WO1994022148A1 - Characteristic impedance corrected audio signal cable - Google Patents

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WO1994022148A1
WO1994022148A1 PCT/IB1994/000053 IB9400053W WO9422148A1 WO 1994022148 A1 WO1994022148 A1 WO 1994022148A1 IB 9400053 W IB9400053 W IB 9400053W WO 9422148 A1 WO9422148 A1 WO 9422148A1
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  • This invention relates to audio cables generally and, more particularly, to a novel audio signal cable in which the geometry of the conductors therein and the dielectric which separates them has been arranged 0 to raise the capacitance and lower the inductance-of the cable, therewith lowering its characteristic impedance to the same order as that of the load, typically 2 to 10 ohns.
  • the resultant loss of fidelity is espectially important in fast, transient signals which are impaired by a much slower rise time at the speaker than at the amplifier.
  • several speakers are connected in parallel to the same cable, further lowering the load and enhancing the impedance mismatch.
  • the result is severe HF ringing.
  • twin lead cables are relatively open to neighbouring fields because of the distance between the conductors.
  • the effect of this may be overplay between channels when cables are routed together, or line frequency hum picked up from adjacent power wiring.
  • the kind of effects described may be avoided either by extensive cable shielding or separate routing, but either measure often adds considerably to installation costs.
  • the present invention deals with improvements in speaker cables by virtually eliminating the problems outlined in the above.
  • cables according to the invention are more compact and easier to install and conceal than conventional speaker cables. Due to their construction, however, special measures are required for termination and splicing which may be facilitataed by the use of specialized hardware, one embodiment of which will be described in the following.
  • Speaker cables according to the invention have a low characteristic impedance, typically under 10 ohms, effectively excluding signal distortion from impedance mismatch.
  • they are virtually immune to neighburing fields and may be bundled or routed next to power lines without the effects described above.
  • this can be achieved by exchanging the conventional conductors in a cable with wide bands composed of solid foil or strip or"a multitude of closely juxtaposed wires of conductive material.
  • a preferred embodiment of a twin cable according to the invneion may consist of two such bands sandwiched close together with a thin interlayer of a suitable dielectric material like, e.g., polyester film, and surrounded by a common sheath of suitable insulation.
  • the effect of this construction is a drastic increase in capacity and a simultaneously reduced inductance, compared to conventional cables, which together bring along the desired reduction in characteristic impedance.
  • the cable is virtually immune to outside fields and the emmission of low frequency magnetic fields, which some people consider a health hazard, is virtually eliminated.
  • Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 are embodiments of cables according to the invention.
  • Figures 5, 6 and 7 are comparative measurements on conventional heavy gauge, twin lead speaker cable versus cables according to the invention.
  • FIG 8 a clamp, also according to the invention, allowing convenient termination and splicing of the special flat speaker cables of the invention.
  • elements 1 and 2 indicate flat strips of a conducting matrial, e.g., copper or aluminum placed on each side of a somewhat wider, interlayer 3 consisting of a dielectric material, e.g., polyester film.
  • the dimensions of the strip depend on system requirements but a good example for audiophile application would be copper strip 0.375" wide by 0.010" thick, yielding almost the same conductive cross section as the 12 gauge wire now being used increasingly in residential stereo systems.
  • the cable of Figure 1 is the simplest embodiment possible of a cable according to the invention, having no external insulation at all.
  • Figure 2 is another embodiment of a cable according to the invention wherein the separating film
  • FIG. 3 has been folded or cuffed around the edges of one of the strip conductors and a second film strip 4 folded around the entire sandwich, either leaving an area of one conductor open or enclosing completely the two conductors 1 and 2 and the separating film 3.
  • the film layers referred to in the above can be replaced by, e.g., extruded insulation, still within the scope of the invention.
