Abstract: A cable television apparatus is applied to an input coaxial cable and an output coaxial cable to transmit a cable television signal. The cable television apparatus includes an improved choke, an input side, an output side, an input capacitor and an output capacitor. The improved choke is electrically connected to the input coaxial cable, the output coaxial cable, the input side, the output side, the input capacitor and the output capacitor. The improved choke includes a conductive wire and a ferrite core. One side of the conductive wire is electrically connected to the input side and one side of the input capacitor. The other side of the conductive wire is electrically connected to the output side and one side of the output capacitor. The ferrite core covers one part of the conductive wire. Moreover, the ferrite core is a high saturation current ferrite core.

Abstract: A signal splitting device is to be installed in a CATV passive apparatus. The signal splitting device includes a circuit board that is disposed in a cover of the CATV passive apparatus, and a first connecting terminal and a second connecting terminal that are mounted to the circuit board and that are connected respectively to input and output terminals of the CATV passive apparatus. Each of the first and second connecting terminals includes a pin electrically connecting the circuit board and the corresponding one of the input and output terminals. The pin has a segment that is between the circuit board and the corresponding one of the input and output terminals and that has a length ranging from 4 to 15 mm.

Abstract: A video splitter includes a housing. The housing has a seat shell and a cover shell. A pair of main signal ports is provided in the seat shell. At least part of the main signal ports is out of contact with the seat shell. A pair of pushing rods is provided in the housing. The seat shell has an insulative element, a pair of elastic beam terminals and a conductive element. The conductive element connects with the elastic beam terminals. Each of the elastic beam terminals is separately and movably arranged between one of the main signal ports and the seat shell. The seat shell has ferrite elements. A splitter board is disposed in the cover shell. The splitter board has a pair of first terminals correspondingly connecting with second terminals in the main signal ports. Splitting signal ports electrically connecting with the splitter board are provided outside the cover shell.

Abstract: A cable television apparatus improving high frequency characteristics includes a first connector and a first choke. The first connector is electrically connected to an input coaxial cable or an output coaxial cable. The first choke is electrically connected to the first connector. The first connector includes a first signal transmission unit. The first choke is used to block a cable television signal. The first choke allows a first current flowing through the first choke. The first current is greater than or equal to 10 amperes. The first choke is directly touched the first signal transmission unit, or a connection path length between the first signal transmission unit and a pin of the first choke is less than 5 millimeters.

Abstract: A cable television system with printed-circuit-board-layout components receives a cable television signal. The cable television system includes a low pass filter apparatus. The low pass filter apparatus includes a printed circuit board, a plurality of low pass filters and at least one grounded metal wall. Each of the low pass filters includes a low-pass-side inductor and a low-pass-side capacitor. At least two of the low-pass-side inductors of the low pass filters are manufactured on the printed circuit board by a printed-circuit-board-layout technology to form at least two low-pass-side printed-circuit-board-layout inductors. The at least one grounded metal wall blocks a magnetic interference between the low-pass-side inductors of the low pass filters. The low pass filter apparatus filters out a signal having a frequency above 1 GHz.

Abstract: A resistance-type splitting apparatus includes a transformer and a resistor distribution circuit. The resistor distribution circuit is electrically connected to the transformer. The resistor distribution circuit includes a plurality of distribution resistors. The distribution resistors are electrically connected to the transformer. The distribution resistors of the resistor distribution circuit are arranged as a radial pattern. The transformer receives a cable television signal. After the transformer receives the cable television signal, the transformer distributes the cable television signal through the distribution resistors. A transformer turns ratio of the transformer is adjusted to perform an impedance matching with the distribution resistors of the resistor distribution circuit.

Abstract: An RF directional coupler circuit assembly for matching high frequency cable TV apparatus includes a cover body, and a printed circuit board. The cover body includes a space. The space includes a bottom surface. An RF directional coupler circuit is arranged on the printed circuit board. A 0.01 mm˜2 mm gap is formed between the RF directional coupler circuit and the bottom surface when the printed circuit board is deposited in the space. The distance between the printed circuit board and the cover body is shorten because of the gap, so that the reflections of the high frequency signals and the signal fading are decreasing to achieve matching high frequency impedance characteristics.

