433 results about "Directional coupling" patented technology

The invention discloses a calibration system in an active channel of a waveguide array phased-array antenna, and relates to the technical field of calibration in the active channel. Comprising a calibration judgment module, a waveguide directional coupling module, an amplitude-phase detection module and a digital domain optimization module, the calibration judgment module realizes intelligent triggering calibration through real-time monitoring of a multi-dimensional environment and performance parameters, and ensures that a calibration process is started only when the system state is deteriorated; the waveguide directional coupling module ensures that the calibration signal is accurately injected into each channel, and realizes cross polarization suppression through a polarization grid filter; the amplitude-phase detection module realizes high-precision measurement of amplitude, phase, group delay and polarization parameters of feedback signals of each channel by using superheterodyne and IQ demodulation technologies; and the digital domain optimization module calculates and updates the complex compensation weight of each channel through real-time digital signal processing and a self-adaptive algorithm, and realizes comprehensive and accurate calibration in combination with temperature-frequency interpolation and nonlinear pre-distortion compensation.

The invention discloses an orthogonal directional coupler and a microwave system based on a micro-coaxial technology, the orthogonal directional coupler comprises a metal outer conductor, an upper inner conductor and a lower inner conductor, the upper inner conductor and the lower inner conductor are suspended in the metal outer conductor through a periodic medium support loading structure; the upper inner conductor and the lower inner conductor serve as two identical micro coaxial coupling lines to be cascaded, the micro coaxial coupling lines are symmetrical multi-stage impedance stepped couplers, each micro coaxial coupling line is provided with n coupling units, the coupler structure is symmetrical about the center coupling unit, the upper inner conductor and the lower inner conductor are overlapped in the axial direction at the center coupling unit, and the upper inner conductor and the lower inner conductor are overlapped in the axial direction at the center coupling unit. The upper inner conductor and the lower inner conductor extend from the center coupling unit to the two ends, the upper inner conductor and the lower inner conductor deviate from the center to the two sides, and the closer to the coupling units at the two ends, the larger the offset is; the ultra-wideband orthogonal antenna can work in the frequency range of 5 GHz to 100 GHz, the return loss is superior to 15 dB, the phase change is smaller than 5.5 degrees, the directivity is superior to 10 dB, and the ultra-wideband orthogonal antenna can be used for generating ultra-wideband orthogonal signals.

The invention relates to a circularly polarized quasi-absorption filtering phased-array antenna. A unit of the antenna comprises a multi-layer dielectric substrate, a semi-cured layer, a metal floor, a stacked patch and an orthogonal H-shaped gap, the first dielectric substrate is provided with a parasitic square loop, the second dielectric substrate is provided with a cross-shaped strip, and radiation zero points are introduced to the upper and lower edges of a passband respectively; the 3dB orthogonal directional coupler and the L-shaped feeder form a feed network, circularly polarized radiation is realized through slot coupling, and an isolation port of the 3dB orthogonal directional coupler is connected with a 50-ohm resistor, so that the energy of a lower stop band is absorbed, the energy of an upper stop band is reflected, and a quasi-absorption filtering characteristic is presented; the antenna is compact in structure and easy to process, has wide axial ratio bandwidth and good filtering performance, and when array scanning is 0-45 degrees, the overlapping impedance bandwidth is 12%, the axial ratio bandwidth is 15.8%, and the maximum scanning loss is 2.3 dB; the antenna is compact in structure and easy to process, has wide axial ratio bandwidth and good quasi-absorption filtering performance, and has huge potential in millimeter wave satellite communication application.

The invention relates to the technical field of radio frequency generator circuits, and provides a phase-locking frequency-stabilizing multi-core control radio frequency system, which processes I / Q signals and constructs a multi-core task allocation and cooperation mechanism through a digital baseband processing module, and performs pre-distortion processing and system scheduling. The double-closed-loop control module is used for stabilizing fundamental frequency, correcting temperature drift and compensating and adjusting frequency swing amplitude; the hybrid power amplification module is used for performing multi-stage hybrid power amplification signal processing and temperature monitoring through a driving stage and output stage combined topology; and the feedback sampling network module collects output signals in real time through a directional coupler and feeds back, adjusts and precisely controls the frequency stability according to the output signals.