  • Figures 3 is a construction similar to the one shown in Figure 2, the only difference being that the solid bands 1 and 2 are exchanged with bands of closely juxtaposed multiple wires. This cable can be terminated in the conventional manner by stripping and twisting the wires of each lead in turn. —
  • Figure 4 is a cable according to the same basic principle utilizing even wider, band shaped conductors which have been folded lengthwise and arranged in a mutually interlocking relationship, the objective being a further reduction of characteristic impedance combined with ease of installation through the reduction in width of the assembly.
  • Another variation would be forming the cable into an elongated hollow tube, or the use of tubular conductors arranged concentrically surrounding a core of a filler material or air.
  • the characteristic impedance of the cables referred to in the above will depend largely on the width of the conductors and their mutual distance as well as the dielectric constant of the material of the interlayer. For example, using solid conductors 0.375" wide and an interlayer of 0.003" thick polyester film will produce a cable having a characteristic impedance of approximately 4 ohms.
  • Figure 5 illustrates comparative measurements using a 12 KHz square wave transmitted via I, a 25 foot long cable according to the invention with a charactieristic impedance of 4 ohms and II, an equally long cable of conventional construction with 100 ohms characteristic impedance, both connected to a 4 ohms load.
  • A is the signal at the amplifier and S the signal at the speaker terminals.
  • II indicates a clear leading edge spike at the amplifier and significant distortion at the speaker terminals.
  • I in contrast, is entirely distortion free, showing only the resistive loss en route.
  • Figure 6 is the same set up with a 2 ohm load, indicating aggravated distortion at both amplifier and speaker in the case of the conventional cable and " no distortion with the new cable.
  • Figure 8 is a preferred embodiment of a clamp suitable for termination and splicing of cables of the invetnion and comprising a non-conducting body 5, e.g., injection molded from a suitable thermoplasic, with a slot 6, somewhat wider than the cable, and a metal strap 7, having holes 8 and 9, threaded to accept screws 10 and 11, and a metallic insert 12, fitting in a depression 13 located at the bottom of slot 6.
  • the strap and insert are each provided with sharp projections 14 facing each side of the cable 15 in turn as it is placed in slot 6.
  • a short length of conventional cable is used for hook up to speakers and amplifier.
  • the clamp is suited for termination at either end, or at any point along a calbe according to the invention, and for splicing two cables together, with or without simultaneous termination.
  • Screws 10 and 11 are loosened and the cable 15 is inserted into slot 6 from one or the other side of the clamp, or one screw is unscrewed and the strap 7 opened and the clamp hooked onto the cable for midway termination.
  • the hook up wire is stripped and one lead 16 inserted in the hole to emerge behind the insert 12, while the other lead 17 is guided around screw 10 just behind its head.
  • strap 7 will make contact with one side of the cable, cutting through any external insulation-,- and, at the same time, contact will be established between strap 7 and one of the hook up wires via screw 10.
  • the insert 12 will establish contact between the opposite side of the cable and the other hook up wire, and the termination is completed as the screws are tightened home.
  • the clamp described can also be used for splicing two cables together as they are inserted from either end with their ends not touching each other inside the clamp.
  • mutual contact is established via the dual projections on the strap and the insert respectively, and a simultaneous termination can be carried out by means of a hook up wire if desired.
  • Most manufacturers of audiophile signal cable emphasize the importance of a very low capcity per linear unit and it is a very significant characteristic of the new cable that the capacitance may be, e.g., 100 times higher than in other cables.
  • the impedance of the distributed capacitance and inductance cancel each other out and the result is a cable appearing to the amplifier as a purely resistive load. This fact is amply evident from the oscilloscope pictures which indicate a total elimination of both "kickback" to the amplifier and distortion at the speaker terminals even in the case of the 1:2 mismatch ratio illustrated in Figure 6.

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Audio signal cable for interconnecting a power source and a load, e.g. a power amplifier and a loudspeaker, wherein the geometry of the conductors (1, 2) and the dieletric (3) which separates them has been adapted to raise the capacitance and lower the inductance of the cable, therewith lowering its characteristic impedance to the same order as that of the load, typically 2-10 ohms. In a preferred embodiment this is done by providing a positive and a negative conductor (1, 2) each composed of a solid band of e.g. copper, substantially as wide as the cable which are sandwiched together with a thin interlayer of a dielectric material (3), e.g. polyester film.

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Description
Characteristic Impedance Corrected Audio Signal Cable
Technical Field
This invention relates to audio cables generally and, more particularly, to a novel audio signal cable in which the geometry of the conductors therein and the dielectric which separates them has been arranged 0 to raise the capacitance and lower the inductance-of the cable, therewith lowering its characteristic impedance to the same order as that of the load, typically 2 to 10 ohns.
5 Background Art
Ever since the development of high fidelity stereo technology a great deal of effort has been directed towards elmininating sound distortion due to imperfections in microphones, amplifiers and ° loudspeaders. As the components have been improved, it has become increasingly important that the signal is transmitted unimpaired between amplifiers and speakers and this has required special attention to the construction and routing of speaker cables. ^ Most conventional cables, including loudspeaker cables, have a relatively high "characteristic impedance in the range of 50 to 100 ohms. The characteristic impedance of a signal transmission cable is independent of its length but depends on its ° construction and the mutual distance and kind of insulation used between the conductors.
In this context, it is a serious limitation of conventional cables that their characteristic impedance is much higher than the impedance of 5 loudspeakers which is mostly in the range of 2 to 8 ohms. The ensuing problem is heard in reflections, due to impedance mismatch, which impair sound quality increasingly as cables get longer. Measurements indicate that this kind of signal distortion becomes notable at the high end of the audible field starting with speaker cables as short as 10 feet.
The resultant loss of fidelity is espectially important in fast, transient signals which are impaired by a much slower rise time at the speaker than at the amplifier. In many cases, several speakers are connected in parallel to the same cable, further lowering the load and enhancing the impedance mismatch. In addition, in cases where the cable is left open, or almost open, e.g., connected to a high impedance headphone, the result is severe HF ringing.
The kind of distortion described in the above comes into play in complex stereo music signals by disturbing the phase relationship between signal components of different frequencies. The result is that the sound becomes diffuse and less distinct with increasing cable length. This effect should not be confused with the well known signal clipping. Especially in stereo sound, fidelity is dependent on extremely small differences interpreted by the human ear to percieve the location of each instrument among a multitude of instruments, e.g., in a symphony orchestra. In this case, phase distortion will disturb the impression of being present in the concert hall.
In large audio speaker systems, e.g., cinema systems, often frequency adjustments are required of the individual channels in order to compenssate for differences in cable length and thus to repair the before mentioned phase and frequency dependence. Such adjustment would not be required if speaker cables were designed to match the characteristic impedance of the speakers. In addition, all audio amplifiers use negative feedback to control and stabilize the amplification ratio and power bandwidth. The load impedance has to be taken into account when the feedback loop is calculated and fine tuned for the desired frequency response. Using a speaker cable with the correct characteristic impedance will greatly reduce the variation in load impedance with frequency.
Another problem related to conventional twin lead cables is that they are relatively open to neighbouring fields because of the distance between the conductors. The effect of this may be overplay between channels when cables are routed together, or line frequency hum picked up from adjacent power wiring. The kind of effects described may be avoided either by extensive cable shielding or separate routing, but either measure often adds considerably to installation costs.
Disclosure of Invention The present invention deals with improvements in speaker cables by virtually eliminating the problems outlined in the above. In addition, cables according to the invention are more compact and easier to install and conceal than conventional speaker cables. Due to their construction, however, special measures are required for termination and splicing which may be facilitataed by the use of specialized hardware, one embodiment of which will be described in the following. Speaker cables according to the invention have a low characteristic impedance, typically under 10 ohms, effectively excluding signal distortion from impedance mismatch. In addition, due to their geometry, they are virtually immune to neighburing fields and may be bundled or routed next to power lines without the effects described above.
