Mode translating waveguide adapter for a quasi-optic grid array
US6542662B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 5, 2001 |
| Grant date | Apr 1, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 5, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03F3/1935
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention discloses a simple adapter that transitions between a standard rectangular waveguide environment and the quasi-plane wave (quasi-TEM mode) environment of an active grid array assembly. The device may serve as a mode expanding waveguide feed or as a mode contracting waveguide collector.
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