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Device for exciting a waveguide with circular polarization from a plane antenna
Assignee: Alcatel Espace Industries SA
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Filing: 1988-11-07
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Granted: 1991-04-23
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Expires: 2008-11-07
Abstract
Abstract A device for exciting a waveguide with circular polarization from a plane antenna, said waveguide (10) being a rectilinear hollow waveguide closed at one of its ends (12), said antenna being excited by at least two coaxial ports (13, 14) fed in phase quadrature by a circuit including a hybrid coupler (15), and being constituted by a radiating plane metal pattern (11) disposed on the surface of an insulating substrate (18) closing the waveguide (10) perpendicularly to its axis of symmetry.
Inventors
- 👤 Didier Rene
- 👤 Thierry Dusseux
- 👤 Philippe Ginestet
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 13:01
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01P; H01P1/00; H01P1/165; H01P1/17; H01Q; H01Q9/00; H01Q9/04; H01Q9/0407; H01Q9/0414; H01Q9/0428; H01Q9/0435
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
182 words
A device for exciting a rectinlinear hollow waveguide having an axis of symmetry and being closed at a first end perpendicular to said axis of symmetry; said device comprising: a plane antenna comprising a ground plane constituted by said first end of the waveguide; at least two dielectric layers, separated by a first metallic surface, and disposed on the interior surface of said waveguide first end; the dielectric layer of said layers remote from said waveguide first end having a second metallic surface disposed thereon, said dielectric layers and said metallic surfaces all being disposed symmetrically with respect to the axis of symmetry of the waveguide, and wherein said metallic surfaces each form a radiating element and constitute a plurality of superposed resonators disposed on the interior surface of said waveguide first end, at least one pair of coaxial lines connected to said first metallic surface, circumferentially spaced from each other by 90° relative to the axis of symmetry of the waveguide and a circuit including a hybrid coupler feeding said coaxial line in quadrature for exciting the waveguide with circular polarization.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
182 words
A device for exciting a rectinlinear hollow waveguide having an axis of symmetry and being closed at a first end perpendicular to said axis of symmetry; said device comprising: a plane antenna comprising a ground plane constituted by said first end of the waveguide; at least two dielectric layers, separated by a first metallic surface, and disposed on the interior surface of said waveguide first end; the dielectric layer of said layers remote from said waveguide first end having a second metallic surface disposed thereon, said dielectric layers and said metallic surfaces all being disposed symmetrically with respect to the axis of symmetry of the waveguide, and wherein said metallic surfaces each form a radiating element and constitute a plurality of superposed resonators disposed on the interior surface of said waveguide first end, at least one pair of coaxial lines connected to said first metallic surface, circumferentially spaced from each other by 90° relative to the axis of symmetry of the waveguide and a circuit including a hybrid coupler feeding said coaxial line in quadrature for exciting the waveguide with circular polarization.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein each said radiating element is a printed circuit metallic pattern disposed on a respective dielectric layer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
A device according to claim 1, characterized in that each said radiating element is a metal plating disposed on a respective dielectric layer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
45 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein said at least one pair of coaxial lines comprise coaxial ports in plural pairs at circumferentially spaced 90° intervals from each other relative to the axis of symmetry of the waveguide and connected to said first metallic surface.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
A device according to claim 4, wherein said metallic surfaces are constituted by metal disks disposed respectively on the surfaces of said at least two dielectric layers and constituting said radiating elements.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
A device according to claim 5, characterized in that the waveguide is a circular waveguide.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
100 words
A device according to claim 5, wherein said rectilinear hollow waveguide is of metal, said dielectric layers comprise a first dielectric layer interposed between said closed first end of said rectilinear hollow waveguide and a first metal disk, and a second dielectric layer is interposed between the surface of the first metal disk remote from said first dielectric layer and a second metal disk positioned on the side of said second dielectric layer remote from said first metal disk, and wherein said first metal disk constitutes said first radiating element and said second metal disk constitutes said second radiating element.
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