A base station antenna includes a calibration circuit that has a plurality of pairs of directional couplers and an antenna array that includes a plurality of columns of radiating elements. The first polarization radiators of the radiating elements in each column are electrically connected to a first directional coupler of a respective one of the pairs, and the second polarization radiators of the radiating elements in the column are electrically connected to a second directional coupler of the respective one of the pairs. The directional couplers may be arranged in a manner that reduces in-column coupling and / or that reduces cross-column coupling between adjacent columns of radiating elements.

The utility model provides a directional coupler and a radio frequency chip, and relates to the technical field of electronic communication. The directional coupler comprises an input port, an output port, a coupling port, an isolation port and an impedance adjusting network, the impedance adjusting network comprises an access switch, an impedance adjusting module and an inductance unit. The impedance adjusting module comprises an adjustable resistor unit and an adjustable capacitor unit which are connected in parallel; one end of the impedance adjusting module is connected to the isolation port through the access switch, and the other end of the impedance adjusting module is connected to the inductance unit; wherein the inductance unit is used for compensating parasitic capacitance in the directional coupler. According to the scheme, the impedance matching and phase characteristics of the directional coupler can be adjusted according to different working frequencies and environmental conditions through mutual cooperation of the access switch, the impedance adjusting module and the inductance unit, so that the directional coupler can maintain good directivity under various working conditions.

A measurement system includes a common port, the common port being connectable to a signal output of the device under test. The measurement system further includes a signal line being connected to the common port, wherein the signal line includes a first directional coupler portion and a second directional coupler portion. The measurement system further includes a signal processing circuit, wherein the signal processing circuit includes an IQ analysis circuit and an IQ synthesizer circuit. The IQ analysis circuit is connected with the common port via the first directional coupler portion so as to receive a forward-travelling signal from the common port. Further, a testing method of testing a device under test is described.

Example directional couplers and devices including one or more directional couplers are disclosed. In an example, a directional coupler comprises a first electrically conductive portion and a second electrically conductive portion, a first ground plane electrical conductor disposed in a plane between the first electrically conductive portion and the second electrically conductive portion, and a second ground plane electrical conductor and a third ground plane electrical conductor disposed such that the first and second electrically conductive portions and the first ground plane electrical conductor are between the second and third ground plane electrical conductors. The first ground plane electrical conductor includes at least one hole directly between the first electrically conductive portion and the second electrically conductive portion.

The invention discloses a broadband dual-circularly-polarized low-cost phased-array antenna array element, which comprises an antenna radiation structure and a slot feed structure which are arranged independently from each other, and is characterized in that the antenna radiation structure comprises a parasitic radiation layer, a first dielectric substrate, an excitation radiation layer and a second dielectric substrate which are arranged in a laminated manner; the slot feed structure comprises a slot layer, a third dielectric substrate, a strip-shaped transmission line and a fourth dielectric substrate; the antenna layer structure and the slot feed structure realize electromagnetic coupling transmission through the slot layer; a hollow symmetrical structure is arranged in the middle of the first dielectric substrate, and the hollow part is used as an air medium to reduce dielectric loss; the gap layer is provided with a multidirectional coupling gap structure; the strip-shaped transmission line is provided with at least two feed ports, and dual circularly polarized radiation is formed in the antenna layer structure through excitation of different feed ports. The antenna radiation layer has no metal through hole or blind hole, can be processed in a layered manner, has the advantages of low processing cost and high yield, and ensures impedance bandwidth while realizing dual circular polarization.

The embodiment of the invention provides a radio frequency circuit and electronic equipment, and the radio frequency circuit comprises a radio frequency signal link which is connected with an antenna end and is used for transmitting a radio frequency signal of a radio frequency input end to the antenna end or receiving the radio frequency signal from the antenna end; the bi-directional coupler performs forward power detection and reverse power detection on the radio frequency signal on the radio frequency signal link to generate a forward power value and a reverse power value; the VSWR calculation network circuit is used for calculating a ratio between the forward power value and the reverse power value to obtain a power ratio; outputting a protection control signal based on the power ratio and a preset VSWR threshold value; the power limiting network control circuit receives the protection control signal and outputs a pull-down control signal based on the protection control signal; a plurality of power limiting networks, wherein each power limiting network is connected with the radio frequency signal link; and the power limiting networks are used for receiving the corresponding pull-down control signals and carrying out power pull-down on the radio frequency signals in the radio frequency signal link based on the pull-down control signals.

