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US 2021/0242558 A1Published application
Docsis-moca coupled line directional coupler
AssigneePpc Broadband, Inc.
InventorPaul Bailey
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Abstract
A Docsis-MoCA coupled line directional coupler includes an input port, an output port, a coupled port, and a termination port. A first track connects the input port to the output port and a second track, which may be substantially parallel to the first track, connects the termination port to the coupled port. The first track and the second track are configured to form a variable coupling length so as to control, for instance, an isolation level between the output port and the coupled port to be less than a predetermined isolation level in a MoCA frequency band.
Claims20
A coupler for a Docsis-MoCA coupled line comprising:
- an input port, an output port, a coupled port and a termination port;
- a first track configured to connect the input port and the output port;
- a second track configured to connect the first track the termination port to the coupled port;
- wherein the second track is configured to be substantially parallel to the first track;
- wherein the coupler comprises a directional coupler for a Docsis-MoCA coupled line;
- wherein the first track and the second track are configured to form a coupling length based on a resistor connection position relative to the second track;
- wherein the first track and the second track are configured to form a first coupling length, where the resistor connection position is spaced along the second track at a first connection position, and a second coupling length, where the resistor position is spaced along the second track at a second connection position that is different from the first connection position;
- wherein a coupling length between the first track and the second track is configured to provide an isolation level between the output port and the coupled port that is less than a first predetermined isolation level at a MoCA frequency band;
- and
- wherein the coupling length between the first track and the second track is configured so that an isolation level between the input port and the coupled port is less than a second predetermined isolation level at a Docsis frequency band;
- wherein the coupling length between the first track and the second track is configured so that the isolation level between the input port and the coupled port is less than a third predetermined isolation level at the MoCA frequency band;
- wherein the coupling length between the first track and the second track is configured so that the insertion loss level between the input port and output port is less than a predetermined insertion loss level at a predetermined frequency;
- wherein the first predetermined isolation level is about 8 dB and the MoCA frequency band is about 1125-1675 MHz;
- wherein the second predetermined isolation level is about 35 dB;
- wherein the Docsis frequency band is about 5 to 1002 MHz;
- and
- wherein the third predetermined isolation level is about 25 dB.
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A coupler for a Docsis-MoCA coupled line comprising:
- an input port, an output port, a coupled port, and a termination port;
- a first track configured to connect the input port and the output port;
- a second track configured to connect the termination port to the coupled port;
- wherein a coupling length between the first track and the second track is configured to provide an isolation level between the output port and the coupled port being that is less than a first predetermined isolation level at a MoCA frequency band during operation of the coupler;
- wherein the coupling length between the first track and the second track is based on a resistor position relative to the second track;
- wherein the coupling length between the first track and the second track is configured to provide an isolation level between the input port and the coupled port that is less than a second predetermined isolation level at a Docsis frequency band during operation of the coupler;
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- wherein the coupling length between the first track and the second track is configured to provide an isolation level between the input port and the coupled port that is less than a third predetermined isolation level at the MoCA frequency band during operation of the coupler.
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A coupler comprising:
- an input port, an output port, a coupled port, and a termination port;
- a first track configured to connect the input port to the output port;
- a second track configured to connect the termination port to the coupled port
- wherein the first track and the second track are configured to form a variable resistor coupling length between the first track and the second track so as to control an isolation level between the output port and the coupled port to be less than a predetermined isolation level in a MoCA frequency band during operation of the coupler;
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- wherein the variable resistor coupling length is based on a position of a resistor relative to the second track such that when the resistor is located at a first position relative to the track, the isolation level between the output port and the coupled port is less than the predetermined isolation level in a MoCA frequency band during operation of the coupler, and such that when the resistor is located at a second position relative to the second track that is different from the first position, the isolation level between the output port and the coupled port is greater than the predetermined isolation level in the MoCA frequency band during operation of the coupler.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.