Microstrip to waveguide launch
First Claim
1. A transition for interfacing a microwave waveguide with an external circuit, the waveguide being shaped such that it defines a substantially hollow interior with an opening including a lip having an inner edge and an outer edge, the waveguide further defining a direction of electric field propagation parallel to a first direction, the transition comprising:
- a first substrate extending in a plane substantially transverse to the first direction;
a conducting ground plane attached to the first substrate;
a microstrip signal conductor attached to the first substrate and separated from the ground plane by the first substrate;
a second substrate disposed substantially parallel to the first substrate, the second substrate extending at least partially into the interior of the waveguide; and
a conducting probe attached to the second substrate and in electrical contact with the signal conductor, the probe extending at least partially into the interior of the waveguide in a plane substantially transverse to the first direction, and wherein the probe is coupled to the microstrip signal conductor.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for coupling a conductor-based transmission line, such as a strip transmission line, to a waveguide. The transmission line may be separated from a corresponding conducting ground plane by a first dielectric substrate layer. The ground plane may be adhesively coupled to a portion of the waveguide, and may be offset from the interior of the waveguide, so that adhesive squeezed out between the ground plane and the waveguide may be at least partially shielded from the waveguide, and thus does not significantly perturb electromagnetic signals within the waveguide.
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22 Claims
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1. A transition for interfacing a microwave waveguide with an external circuit, the waveguide being shaped such that it defines a substantially hollow interior with an opening including a lip having an inner edge and an outer edge, the waveguide further defining a direction of electric field propagation parallel to a first direction, the transition comprising:
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a first substrate extending in a plane substantially transverse to the first direction;
a conducting ground plane attached to the first substrate;
a microstrip signal conductor attached to the first substrate and separated from the ground plane by the first substrate;
a second substrate disposed substantially parallel to the first substrate, the second substrate extending at least partially into the interior of the waveguide; and
a conducting probe attached to the second substrate and in electrical contact with the signal conductor, the probe extending at least partially into the interior of the waveguide in a plane substantially transverse to the first direction, and wherein the probe is coupled to the microstrip signal conductor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A transition for interfacing a microwave waveguide with an external circuit, the waveguide being shaped such that it defines a substantially hollow interior with an opening including a lip having an inner edge and an outer edge, the waveguide further defining a direction of electric field propagation parallel to a first direction, the transition comprising:
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a first substrate defining a plane substantially transverse to the first direction;
a conducting ground plane attached to the first substrate and having a leading edge offset from the inner edge of the lip;
a microstrip signal conductor attached to the first substrate and separated from the ground plane by the first substrate;
a second substrate disposed substantially parallel to the plane of the first substrate, the second substrate extending at least partially into the interior of the waveguide; and
a conducting probe attached to the second substrate and in electrical contact with the signal conductor, the probe extending at least partially into the interior of the waveguide in a plane substantially transverse to the first direction. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A microwave waveguide system comprising:
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a waveguide base having a top surface and a hollow interior portion defined by a first aperture in the top surface, the interior portion having a first cross-sectional area and defining a direction of electric field propagation parallel to a first direction;
a transition for interfacing the waveguide with an external circuit, the transition configured to extend at least partially over the first aperture in a direction transverse to the first direction; and
a waveguide end defining a hollow recess, the recess having a second cross-sectional area greater than the first area and sized to accommodate the transition, the waveguide end extending from the waveguide base. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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