The invention provides a heterogeneous integrated sub-wavelength structure end face coupler adaptive to a single-mode optical fiber and a preparation method of the heterogeneous integrated sub-wavelength structure end face coupler, and relates to the technical field of integrated optics. The coupler comprises a substrate, an insulating layer, a waveguide layer and a cladding from bottom to top. The waveguide layer comprises an upper lithium niobate ridge waveguide and a lower lithium niobate ridge waveguide, the lower waveguide is wider than the upper waveguide, and the upper waveguide is used for connecting an external waveguide; the heterogeneous integrated coupling region comprises a silicon nitride strip conical waveguide which forms directional coupling with the lower-layer lithium niobate waveguide, so that adiabatic transfer of a light field is realized; the sub-wavelength grating regulation and control region sequentially comprises a silicon nitride tapered waveguide and sub-wavelength grating combination section, a width gradually-changing grating section and an equal-width buffer grating section. The whole structure is symmetrical about the central axis. Through the multi-section adiabatic transformation and heterogeneous integration design, efficient expansion of a mode field is achieved, the coupling efficiency with a single-mode fiber is improved, and the advantages of being insensitive to polarization, good in process compatibility and suitable for high-density integration are achieved.

The invention relates to a terahertz high-power power amplifier assembly, which belongs to the field of electronic devices and comprises a synthesis network consisting of a synthesis network upper cavity and a synthesis network lower cavity, and a small signal amplification module, a medium-power amplification module, a driving-stage power amplifier module, a final-stage power amplifier module and a detection module are arranged on the back surface of the synthesis network lower cavity. An E-plane waveguide directional coupler is arranged in the synthesis network, the small signal amplification module, the medium-power amplification module, the driving-stage power amplification module, the final-stage power amplification module and the E-plane waveguide directional coupler are electrically connected in sequence, and a port of the E-plane waveguide directional coupler is electrically connected with the detection module; a waveguide tube is arranged in the installation position of each module in the synthesis network, and the modules are electrically connected through the waveguide tubes. According to the invention, each stage of amplifier is modularly designed, so that the isolation degree among devices of a link can be increased, and the self-excitation risk caused by space radiation is reduced. And the testability of a single module is improved, and the troubleshooting cost and time are reduced.

The utility model provides an anti-unmanned aerial vehicle antenna structure, which comprises an antenna housing, a reflecting plate, a plurality of radio frequency cable joints arranged in the antenna housing, a feed network, an antenna half-wave oscillator, a power divider, a coupler, a directional coupler, a directional antenna system, a control system and a power supply unit, wherein a plurality of radio frequency cable probes are connected with the antenna half-wave oscillator; comprising a 868MHz / 915MHz radio frequency cable joint, a 1.5 GHz radio frequency cable joint, a + 2.4 GHz radio frequency cable joint, a-2.4 Ghz radio frequency cable joint, a 5.8 GHz radio frequency cable joint and a 533MHz-6000 MHz radio frequency cable joint. The antenna half-wave oscillator comprises a T-shaped antenna, a symmetrical antenna, a ceramic antenna and an aluminum plate antenna; the power divider is connected with the symmetrical antenna; the coupler is connected with the T-shaped antenna; the directional coupler is connected with the ceramic antenna; the directional antenna system is connected with the control system. The antenna provided by the utility model is smaller in structure, improves the interference precision, reduces the energy consumption, enhances the anti-interference capability, and is higher in antenna gain.

