EP0467818A1 - Übergangsstück zwischen elektromagnetischen Hohlleitern, insbesondere zwischen einem Rundhohlleiter und einem Koaxialhohlleiter - Google Patents

Übergangsstück zwischen elektromagnetischen Hohlleitern, insbesondere zwischen einem Rundhohlleiter und einem Koaxialhohlleiter Download PDF

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EP0467818A1
EP0467818A1 EP91460038A EP91460038A EP0467818A1 EP 0467818 A1 EP0467818 A1 EP 0467818A1 EP 91460038 A EP91460038 A EP 91460038A EP 91460038 A EP91460038 A EP 91460038A EP 0467818 A1 EP0467818 A1 EP 0467818A1
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    • H01P—WAVEGUIDES; RESONATORS, LINES, OR OTHER DEVICES OF THE WAVEGUIDE TYPE
    • H01P5/00—Coupling devices of the waveguide type
    • H01P5/08—Coupling devices of the waveguide type for linking dissimilar lines or devices
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  • the field of the invention is that of transition elements between electromagnetic waveguides.
  • the waveguides are the elements ensuring the guided transmission of an electromagnetic signal for example between a source and a radiating element.
  • the most common microwave signal transmission components are the rectangular guide, the circular guide and the coaxial guide.
  • Transition elements are elements that are simply inserted between two guides of different types to change the transmission technology. Thus, there are transition elements making it possible to pass from a technology from rectangular guide to coaxial guide, from rectangular guide to circular guide, from circular guide to coaxial guide, and vice versa.
  • the most frequently used transitions are those allowing to pass from a rectangular or circular guide technology to a coaxial guide.
  • Circular guides are preferably used in certain frequency bands, because they have notable advantages: they are easier to produce than rectangular wave guides and their circular configuration allows them to be used as rotating joints (especially in the field of rotating antennas used for aerial and maritime surveillance) mechanically dissociating a fixed assembly from a mobile assembly, without creating discontinuity in the guided propagation.
  • the present invention specifically relates to the transitions between circular electromagnetic waveguides and the coaxial electromagnetic waveguides.
  • FIG. 2 represents a longitudinal section of a transition between a circular guide and a coaxial guide.
  • An electromagnetic wave propagates in a direction 24 in a circular guide 21 to which is connected a transition 22 of radius A comprising in its center a conical conductor 20.
  • the conical conductor 20 constitutes one end of a circular conductor 23 of radius B forming a conductor center of a coaxial guide 25.
  • the transition 22 constitutes one end of a coaxial waveguide 25.
  • the coaxial guide 25 consists of two conductors 23, 26 of external A and internal radii B and a dielectric 27 allowing placing the internal conductor 23 coaxially inside the external guide 26.
  • the dielectric can either completely fill the section between the internal conductor 23 and the external guide 26 over the entire length of extension of the coaxial guide, or consist of thin dielectric discs spaced apart and arranged regularly along the coaxial guide. The dielectric chosen must of course not disturb the transmission of waves carried out.
  • the progressive transition 22 is characterized by an angle ⁇ .
  • the value of the angle ⁇ is between 7 and 10 degrees, depending on the bandwidth and the standing wave ratio (R.O.S.) desired.
  • the relationships between the R.O.S., the bandwidth and the angle ⁇ are such that the angle ⁇ must be small if a high bandwidth or an R.O.S. low (low mismatch, high transferred power).
  • a significant transition length constitutes a non-negligible drawback, in particular in the case where it is not possible to accept a compromise on the transmission characteristics.
  • transition 22 the longer the transition 22, the greater its weight. This constitutes a major drawback, in particular in the case where such a transition 22 must be part of a device mounted on a satellite.
  • the present invention aims in particular to overcome these drawbacks.
  • a first objective of the present invention is to implement a transition element between a circular electromagnetic waveguide and a coaxial electromagnetic waveguide of reduced length and mass compared to existing transitions, for a bandwidth and an equivalent adaptation.
  • a second objective of the present invention is to provide such a transition element ensuring conservation of the desired propagation mode or modes, and avoiding the excitation of unwanted modes.
  • the invention aims not to excite, in the coaxial waveguide, the TEM mode.
  • Another objective of the invention is also to present a circular guide / coaxial guide transition element whose position of the central conductor is less critical than in the case of a conical central conductor end.
  • a transition element for electromagnetic waveguides of the type intended to ensure the transition between a circular waveguide and a coaxial waveguide , comprising a circular outer guide cooperating with an inner conductor forming an end portion of the central conductor of said coaxial waveguide, said inner conductor having at least one intermediate transition bearing of substantially constant section over its entire length.
  • said inner conductor has essentially steep shoulders at the two ends of each of said intermediate bearings.
