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Mode translating waveguide adapter for a quasi-optic grid array

US6542662B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 5, 2001
Grant dateApr 1, 2003
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Expiry dateJun 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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