Radiating coaxial cable having apertures spaced at a distance considerably larger than a wavelength
AssigneeKabel- u. Metallwerke Gutehoffnungshutte AG
InventorsUdo Bode, Paul Thiele, Gunter Mohring, Helmut Hildebrand
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Abstract
High-frequency radio waves are transmitted through a coaxial cable having apertures spaced at a distance considerably larger than the wavelength of the signals; the apertures are feed points for surface waves on the cable.
Claims5
A transmission system which includes a source of h-f signals and a coaxial cable, the h-f signals having a particular carrier frequency, the cable being comprised of an inner conductor, an outer conductor coaxial to the inner conductor, and a dielectric spacer means in between, the carrier frequency signals as propagating through the cable having a particular wavelength, the improvement comprising:
- a plurality of apertures in the outer conductor being spaced in axial direction at distances, each being considerably larger than the particular wavelength, for establishing spaced apart feed points for surface waves traveling along said outer conductor.
A radiating coaxial cable, having inner and coaxial outer conductors and a dielectric spacer means in between, for use as a radiating transmitter at a particular frequency, the particular frequency having a particular wavelength in the cable, the improvement of a plurality of axially spaced apertures, there being a plurality of interspersed spacing accordingly, each spacing having a spacing length well in excess of said wavelength, so that each aperture constitutes a feed point for surface waves.
A method of transmitting h-f signals along and from a particular, lengthy path, comprising the steps of
- using a coaxial h-f cable having an outer conductor with a plurality of apertures being spaced respectively by interspersed spacings, each spacing being considerably larger than the wavelength of the carrier of the h-f signals;
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- feeding h-f energy to the cable, h-f energy leaving the apertures and traveling as surface waves along the outer conductor, the feeding including replenishing surface wave energy through these spaced-apart apertures.
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