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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 1984
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter Strammello, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Assignee:
Zenith Electronics Corporation, Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
333126 ; 333134 ; 333129 ; 343702 ; 343850 ;
Abstract
A signal splitter-balun assembly for coupling a UHF antenna and a VHF antenna to a single input terminal of a television receiver is disclosed. RF isolation is provided by means of appropriate filtering, 60 Hz isolation is provided by means by a pair of capristors, and the required impedance transformation is provided by means of a conventional balun transformer in a low cost unit utilizing a minimum number of components.