Orthomode transducer

About: Orthomode transducer is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 532 publications have been published within this topic receiving 6429 citations.

Waveguide Components for Antenna Feed Systems: Theory and CAD

Abstract: This book delivers an in-depth examinations of the three basic field-theoretical methods used for the design aid of different waveguide components You'll find CAD algorithms, examples of their applications, and operational principles of various components used in antenna feed systems

Communication system with broadband antenna

Abstract: A communication system including an antenna array with feed network coupled to communication electronics. In one example, a communication subsystem comprises a plurality of antennas each adapted to receive an information signal and a plurality of orthomode transducers coupled to corresponding ones of the plurality of antennas, each OMT is adapted to provide at a first component signal having a first polarization and a second component signal having a second polarization. The communication subsystem also comprises a feed network that receives the first component signal and the second component signal from each orthomode transducer and provides a first summed component signal at a first feed port and a second summed component signal at a second feed port, and a phase correction device coupled to the first and second feed ports and adapted to phase match the first summed component signal with the second summed component signal.

Ka/Ku dual band feedhorn and orthomode transducer (OMT)

Abstract: A dual band, higher and lower frequency range transducer with a circular coaxial waveguide feed is described having a first junction for connection of a lower frequency range outer waveguide of the coaxial waveguide feed to at least two rectangular or ridge waveguides offset from the longitudinal axis of the transducer and a second junction for connection of the at least two rectangular or ridge waveguides to a further waveguide. A third junction is provided for connecting an inner waveguide of the coaxial waveguide feed to a higher frequency range waveguide. The transducer comprises at least first and second parts joined across a first plane substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and including at least a portion of the higher frequency range waveguide extending within the first plane of the join. A seal such as an “O” ring seal may be placed easily in the plane of the join thus preventing moisture ingress. Similarly, a feed horn and input and output ports may be sealingly attached to the first and second parts of the transducer. The first and second junctions are preferably impedance matched turnstile junctions.

Dual frequency antenna feed with apertured channel

Abstract: A dual band feed arrangement for a microwave antenna provides microwave communication in a lower band and in a substantially widened upper band to provide simultaneous microwave communication for three signals. One signal in the lower band propagates between the outer and inner conductors of a coaxial waveguide in the TE11 coaxial mode, and two signals in the upper band propagate in the inner conductor in TE11 circular waveguide mode. A combiner, having a conically shaped section with a plurality of irises through its sidewall, is coupled to the coaxial waveguide to provide a transformation from the TE11 modes to the HE11 waveguide modes for each of the three signals. A dielectric rod extends from within the inner conductor and into the horn antenna for propagating the second signal out of and into the antenna.

A turnstile junction waveguide orthomode transducer

Abstract: An orthomode transducer with a circular waveguide input and two rectangular waveguide outputs is described. The design utilizes a turnstile junction and two E-plane power combiners. A K-band version of this device has been constructed and tested. From 18 to 26 GHz, the input reflection coefficient was less than -19 dB, the cross-polarization was less than -48 dB, and the transmission loss was ~0.15 dB. We estimate the mechanical tolerances that would be required to scale this device to the 200-270-GHz band for use in a dual-polarization radio-astronomy receiver