. Resonant Cavities 25</p>
<p>3.1. Resonance 25</p>
<p>3.2. Coaxial cavities 28</p>
<p>3.3. Quarter–wave cavities 29</p>
<p>Chapter 4. Fabrication and Tuning of Cavities 47</p>
<p>4.1. Standard structures 47</p>
<p>4.2. Materials 53</p>
<p>4.3. Assembly 56</p>
<p>4.4. Temperature stability 58</p>
<p>4.5. Cavity tuning 70</p>
<p>Chapter 5. The Band–pass Filter 83</p>
<p>5.1. The band–pass function 83</p>
<p>5.2. Calculation of a Tchebycheff band–pass 85</p>
<p>5.3. Technologies 87</p>
<p>Chapter 6. The Combline Filter 97</p>
<p>6.1. Architecture 97</p>
<p>6.2. Dimension calculations. Dishal s Method 105</p>
<p>6.3. Tuning of filters 114</p>
<p>Chapter 7. Channel Multiplexing 129</p>
<p>7.1. Definitions 129</p>
<p>7.2. The duplexer 129</p>
<p>7.3. The combiner 140</p>
<p>Chapter 8. Auxiliary Devices 157</p>
<p>8.1. Introduction 157</p>
<p>8.2. Circulators 157</p>
<p>8.3. The antenna alarms 165</p>
<p>8.4. Loads and attenuators 170</p>
<p>8.5. Reception amplifiers 177</p>
<p>8.6. The impedance adaptor 186</p>
<p>8.7. The 2nd harmonic rejecter 186</p>
<p>Chapter 9. Directive Couplers 189</p>
<p>9.1. Introduction 189</p>
<p>9.2. Technologies 191</p>
<p>9.3. The hybrid transformer 194</p>
<p>9.4. The 180° hybrid ring 196</p>
<p>9.5. The wireline 198</p>
<p>9.6. The groundless coupler 199</p>
<p>9.7. The catnose coupler 201</p>
<p>9.8. Discrete–elements coupler 202</p>
<p>9.9. Numerical data 204</p>
<p>9.10. Applications 210</p>
<p>Chapter 10. Helical Resonators 213</p>
<p>10.1. Introduction 213</p>
<p>10.2. Functioning 214</p>
<p>10.3. Structures 215</p>
<p>10.4. Tapping and coupling 219</p>
<p>10.5. Quality coefficient 220</p>
<p>10.6. Set–up rules 223</p>
<p>10.7. Applications 224</p>
<p>Chapter 11. Multicouplers 225</p>
<p>11.1. Transmitter multicouplers (TX) 225</p>
<p>11.2. Receiver multicouplers (RX) 235</p>
<p>11.3. TX/RX multicouplers 236</p>
<p>11.4. TMA 240</p>
<p>11.5. Power and intermodulations 243</p>
<p>11.6. Multiband coupling 254</p>
<p>Chapter 12. Utilities 257</p>
<p>12.1. BASIC programs 257</p>
<p>12.2. Varia 264</p>
<p>Chapter 13. Various Questions and Exploratory Ways 271</p>
<p>13.1. The coupler without intrinsic loss 271</p>
<p>13.2. Infinite rejection band–pass 275</p>
<p>13.3. Helix TX multicoupler 276</p>
<p>13.4. Conclusion 278</p>
<p>Bibliography 281</p>
<p>Index 283</p>