According to the invention, this can be achieved by exchanging the conventional conductors in a cable with wide bands composed of solid foil or strip or"a multitude of closely juxtaposed wires of conductive material. A preferred embodiment of a twin cable according to the invneion may consist of two such bands sandwiched close together with a thin interlayer of a suitable dielectric material like, e.g., polyester film, and surrounded by a common sheath of suitable insulation. The effect of this construction is a drastic increase in capacity and a simultaneously reduced inductance, compared to conventional cables, which together bring along the desired reduction in characteristic impedance. At the same time, because of the mutual proximity of the band conductors, the cable is virtually immune to outside fields and the emmission of low frequency magnetic fields, which some people consider a health hazard, is virtually eliminated.
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The invention will be described in the following with reference to the drawing wherein:
Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 are embodiments of cables according to the invention. Figures 5, 6 and 7 are comparative measurements on conventional heavy gauge, twin lead speaker cable versus cables according to the invention.
Figure 8, a clamp, also according to the invention, allowing convenient termination and splicing of the special flat speaker cables of the invention.
Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention in Figure 1, elements 1 and 2 indicate flat strips of a conducting matrial, e.g., copper or aluminum placed on each side of a somewhat wider, interlayer 3 consisting of a dielectric material, e.g., polyester film. The dimensions of the strip depend on system requirements but a good example for audiophile application would be copper strip 0.375" wide by 0.010" thick, yielding almost the same conductive cross section as the 12 gauge wire now being used increasingly in residential stereo systems. The cable of Figure 1 is the simplest embodiment possible of a cable according to the invention, having no external insulation at all. Because of the normally low signal voltage, there is no danger of electrical shock to a person touching the cable, and due to the two sided construction and the protruding fringes of the separating film, there is also little chance of a short circuit caused by contact with adjacent metallic building elements.
Figure 2 is another embodiment of a cable according to the invention wherein the separating film
3 has been folded or cuffed around the edges of one of the strip conductors and a second film strip 4 folded around the entire sandwich, either leaving an area of one conductor open or enclosing completely the two conductors 1 and 2 and the separating film 3. It is a matter of course that the film layers referred to in the above can be replaced by, e.g., extruded insulation, still within the scope of the invention. Figures 3 is a construction similar to the one shown in Figure 2, the only difference being that the solid bands 1 and 2 are exchanged with bands of closely juxtaposed multiple wires. This cable can be terminated in the conventional manner by stripping and twisting the wires of each lead in turn. —
Figure 4 is a cable according to the same basic principle utilizing even wider, band shaped conductors which have been folded lengthwise and arranged in a mutually interlocking relationship, the objective being a further reduction of characteristic impedance combined with ease of installation through the reduction in width of the assembly. Another variation would be forming the cable into an elongated hollow tube, or the use of tubular conductors arranged concentrically surrounding a core of a filler material or air.
The characteristic impedance of the cables referred to in the above will depend largely on the width of the conductors and their mutual distance as well as the dielectric constant of the material of the interlayer. For example, using solid conductors 0.375" wide and an interlayer of 0.003" thick polyester film will produce a cable having a characteristic impedance of approximately 4 ohms. Figure 5 illustrates comparative measurements using a 12 KHz square wave transmitted via I, a 25 foot long cable according to the invention with a charactieristic impedance of 4 ohms and II, an equally long cable of conventional construction with 100 ohms characteristic impedance, both connected to a 4 ohms load. A is the signal at the amplifier and S the signal at the speaker terminals. II indicates a clear leading edge spike at the amplifier and significant distortion at the speaker terminals. I, in contrast, is entirely distortion free, showing only the resistive loss en route.
Figure 6 is the same set up with a 2 ohm load, indicating aggravated distortion at both amplifier and speaker in the case of the conventional cable and"no distortion with the new cable.
In Figure 7, II is a conventional cable with no load attached showing severe VHF ringing. The calbe acts like an antenna with implications of radio interference. I is the impedance corrected cable showing brief, very damped ringing.