The invention relates to a phase shift Bragg grating structure wavelength division multiplexer based on a barium titanate platform, and belongs to the technical field of optoelectronic integration. The device comprises a directional coupler, a multi-mode power divider, an unequal-width waveguide and a phase-shift Bragg grating, and pi / 2 phase difference is introduced to an upper arm and a lower arm through the unequal-width waveguide, so that reflected light of the phase-shift Bragg grating is converted into a TEmode; coupling the reflected TEmode to a subordinate device by using a directional coupler, and outputting transmission light in the TEmode; the transmission / reflection wavelength (the single-channel bandwidth is 0.5 nm) is changed by adjusting the grating period, and more than 10 multiplexing channels can be expanded through cascade connection. The limitation that a traditional phase shift grating only transmits output is broken through, a reflecting end multiplexing function is added, TE / TE dual-mode operation is supported, and the phase shift grating has the advantages of independent and controllable channels, low loss and flexible and adjustable wavelength, is suitable for optical communication, optical calculation and high-density optical interconnection systems, and is compatible with various material platforms such as barium titanate, lithium niobate and SOI (Silicon On Insulator).

The invention provides a low-power-consumption passive indoor distribution state monitoring method and system, the method is applied to the system, the system comprises a low-power-consumption passive indoor distribution state monitoring device and a background, and the device and an indoor distribution antenna in a DAS system are correspondingly arranged; the device comprises a directional coupler, a filter, a signal conversion module, a state monitoring module, a communication module and a controller. A first transmission line of the directional coupler is connected in series in a feeder line of an indoor distribution antenna. In the method, the directional coupler collects a radio frequency power signal of the indoor distribution antenna and converts the radio frequency power signal into a voltage signal through a filter and a signal conversion module; and if a preset wake-up condition is met, the controller wakes up the state monitoring module and the communication module, acquires a voltage signal to determine an abnormal detection result of the indoor distribution antenna, determines state detection information of the indoor distribution antenna and uploads the state detection information to a background, and the background determines a power detection result of the DAS system, so that antenna device-level fault monitoring and long-time standby are realized.

Provided is a radio transmitter test system that enables accurate measurement of reflected wave power of an antenna. A radio transmitter test system includes: a power amplifier that amplifies power of a high-frequency signal from a signal generator; a simulative antenna for which a voltage standing wave ratio is variable and that is connected to a coaxial cable in place of an antenna; a directional coupler that is connected between the power amplifier and the simulative antenna, couples the high-frequency signal to the simulative antenna, and outputs traveling wave power and reflected wave power between the power amplifier and the simulative antenna; a power meter connected downstream of the directional coupler; and a control device, wherein the control device calculates, for each voltage standing wave ratio of the simulative antenna, a correlation coefficient indicating a correlation between traveling wave power and reflected wave power of the simulative antenna and traveling wave power and reflected wave power measured by the power meter, and calculates reflected wave power of the antenna by correcting, with the correlation coefficient, the traveling wave power and the reflected wave power measured by the power meter in a state where the simulative antenna is replaced by the antenna.

The invention relates to the technical field of coupler design, in particular to a bi-directional coupler applied to a high-frequency RFID (Radio Frequency Identification Device) system, which comprises the following steps: S1, respectively constructing a series transformer, a parallel transformer and a Magic-T structure hybrid network, and forming an impedance self-matching coupler core framework by adopting a plurality of Ni-Zn ferrite double-hole magnetic rings; s2, inputting an original coupling signal output by the coupler core architecture into a phase-amplitude cooperative calibration module to generate a calibrated stable coupling signal; s3, inputting the stable coupling signal into a bridging T-type attenuation network group, respectively performing accurate power adjustment on a forward coupling path and a reverse coupling path, and finally outputting a high-directivity and low-fluctuation coupling signal; s4, monitoring the impedance state of an antenna port in real time, and feeding back and adjusting a matching network structure to realize stable control of the standing-wave ratio in a full frequency band range; according to the invention, the design of an external matching circuit is simplified, the coupling efficiency and directivity are improved, and the method has important engineering value.

Configurations for a light splitting device used for light splitting over an operating bandwidth of wavelengths are disclosed. The light splitting device may include a first coupler and a second coupler, where the first coupler has a first splitting power relationship and the second coupler has a second splitting power relationship and the first and second splitting power relationships are complementary to one another over the operating bandwidth of wavelengths. The light splitting device may further include a phase delay positioned between the first and second couplers. The phase delay may result in the output light having an approximately even optical power distribution across the operating bandwidth of wavelengths. In some embodiments, the first and second couplers may be directional couplers and, in other embodiments, the first and second couplers may be tapered couplers.

