A device for non-contact transmission of electrical signals or energy between
two
parts mobile relative to each other comprising electromagnetic near-field coupler
elements on the two parts, wherein the coupler elements on at least one part form
a cascade circuit terminated in a manner substantially free from reflection, and
each coupler element is an independent resonance system having a resonance frequency
higher than a highest frequency of wide-band signals to be transmitted. An alternatively
structured device in which each coupler element on one part includes an element
that resonates independently and has a resonance frequency approximately equal
to the frequency of signals or energy to be transmitted including developments
in which the coupler elements operate on differential signals, or analyzer means
determine the spacing between the two parts, or at least one part comprises symmetrical
lines for supplying differential energy signals to two coupler elements.