Abstract:
An evanescent H-mode rectangular waveguide resonator having a tuning screw mounted on one broad wall is temperature compensated by having said screw physically penetrate close to the opposite broad wall of said waveguide. Said penetration provides significant end-loading capacitance. In one preferred embodiment, said screw is offset from the longitudinal centerline of said waveguide to achieve both the required tuning capacitance and the required penetration. In another preferred embodiment, to further improve temperature compensation, a silver-plated Swedish iron screw having a lower coefficient of expansion than the material of the waveguide, (i.e., copper) penetrates close to the opposite broad wall.
Abstract:
A hybrid T-junction constructed in waveguide for operation below its cut-off frequency. The series arm of the hybrid provides a parallel resonant circuit in series with the symmetrical arms of the hybrid. The shunt arm provides a series resonant circuit at the midpoint of the series arm. The equivalent circuit is a lumped circuit bridged-T, which exhibits the properties of balance and isolation associated with bridge networks.
Abstract:
There is disclosed an evanescent mode waveguide mixer. A first length of evanescent mode waveguide is provided having one end coupled to a signal source and the other end coupled to a local oscillator. A resonant slot, either a longitudinal or a transverse resonant slot, is provided intermediate the two ends of the first length of waveguide so that the first length of waveguide between the resonant slot and the signal source constitutes an evanescent mode filter for coupling the signal of the signal source to the resonant slot and so that the first length of waveguide between the resonant slot and the local oscillator constitutes an evanescent mode filter for coupling the signal of the local oscillator to the resonant slot. A second length of waveguide is disposed at right angles to the first length of waveguide and disposed to receive energy through the resonant slot. A mixer diode is disposed in the second length of waveguide closely adjacent the resonant slot. The second length of waveguide is dimensioned to be evanescent at the mixer generated frequency and propagating at the mixer generated sum frequency. Reactance components are provided in the second length of waveguide beyond the mixer diode to provide independent adjustment to terminate the image and sum frequencies.