Figure 8 is a preferred embodiment of a clamp suitable for termination and splicing of cables of the invetnion and comprising a non-conducting body 5, e.g., injection molded from a suitable thermoplasic, with a slot 6, somewhat wider than the cable, and a metal strap 7, having holes 8 and 9, threaded to accept screws 10 and 11, and a metallic insert 12, fitting in a depression 13 located at the bottom of slot 6. The strap and insert are each provided with sharp projections 14 facing each side of the cable 15 in turn as it is placed in slot 6. A short length of conventional cable is used for hook up to speakers and amplifier. The clamp is suited for termination at either end, or at any point along a calbe according to the invention, and for splicing two cables together, with or without simultaneous termination. In the following will be explained how it works: Screws 10 and 11 are loosened and the cable 15 is inserted into slot 6 from one or the other side of the clamp, or one screw is unscrewed and the strap 7 opened and the clamp hooked onto the cable for midway termination. The hook up wire is stripped and one lead 16 inserted in the hole to emerge behind the insert 12, while the other lead 17 is guided around screw 10 just behind its head. As the screws are tightened, strap 7 will make contact with one side of the cable, cutting through any external insulation-,- and, at the same time, contact will be established between strap 7 and one of the hook up wires via screw 10. Simultaneously, the insert 12 will establish contact between the opposite side of the cable and the other hook up wire, and the termination is completed as the screws are tightened home.
The clamp described can also be used for splicing two cables together as they are inserted from either end with their ends not touching each other inside the clamp. Here mutual contact is established via the dual projections on the strap and the insert respectively, and a simultaneous termination can be carried out by means of a hook up wire if desired. Most manufacturers of audiophile signal cable emphasize the importance of a very low capcity per linear unit and it is a very significant characteristic of the new cable that the capacitance may be, e.g., 100 times higher than in other cables. In the new cable, the impedance of the distributed capacitance and inductance cancel each other out and the result is a cable appearing to the amplifier as a purely resistive load. This fact is amply evident from the oscilloscope pictures which indicate a total elimination of both "kickback" to the amplifier and distortion at the speaker terminals even in the case of the 1:2 mismatch ratio illustrated in Figure 6.
It is another feature of the cable according to the invention that the use of a high loss dielectric interlayer will serve to further dampen the ringing and "kickback" at the expense of a marginal lowering of sound quality. This may be highly relevant, e.g., in the case of a. public address system where many speakers are connected to one and the same cable loop and will serve to make messages more understandable. Although only four alternative constructions of cable have been illustrated and described according to the invention, many modifications and variations thereof will be apparent to those skilled in the art, and accordingly it is intended in the claims to cover all such modifications and variations which fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

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1. Cable for interconnecting a power source and a load, e.g. a power amplifier and a loudspeaker,
5 wherein the geometry of the conductors and the dielectric which separates them has been adapted to raise the capacitance and lower the inductance of the cable, therewith lowering its characteristic impedance to the same order as that of the load, typically 2-10 0 ohms.
2. Ribbon shaped cable according to claim 1, comprising solid, band shaped, positive and negative conductors layered in close mutual relationship with a 5 thin interlayer of a suitable dielectric material, e.g. polyester film.
3. Ribbon shaped cable according to claim 1, comprising band shaped, positive and negative 0 conductors, each composed of an array of closely juxtaposed wires, the conductors being layered in close mutual relationship with a thin interlayer of suitable dielectric material.
5 4. Cable according to claim 1, comprising positive and negative tubular conductors, one slightly smaller than the other, arranged concentrically with a thin interlayer of suitable dielectric material.
° 5. Cable according to claim 2, 3 or 4, comprising an outer sheath of a suitable insulating material, e.g. dielectric film, or a thermoplastic resin extruded in place.
5 6. Clamping device for termination and splicing of cables according to claims 2, 3 or 5, comprising a non conducting body 5 and conductive elements 7 and 12 provided with sharp, insulation penetrating projections 14 contacting opposite sides of the cable, and means 10 and 11 for clamping elements 7 and 12 firmly together, at the same time establishing electrical contact to the stripped ends 16 and 17 respectively of a hook up wire of conventional construction.
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JP6520853A JPH08507897A (en) 1993-03-15 1994-03-15 Audio signal cable with modified characteristic impedance
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