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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1988
James S Ajioka, Fullerton, CA (US);
Hughes Aircraft Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a circular waveguide in which a slots are formed which are shaped and disposed such that they interrupt either the right hand or left hand circulating mode (RC and LC respectively) residing in the waveguide. Locating the slots in the waveguide wall is accomplished in accordance with the theory that for TE modes in circular waveguide with circumferential variation of e.sup..+-.jm.phi., current flow lines are produced that are helical. The slots are located so as to interrupt the helical current of the desired mode. In one embodiment, an ortho-polarization mode transducer and a circular polarizer are used to feed the slotted waveguide. By control of the amplitude and phase of the energy propagating in the waveguide, azimuthal pattern control can be effected. By dielectric loading the waveguide to make .lambda.g in the loaded waveguide equal to .lambda.-free space, endfire radiation can be achieved.
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