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A UHF+ VSWR Bridge
A UHF+ VSWR Bridge
well t h a t I wanted one for lower frequencies. I saw WlAIM using a bridge
to trim the phasing harness for his
EME array, and he reminded me that
Joe Reisert, W l J R , had described one
some years ago.' I later visited Joe a t
Antennaco and saw the origlnal unit
still being used to test antennas.
The W l J R unit is easily built in a
small aluminum box and works up to
about 450 MHz. He pointed out t h a t
the technique could be extended to
several GHz-just what I was looking
for. I decided to build one a s small a s
I could using inexpensive chip resistors and capacitors t h a t are now commonly available.
The circuit, shown schematically in
Fig 1, is quite simple. How it works is
more obvious if i t is redrawn a s a
Wheatstone bridge, Fig 2, with R 1
equal to R3.2 R2 is the reference load
'Notes appear on page 5
February 1995
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Input
RF
J2
R5
J3
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Impedance
J4
17'7
Detected
Output
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; 100 k
Fig 1-Schematic diagram of the VSWR bridge. All resistors and capacitors are
chip devices except for R8. Dl-Microwave mixer diode. R6, R7-10 to 15 kiL.
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Fig 2-The Wheatstone bridge is the
fundamental circuit within the
instrument.
Fig 4-Component
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Fig 3-Etching pattern for the printedcircuit board. Use Teflon board and trim
to fit the enclosure (%2 inch recommended thickness).
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