Orthogonal mode hybrid junction and circuit therefor

Claim 1

A MICROWAVE CIRCUIT COMPRISING A FIRST AND SECOND HYBRID; EACH OF SAID HYBRIDS INCLUDING A FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD CHANNEL; SAID FIRST AND SECOND CHANNELS TERMINATING AT SAID THIRD CHANNEL; SAID FIRST CHANNEL CONSTRUCTED TO SUPPORT A FIRST WAVE SIGNAL; SAID SECOND CHANNEL CONSTRUCTED TO SUPPORT A SECOND WAVE SIGNAL; SAID SECOND WAVE SIGNAL BEING ORIENTATED 90 DEGREES APART IN SPACE WITH RESPECT TO SAID FIRST WAVE SIGNAL; SAID THIRD CHANNEL CONSTRUCTED TO SUPPORT BOTH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND WAVE SIGNALS; A CONNECTING GUIDE MEANS BETWEEN THE THIRD CHANNELS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND HYBRIDS; THE AXIS OF SAID CONNECTING GUIDE MEANS INCLINED 45 DEGREES WITH RESPECT OT THE TRANSVERSE AXIS OF SAID THIRD CHANNEL; AND MEANS TO SELECTIVELY COUPLE TO ORTHOGONALLY RESOLVED FIRST AND SECOND COMPONENTS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND WAVE SIGNALS IN SAID CONNECTING GUIDE MEANS; SAID FIRST ORTHOGONALLY RESOLVED COMPONENT PARALLEL TO THE TRANSVERSE AXIS OF SAID CONNECTING GUIDE MEANS, AND RECIPROCALLY INCLUDING IN-PHASE COMPONENTS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND WAVE SIGNALS; SAID SECOND ORTHOGONALY RESOLVED COMPONENT PERPENDICULAR TO THE TRANSVERSE AXIS OF SAID CONNECTING GUIDE MEANS AND RECIPROCALLY INCLUDING AN OUTOF-PHASE COMPONENT OF SAID FIRST WAVE SIGNAL AND AN INPHASE COMPONENT OF SAID SECOND WAVE SIGNAL, SUCH THAT SAID HYBRID PROVIDING OUT-OF-PHASE COMPONENTS OF SAID FIRST WAVE SIGNAL TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND ORTHOGONALLY RESOLVED COMPONENTS, AND IN-PHASE COMPONENTS OF SAID SECOND WAVE SIGNAL TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND ORTHOGONALLY RESOLVED COMPONENT, SAID FIRST WAVE CHANNEL, THIRD CHANNEL AND CONNECTING GUIDE MEANS COLLECTIVELY DEFINING AN E-PLANE TEE; AND SAID SECOND WAVE CHANNEL, THIRD CHANNEL AND CONNECTING GUIDE MEANS COLLECTIVELY DEFINING AN H-PLANE TEE.