Abstract: The Ethernet extension system contains at least a signal and power conversion device, a conversion device, and a coaxial cable connected in between. The signal and power conversion device receives baseband network signal and electricity in accordance with PoE, and delivers the baseband network signal and electricity to the conversion device through the coaxial cable. The conversion device then provides the baseband network signal to an ordinary Ethernet network device. Baseband network signal and electricity as such could be delivered through a coaxial cable beyond the conventional Ethernet without additional configuration of power supplies or power sources, and without repeatedly modulation and demodulation, coding and decoding, or conversion of communication protocols.

Abstract: An overcurrent protection device includes a feedback control circuit for outputting a control signal in accordance with a feedback signal that corresponds to an output current signal outputted at an output node of a target circuit, that is received from a feedback output end of the target circuit, and that is to be provided to a control input end of the target circuit so as to cause the feedback signal to reach a preset value. A current limiting circuit, connected to the output node for magnitude control of the output current signal, enables a connection control circuit to connect the feedback control circuit to the control input end when the output current signal is less than a predetermined current value, and enables the connection control circuit to isolate the feedback control circuit from the control input end when the output current signal is not less than the predetermined current value.

Abstract: In a directional tap, a splitting circuit receives a video signal from an input port and outputs a distributed video signal corresponding to the video signal from the input port at each of multiple directional output ends. Each of multiple directional output terminals is connected electrically to a respective one of the directional output ends for outputting the distributed video signal to a client end. One of multiple surge protection circuit units is connected between the input port and an input of the splitting circuit. The remaining surge protection circuit units are connected between a respective directional output end of the splitting circuit and a respective directional output terminal. Each surge protection circuit unit includes an inductor having a first terminal connected electrically to the splitting circuit, and a second terminal cooperating with a ground terminal to define a gap.

Abstract: An input/output port for a directional tap includes an insulating seat, a conductive seat and a tubular terminal holder. The terminal holder is in electrical connection with the conductive seat and has a uniform-diameter portion and a converging portion, which extends from an end of the uniform-diameter portion, which is generally shaped as a truncated cone, and which has a small-diameter end that is distal to the uniform-diameter portion and that has a diameter smaller than that of the uniform-diameter portion. The converging portion is formed with a plurality of axial slits therethrough that define a plurality of jaws so as to be adapted to clamp a terminal of an input/output cable within the small-diameter end of the converging portion of the terminal holder, thereby establishing electrical connection between the terminal and the terminal holder.

Abstract: A predistortion circuit includes a first splitter for splitting an input signal into primary and secondary electrical paths, a first combiner for combining a main signal on the primary electrical path and a predistorted signal on the second electrical path into a single signal for modulating a nonlinear device with predictable distortion characteristics, a distortion signal generator for receiving a branch signal from the first splitter and for producing first and second intermodulation products, a second splitter for receiving the first intermodulation products and for outputting two sets of the first intermodulation products, a third splitter for receiving the second intermodulation products and for outputting two sets of the second intermodulation products, an even-order signal processing unit for processing one set of the first intermodulation products and one set of the second intermodulation products to generate even-order intermodulation products, an odd-order signal processing unit for processing the

Abstract: A device is to be coupled and used with a standard non-power providing directional tap and includes a power coupling unit and a power combining unit. The power coupling unit is adapted to be connected to an output port of the directional tap. The power coupling unit filters out RF signals from the output port and outputs an AC power signal from the output port. The power combining unit includes at least two sets of combining circuits with a common input port connected to the power coupling unit so as to receive the AC power signal therefrom. Each combining circuit has an RF input signal port adapted to be connected to a respective one of the RF signal ports of the directional tap so as to receive the RF signal therefrom, and a combined output signal port with an output which is the AC power signal from the common input port and the RF signal from the RF input signal port.