A multi-coupler system for isolating radio signals in a transceiver, that
includes a transmitter and a receiver, to permit simultaneous transmit by
the transmitter and receive by the receiver through a single antenna in
the exact same or nearby frequency ranges. This is done so that in-coming
receive signals, transmitted from a remotely located radio, being
detected by the receiver is much stronger than the portion of the
transmit signal unintentionally coupled over by the co-site (or
co-located) transmitter. The invention uses a special electronic circuit,
termed the quasi-circulator, to couple the antenna to both the co-located
receiver and the transmitter. The invention can also be used to couple
several transceivers to a single antenna. The quasi-circulator circuit
includes a simulated antenna load with an impedance matched to the
antenna impedance. The circuit also includes a transformer with its
primary side fed asymmetrically by the antenna so that it can pass the
desired receive signal with minimum attenuation. The transformer's
primary is on the other hand fed symmetrically from both sides by equally
small portions of the transmit power from the co-site transmitter, but
these signals are 180 degrees out of phase and cancel almost completely
in the transformer.