Combined current and voltage launcher for microwave cavity utilizing bicuneate plate

Claim 1

A BROAD-BAND COAXIAL-TO-WAVEGUIDE MICROWAVE COUPLING DEVICE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION WITH A COAXIAL LINE CENTER CONDUCTOR AND A WAVEGUIDE SECTION HAVING AN APERTURED SIDE WALL THROUGH WHICH THE CENTER CONDUCTOR ENTERS THE SECTION ALONG A DIRECTION GENERALLY PARALLEL TO AN ADJOINING WALL, A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT PLATELIKE CONDUCTOR OF GENERALLY QUADRANGULAR FORM HAVING TWO OPPOSITE SIDE CORNERS AND HAVING OPPOSITE END CORNERS RESPECTIVELY DEFINING OBTUSE AND ACUTE ANGLES WITH A COMMON BISECTOR, SAID PLATE-LIKE CONDUCTOR HAVING OPPOSITE SIDE PORTIONS SYMMETRICAL ABOUT SAID BISECTOR AS AN AXIS OF SYMMETRY, SAID PLATE-LIKE CONDUCTOR BEING CONNECTED AT SAID OBTUSE ANGLE CORNER THEREOF TO THE CENTER CONDUCTOR IN SUBSTANTIAL ALIGNMENT OF SAID AXIS THEREWITH, THE WIDTH OF SAID PLATE-LIKE CONDUCTOR TRANSVERSE TO SAID AXIS APPROXIMATING THE LENGTH ALONG SAID AXIS, AND MEANS EXTENDING GENERALLY TRANSVERSE TO THE GENERAL PLANE OF SAID PLATE-LIKE CONDUCTOR CONNECTING THE SAME TO THE ADJOINING WALL, AND SAID MEANS INCLUDING A CONDUCTIVE ROD EXTENDING GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE APERTURED WALL AT A LOCATION NEAR SAID OBTUSE ANGLE CORNER OF SAID PLATE-LIKE CONDUCTOR.