Dual directional coupler is a precise passive microwave/RF device. This product provides high-performance solutions for fields such as broadcast communication, high-power RF testing, scientific research, and EMC testing with its excellent ultra wide operating frequency band of 9KHz to 1GHz, average input power processing capability of up to 300 watts, and excellent 40dB directionality. The following briefly introduces its characteristics and applications:
Characteristics:
1. High power and high reliability: Adopting a special heat dissipation design and low loss transmission line structure, it ensures low insertion loss and excellent temperature stability even when operating at 300W full power, ensuring continuous and stable operation of the system 24/7.
2. Ultra wideband and flat response: It has extremely low frequency sensitivity throughout the entire frequency band, with small fluctuations in coupling, ensuring consistency of measurement results throughout the entire spectrum.
3. Precise monitoring and system protection: High directionality enables it to capture small changes in reflected power in a timely manner, providing critical early warning signals for power amplifiers, effectively preventing equipment damage caused by antenna mismatch and other faults, and reducing downtime risks.
Applications:
1. Precise monitoring and system protection: High directionality enables it to capture small changes in reflected power in a timely manner, providing critical early warning signals for power amplifiers, effectively preventing equipment damage caused by antenna mismatch and other faults, and reducing downtime risks.
2. RF generation and testing system: Used as a precise power control and reflection protection unit in EMC/EMI testing, RF heating, plasma generation, and other systems.
3. Communication base station: Used for monitoring and protecting the transmission link of high-power macro base stations.
4. Scientific research and military applications: Plays an important role in scenarios such as radar and particle accelerators that require high-power, wideband signal monitoring.
Qualwave Inc. provide broadband high-power dual directional couplers with frequencies ranging from DC to 67GHz, widely used in amplifiers, broadcasting, laboratory testing, communication, and other applications. This article introduces a 9KHz~1GHz, 300W, 40dB dual directional coupler.
1. Electrical Characteristics
Frequency: 9K~1GHz
Impedance: 50Ω
Average Power: 300W
Coupling: 40±1.5dB
VSWR: 1.25 max.
SMA Female@Coupling:
Insertion Loss: 0.6dB max.
Directivity: 13dB min. @9-100KHz
Directivity: 18dB min. @100KHz-1GHz
N Female@Coupling:
Insertion Loss: 0.4dB max.
Directivity: 13dB min. @9K-1MHz
Directivity: 18dB min. @1MHz-1GHz
2. Mechanical Properties
RF Connectors: N Female
Coupling Connectors: N Female, SMA Female
Mounting: 4-M3 depth 6
3. Environment
Operation Temperature: -40~+60℃
Non-operation Temperature: -55~+85℃
4. Outline Drawings


Unit: mm [in]
Tolerance: ±2%
5. How To Order
QDDC-0.009-1000-K3-X-Y
X: Coupling: (40dB - Outline A)
Y: Connector type
Connector naming rules:
N - N Female
NS - N Female & SMA Female (Outline A)
Examples:
To order a dual directional coupler, 9K~1GHz, 300W, 40dB, N Female & SMA Female, specify QDDC-0.009-1000-K3-40-NS.
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Post time: Sep-25-2025