Wave transmission lines and networks – Plural channel systems – Having branched circuits
Patent
1987-03-06
1988-07-05
Gensler, Paul
Wave transmission lines and networks
Plural channel systems
Having branched circuits
333109, 333117, 333132, 333 81R, H03H 746, H03H 748
Patent
active
047557761
ABSTRACT:
A tap device for use in broadband communications systems includes a circuit board mounted on a cover plate assembly which is removably connected to a base housing. The circuit board includes an RF signal coupling element and an RF signal splitting element. The output of the RF signal coupling element and the input to the RF signal splitting element are each connected to a separate female receptacle positioned on the circuit board. The female receptacles are designed to receive an intermediate circuit which, when inserted into the female receptacles, is electrically connected between the RF signal coupling element output and the RF signal splitting element input. The intermediate circuit may consist of a short circuit feedthrough, or a plug-in fixed or variable degree attenuator. The intermediate circuit may also include a duplex filter and plug-in attenuator arrangement for attenuating higher frequency RF signals provided from a source which pass through the tap device to a load connected to the tap device outlet independently of lower frequency RF signals provided from a load which pass through the tap device for delivery to the source.
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Broadband Networks, Inc.
Gensler Paul
Price, Jr,. Stanley J.
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