A 94 Ghz Orthomode Transducer for Dual Polarization Receivers

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A 94 GHz waveguide orthomode transducer to be used as a receiver has been designed, fabricated, and measured. The waveguide choke, realized by a cascade of symmetrical steps, is introduced as the polarization discriminator, which could remarkable lower the difficulty of manufacturing and assembling in W-band and above. The designed orthomode transducer has low return loss, high isolation, and moderately broad bandwidth, and its performance closely follow the simulation results.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 760-762)

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166-169

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September 2013

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© 2013 Trans Tech Publications Ltd. All Rights Reserved

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