An example device includes a first primary coil, a second primary coil, a combined power output, a first directional coupler output, a second directional coupler output. The example device also includes a secondary coil coupled to the combined power output, configured to magnetically couple to the first primary coil, and configured to magnetically couple to the second primary coil. The example device further includes a tertiary coil configured to magnetically couple to the secondary coil and including a first end coupled to the first directional coupler output, and a second end coupled to the second directional coupler output.

A system for a waveguide-based diplexer (wavelength multiplexer / demultiplexer) and polarizer having ultra-broad bandwidth, a compact footprint, low losses, fabrication robustness and a simple single etch fabrication process. The polarizer (TE-pass) is based on the phase-matched coupling of the unwanted TM0 mode in an input waveguide to the TM1 mode in a tapered directional coupler (DC), which is then guided through a low-loss bend (180-degree) and scattered in a terminator section with low back reflections. An S-bend is added before the output for filtering any residual TM0mode present in the input waveguide. The diplexer is based on a multimode interference (MMI) coupler and is designed at the first imaging length for 1550 nm wavelength resulting in a compact MMI length. In order to improve the extinction ratio, the output ports are made asymmetric in width.

The invention relates to an automatic switching device for antennas of train dispatching main and standby stations and an implementation method. The device comprises a radio frequency interface, a radio frequency switch, a directional coupler, a detector, a microcontroller and an LED indicating lamp, the radio frequency interface I is connected with an antenna, the radio frequency interface II and the radio frequency interface III are respectively connected with a main station platform and a standby station platform, and the radio frequency switch realizes automatic switching between the antenna and the main station platform and the standby station platform under the control of the microcontroller. The directional coupler and the detector are used for collecting forward and reverse power of a transmitted signal, and the microcontroller calculates a standing-wave ratio according to detection voltage and performs threshold judgment. The method comprises the steps that after the device is powered on, the default antenna is communicated with the master station, and when it is detected that standby station transmitting signals meet a threshold, the standby station is automatically switched to; and if the signals of the standby station are insufficient, the master station is kept working, and indication and alarm are carried out through an LED. The device realizes rapid and automatic switching between the main station and the standby station, reduces the communication interruption time, and effectively improves the reliability and the operation and maintenance automation level of a communication system.

A method for determining information specifying an RF transmit power associated with an RF transmitter comprises controlling the RF transmitter to generate a set of RF signals, each RF signal having a frequency value from a set of frequency values; transmitting each RF signal of the set of RF signals to an input port of a directional coupler, the directional coupler having, in addition to the input port, an output port, a forward port, and a reverse port, the directional coupler being configured to couple a first part of a signal received at the input port to the forward port, and the directional coupler being configured to couple a second part of a signal received at the output port to the reverse port; and determining, for each RF signal of the set of RF signals transmitted to the directional coupler, measurement information.which specify a signal power measured at the reverse terminal and / or a signal power measured at the forward terminal in order to generate a set of measured values, and the determination of information that specifies the transmitted power based on the set of measured values.

Multibeam base station antennas include an antenna array that includes a plurality of columns of radiating elements and a beamforming network having at least two rows and two columns of directional couplers, where adjacent pairs of directional couplers in each row are connected to each other by respective ones of a plurality of delay lines, where at least some of the delay lines have a wave shape having multiple peaks and valleys.

A ground-penetrating radar (GPR) scanner for investigating a sub-surface, wherein the GPR scanner comprises an antenna assembly configured for transmitting and receiving ultra-wide band (UWB) signals. The GPR scanner further comprises a directional coupler, a UWB signal generator configured for providing outgoing UWB signals through the directional coupler to the antenna assembly, a UWB signal sampling unit configured for receiving incoming UWB signals from the antenna assembly through the directional coupler, and an impedance. The directional coupler is configured as a balanced UWB directional coupler. It comprises a first port configured for receiving positive outgoing UWB signals from the UWB signal generator and a second port configured for receiving negative outgoing UWB signals from the UWB signal generator, wherein the second port is balanced with the first port.

