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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 13, 1997
Stefan Burger, Freiburg, DE;
Endress + Hauser GmbH + Co., Maulburg, DE;
Abstract
An arrangement is provided for generating and transmitting microwaves, in particular for a filling level measuring device, which arrangement generates a microwave mode which has a radiation characteristic with a pronounced forward lobe and which arrangement can be used in a large frequency range. It comprises a microwave generator (1), an antenna (2) of circular cross section and a coaxial line (3), which leads from the microwave generator (1) to the antenna (2) and has an inner conductor (31) and an outer conductor (32), and has the feature that on a rear wall (21) of the antenna (2) there is arranged a transmitting wire (5), which runs in the interior of the antenna (2), the first end (51) of which is connected to the inner conductor (31) of the coaxial conductor (3), the second end (52) of which is connected to the rear wall (21) of the antenna (2) and which has a straight portion (53) and legs (54, 55) adjoining the latter.