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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1987
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1986
Steven H Gold, New Carrollton, MD (US);
United States of America, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A microwave circular polarizer having two matched waveguide arms with a first arm having a twist in a first rotational sense and with a second arm having a twist in a second (reverse) rotational sense, and a hybrid coupler receiving radiation signals from the two arms. A left-hand 45.degree. twist in one arm and a right-hand 45.degree. twist in the other arm ensure that orthogonal linearly polarized components of an incident radiation field are combined in the hybrid coupler so as to direct a right circularly polarized signal out of one of the remaining ports of the hybrid coupler, and to direct a left circularly polarized signal from the other remaining port of the hybrid coupler.