Active dc directional couplers which are combinations of conventional transmission line attenuator networks and dc amplifiers are described. The circuits of and design equations for signal-detecting and signal-injecting directional couplers with responses which are inherently flat from dc to an amplifier-dependent upper frequency limit are presented.
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