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
         
        
        
        
        
        
            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;
         
        
        
        
            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
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/COMCAS.2009.5386040