Patent ID: 7859361
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: H01P

Abstract:
1. Directional coupler with two coupled lines arranged in a flat housing chamber of an enclosed housing within a coupling region side-by-side in a longitudinal direction and at a spacing distance from one another, respective ends of the coupled lines being connected to connecting ports attached at the sides of the housing, wherein the coupled lines comprise flat, sheet-metal strip conductors arranged within the coupling region with broad sides thereof facing toward one another side-by-side at a spacing distance and held by several support elements made of insulating material in a cantilever manner at a spacing distance from the opposing internal walls of the flat housing chamber within the housing chamber, wherein the strip conductors are held within the coupling region respectively by several support elements made of insulating material guided in the longitudinal face walls of the housing, and wherein the ends of the support elements are attached to the broad sides of the sheet-metal strip conductors.