Isolator using internally terminated circulator

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A MICROWAVE ISOLATOR FOR PROVIDING SIGNAL PASSAGE IN ONE DIRECTION ONLY IN A COAXIAL LINE COMPRISING A Y-SHAPED STRIP CONDUCTOR HAVING THREE ARMS EXTENDING RADIALLY FROM A COMMON CENTER, ANISOTROPIC FERROMAGNETIC MEANS BEING LOCATED CENTRALLY OF SAID Y CONDUCTOR, MAGNETIC FIELD MEANS FOR DIRECTING A FIELD THROUGH SAID ANISOTROPIC FERROMAGNETIC MEANS, A HOUSING FOR SUPPORTING SAID Y-SHAPED STRIP CONDUCTOR AND SAID MAGNETIC FIELD MEANS, TWO TERMINAL PORTS BEING SUPPORTED BY SAID HOUSING AND BEING CONNECTED THE COAXIAL LINE, TWO ARMS OF SAID Y-SHAPED STRIP CONDUCTOR BEING TERMINATED AT SAID TERMINAL PORTS THEREBY CONNECTING SAID COAXIAL LINE TO SAID TWO ARMS AT SAID TERMINAL PORTS, A DISSIPATIVE MEMBER FOR TERMINATING THE THIRD ARM OF SAID Y-SHAPED STRIP CONDUCTOR IN THE CHARACTERISTIC IMPEDANCE OF THE COAXIAL LINE, SAID DISSIPATIVE MEMBER DISSIPATING THE SIGNALS ENTERING SAID THIRD ARM THEREBY PROVIDING A TWO PORT ISOLATOR, SAID DISSIPATIVE MEMBER BEING CONNECTED DIRECTLY TO SAID THIRD ARM SO THAT IT IS INTEGRAL WITH SAID THIRD ARM AND IS IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH SAID THIRD ARM AT PORTIONS OF SAID THIRD ARM THAT ARE AT THE FULL WIDTH OF SAID ARM AND ARE LOCATED NO FURTHER FROM THE CENTER OF SAID Y CONDUCTOR THAN SAID TERMINAL PORTS ARE LOCATED FROM THE CENTER OF SAID Y CONDUCTOR THEREBY RESULTING IN A COMPACT CIRCULATOR HAVING SUPERIOR ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS.