PHASE STABILITY OF TYPICAL NAVY RADIO FREQUENCY COAXIAL CABLES

Abstract

Many of the present military installations utilize highly phase- sensitive electronic systems, of which radio frequency coaxial cables are essential components. It follows that the change in electrical length (the physical length of an air line of equal delay) of the transmission line is an important factor in the coaxial cable design. In phase-sensitive systems temperature variations, bending and flexing, frequency, vibrations, mechanical tension, humidity and equality of physical length are contributing factors affecting phase stability. This paper is mainly concerned with braided coaxial cables and the only factor considered is the variation of electrical length with temperature. Phase stability is defined in this paper as the ability of a cable to maintain a constant velocity of phase propagation throughout a temperature range. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0628682

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  • G. Rodriguez

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cables
  • Coaxial Cables
  • Coefficients
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Dielectric Polymers
  • Dielectrics
  • Frequency
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Measurement
  • Phase
  • Phase Distortion
  • Radio Frequency
  • Standing Wave Indicators
  • Standing Waves
  • Transmission Lines

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  • Physics

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  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Electrical Engineering
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  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems