摘要:
A radio frequency (RF) device includes an RF transmission line structure having opposing boundary walls with a non-rectilinear form factor, and a feed structure configured to introduce RF energy into an area between the opposing boundary walls to illuminate the RF transmission line structure with the RF energy across the non-rectilinear form factor. The feed structure includes a plurality of traveling-waveguide-fed leaky line-segment structures, each configured to launch the RF energy into the area with a propagation direction having an oblique angle relative to an axis of the line-segment structure.
摘要:
A radio frequency (RF) transmission-line structure includes a parallel-plate transmission line formed from a first conducting plate and a second conducting plate. The second conducting plate is spaced apart from the first conducting plate and substantially parallel to the first conducting plate. A support member is attached to the first and second plates and is operative to maintain a fixed mechanical spacing between the first conducting plate and the second conducting plate. The transmission-line structure further includes at least one feature configured to isolate or suppress RF interaction of the support member with RF fields within the parallel-plate transmission line.
摘要:
A dual-band dichroic polarizer is provided for converting linearly polarized electromagnetic energy within distinct frequency bands into oppositely polarized circularly polarized electromagnetic energy. The polarizer includes an array of unit cells distributed across a sheet, wherein the unit cells each include a stack of one or more resonant structures, the stack configured to introduce a phase differential of approximately +90° to linearly polarized electromagnetic energy within a first distinct frequency band that is incident upon and passes through the sheet, and configured to introduce a phase differential of approximately −90° to linearly polarized electromagnetic energy within a second distinct frequency band, separate from the first distinct frequency band, that is incident upon and passes through the sheet, a linear polarization of the electromagnetic energy in the first distinct frequency band and a linear polarization of the electromagnetic energy in the second distinct frequency band being the same.