Microwave resonator
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a first resonant microwave cavity having three mutually orthogonal dimensions; and
a low loss dielectric body substantially enclosing each dimension of the first resonant microwave cavity,wherein;
the resonant microwave cavity supports a resonant mode of microwaves having modal electric field nulls; and
each of the dimensions of the resonant microwave cavity extend proximate to locations of the modal electric field nulls.
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Abstract
A simplified apparatus and a design method for providing microwave resonators having high Q factors. The apparatus includes a resonant microwave cavity having three mutually orthogonal dimensions and a low loss dielectric body substantially enclosing each dimension of the resonant microwave cavity. To further increase Q-factor, the apparatus of the invention preferably includes a plurality of resonant microwave cavities and a plurality of low loss dielectric bodies each substantially enclosing a respective one of the microwave resonant cavities. In some embodiments the low loss dielectric bodies are arranged in a stack. In other embodiments the low loss dielectric bodies are concentrically arranged. The design method includes selecting a resonant mode frequency and a height dimension of a microwave resonant cavity, extending radial bessel function solutions along a radius of the cavity to determine radial locations of electric field nulls of a resonant mode of microwaves, and substantially positioning concentric dielectric tube portions of the bodies at the radial locations of the electric field nulls. Similarly, the method of the invention includes extending cavity harmonic function solutions along the axis of symmetry of the cavity to determine axial locations of electric field nulls of the resonant mode of microwaves, and substantially positioning dielectric plate portions of the bodies at the axial locations of the electric field nulls.
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17 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a first resonant microwave cavity having three mutually orthogonal dimensions; and a low loss dielectric body substantially enclosing each dimension of the first resonant microwave cavity, wherein; the resonant microwave cavity supports a resonant mode of microwaves having modal electric field nulls; and each of the dimensions of the resonant microwave cavity extend proximate to locations of the modal electric field nulls. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10)
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7. An apparatus as in claim 7 wherein:
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the first and second dielectric tube portions each have a respective inner surface; and the respective inner surface of each of the first and second dielectric tube portions are disposed proximate to locations of the modal electric field nulls.
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11. An apparatus comprising:
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a first resonant microwave cavity having three mutually orthogonal dimensions; and a low loss dielectric body enclosing each dimension of the first resonant microwave cavity; wherein the low loss dielectric body includes a first dielectric tube portion and further includes a second dielectric tube portion concentrically arranged adjacent to the first dielectric tube portion; and wherein; the first and second dielectric tube portions each have a respective inner surface; and the respective inner surface of each of the first and second dielectric tube portions are disposed at locations of modal electric field nulls of a resonant mode supported by the cavity.
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12. An apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of resonant microwave cavities, for supporting a resonance mode of microwave therein having three mutually orthogonal dimensions; and a low loss dielectric body substantially enclosing each one of the three mutually orthogonal dimensions of the microwave resonant cavities. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. An apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of resonant microwave cavities; and a low loss dielectric body enclosing each of the microwave resonant cavities; wherein; the low loss dielectric body has a plurality of inner surfaces; the plurality of resonant microwave cavities support a resonant mode of microwaves having modal electric field nulls; and the inner surfaces of the low loss dielectric body are disposed proximate to locations of the modal electric field nulls.
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16. An apparatus comprising:
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a resonant microwave cavity; and a dielectric body including a hollow spool shaped member substantially enclosing the resonant microwave cavity, the hollow spool shaped member including a hollow dielectric tube portion extending between first and second dielectric plate portions, the first and second plate portions each having diameters larger than a diameter of the hollow dielectric tube portion.
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17. A method for designing a high Q factor microwave resonator comprising:
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selecting a resonant mode frequency and a height dimension of a microwave resonant cavity; extending radial bessel function solutions along a radius of the cavity to determine radial locations of electric field nulls of a resonant mode of microwaves; positioning concentric dielectric tubes proximate to the radial locations of the electric field nulls; extending cavity harmonic function solutions along the axis of symmetry of the cavity to determine axial locations of electric field nulls of the resonant mode of microwaves; and positioning dielectric plates proximate to the axial locations of the electric field nulls.
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