An exemplary device includes a first primary coil, a second primary coil, a combined power output, a first directional coupler output, and a second directional coupler output. The exemplary device also includes a secondary coil coupled to the combined power output, configured for magnetic coupling with the first primary coil and configured for magnetic coupling with the second primary coil. The exemplary device further includes a tertiary coil configured for magnetic coupling with the secondary coil, comprising a first end coupled to the first directional coupler output and a second end coupled to the second directional coupler output.

The invention discloses a dynamic coupling degree adjustable electric control coupler circuit which comprises a straight-through / coupling adjusting circuit, a coupling / straight-through adjusting circuit, a capacitor C1, a resistor R1, a resistor R2, a first acquisition feedback circuit, a second acquisition feedback circuit, a biasing circuit and a third control circuit. The other end of the capacitor C1 is electrically connected with the signal input end of the straight-through / coupling adjusting circuit, the other end of the capacitor C1 is further electrically connected with the input end of the coupling / straight-through adjusting circuit, one output end of the bias circuit provides bias level for the straight-through / coupling adjusting circuit through the resistor R1, and the bias level of the straight-through / coupling adjusting circuit is controlled through the control circuit. Continuous dynamic adjustment of the coupling degree of the directional coupler is achieved, and application to communication equipment needing adjustable coupling degree is met. The electrically controlled coupler circuit capable of dynamically adjusting the coupling degree has the effect of electrically controlling and adjusting the coupling degree of the coupler.

A system and method for continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) of blood in a blood vessel of a patient using a non-invasive sensor composed of a patch antenna operating in the Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) Radio band (5.725 GHz-5.875 GHz). The device determines the blood glucose concentration of the blood in the blood vessel based on the measured shift of the resonant frequency of the non-invasive antenna patch sensor. A radio frequency (RF) synthesizer is used to drive the patch antenna with a fraction of its output coupled to both the antenna and receiver through a directional coupler. In this approach both the transmitted (FWD) and received (REV) power are processed, by demodulating logarithmic amplifiers, which convert the RF signals to corresponding voltages for downstream processing. The resulting voltages are then fed into a microcontroller and the measured shift in resonant frequency is converted to a real-time glucose concentration.

Embodiments of a system include a first transceiver, a first directional coupler, a first antenna, a second directional coupler, a second antenna, a second transceiver, a third transceiver, and a third directional coupler. The first directional coupler is connected to the first transceiver. The first antenna is connected to the first directional coupler. The second antenna is connected to the second directional coupler. The second transceiver is connected to the second directional coupler. The third transceiver has an antenna port. The third directional coupler is connected to the antenna port of the third transceiver and the other directional couplers. The first directional coupler, the second directional coupler, and the third directional coupler are configured to reduce interference that is incurred between the antenna port of the third transceiver and the first and the second transceivers.

This invention proposes a random microwave pulse generation system and method based on an optoelectronic oscillator, belonging to the field of microwave photonic signal generation and processing technology. The system includes a laser, a polarization controller, a closed-loop optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) loop, a random fiber grating string, and a function generator; wherein the closed-loop optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) loop mainly consists of a Mach-Zehnder modulator, a circulator, an erbium-doped fiber amplifier, a photodetector, an electrical amplifier, and a directional coupler.

The utility model provides a linear frequency modulation transmit-receive assembly with a silence function, which relates to the technical field of signal processing, and comprises a transmitting link, a receiving link and an auxiliary signal processing module, a voltage-controlled oscillator circuit of the transmitting link generates a microwave signal, and finally an isolator circuit transmits the signal. Signal processing and controllable silence of a transmitting path are ensured; and the receiving link carries out front-end processing on the received signal and carries out frequency mixing on the received signal and the local oscillator signal distributed by the directional coupler circuit to generate a beat signal, and the beat signal is further amplified by the intermediate frequency amplifier and then output. According to the utility model, silent signals are received through the enabling ends of the first power conversion chip A1 and the second power conversion chip A2, and power supply of the coupler circuit and the attenuator circuit of the transmitting link is directly cut off, so that compared with a traditional signal path cut-off mode, signal leakage or residual radiation can be thoroughly avoided, and the transmission efficiency is improved. The transmitting terminal is ensured to completely stop working in a silent state, and the requirement of a high-concealment scene is met.