  • Said inner conductor can also have a conical or frustoconical leading edge.
  • said inner conductor is formed of a first end bearing of circular section having an abrupt leading edge, of a second bearing of circular section, of radius greater than the radius of said first end bearing, said second bearing having a first abrupt shoulder connecting to said first end bearing and a second abrupt shoulder connecting to said central conductor of said coaxial waveguide.
  • said circular outer guide has a narrowing section of its inner diameter at said one or more intermediate bearings of said inner conductor.
  • said narrowing section has a constant reduced diameter over a length substantially centered on the leading edge of the end of said inner conductor.
  • said inner conductor has two consecutive intermediate bearings, and said narrowing section of said outer guide extends approximately up to the middle portion of the second intermediate bearing of larger radius.
  • said narrowing section has essentially steep shoulders at its two ends.
  • a particular application of the transition according to the invention resides in dual-band duplexers.
  • Figure 2 shows a longitudinal section of a transition of the existing type.
  • the known transitions are of the progressive type and characterized by the value of the angle ⁇ .
  • the cut-off frequency of the coaxial guide 25 increases when the rays A or B decrease and the ratio of the rays A / B decreases.
  • the reduction in the angle ⁇ results in a longer transition length 22 if one wishes to keep a reasonably low cut-off frequency and therefore a large passband.
  • FIG. 3 represents a longitudinal section of a transition 30 circular guide 21 / coaxial guide 25 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • the transition 30 shown can be broken down into two parts:
  • an inner guide constituted by a central conductor 33 composed of two bearings 34, 35 of respective radii R2 and R3 and of respective lengths L2 and L3 with an abrupt transition 38 between the bearings 34 and 35 and a second abrupt transition 39 between the second bearing 35 and the portion of central conductor with the largest radius, this portion of central conductor forming the end of the central conductor 23 of the guide coaxial 25.
  • the constriction section 32 is delimited by two shoulders 40 and 41, advantageously essentially abrupt, and is located at the level of the intermediate bearings 34, 35.
  • the leading edge 36 of the inner conductor 33 is advantageously abrupt and perpendicular to the direction of propagation 24 of the microwave wave.
  • the position of the central conductor 33 is not as critical as in the case where the leading edge 36 is conical or frustoconical. Indeed, in the case where the leading edge 36 of the central conductor 33 is conical or frustoconical, it is absolutely necessary to place the leading edge in the center of the waveguide 21 under penalty of exciting propagation modes unwanted, for example the TEM mode of the waveguide which can propagate whatever the frequency of the propagated signal.
  • an inner conductor 33 having a different number of bearings 34.35 is entirely conceivable, as is a different number of bearings on the outer guide at the level of the transition 30.
  • the number of bearings is as a function of the desired bandwidth and of the geometry of the circular 21 and coaxial waveguide 25.
  • the addition of additional transitions results in a greater length of the transition 30, without necessarily improving the ROS, the relationship linking the frequency and the speed of propagation of the wave in the guide not being linear for the TE11 mode because of the dispersion.
  • the leading edge 36 is preferably located approximately in the middle of the narrowing section, but another position of the leading edge 36 with respect to this section is possible, depending on the transmission characteristics to be obtained.
  • a preferred embodiment of the present invention consists in that the narrowing portion 32 of the outer guide 31 extends approximately to the middle portion of the second bearing 35 of radius R3.
  • the transition 30 can either constitute one end of the coaxial guide 25, which in this case can be joined together (using fixing means not shown) with the circular guide 21, or be integrated into a monobloc assembly consisting of the circular guide 21, of the transition 30 and of the coaxial guide 25.
  • the modes TE 1X and TM 1X can be excited by a discontinuity for an excitation in mode TE11 in the direction 24.
  • the dominant mode is thus the mode TE11 and the first higher mode is the TM11 mode in the two waveguides.
  • a circular guide of radius A 40 mm
  • its cut-off frequency is 2.198 GHz for TE11 mode and 4.574 GHz for TM11 mode.
  • a coaxial guide of radii 14 and 40 mm for the central conductor and the external guide respectively has a cut-off frequency of 1.815 GHz for TE11 mode and 5.989 GHz for TM11 mode.
  • the propagation of the dominant mode TE11 is theoretically possible for frequencies ranging from 2.198 GHz to 4.574 GHz.
  • the lower cutoff frequency is a little higher, on the order of 2.25 GHz.
  • the bandwidth is therefore in practice from 2.25 to 4.5 GHz if the transition element is not taken into account.
  • the passband is given by: (F a -F b ) / F b , with F at the high frequency of F b the low frequency.
  • transition 30 has the same bandwidth and R.O.S. that a transition 22 as shown in FIG. 2, with geometries of the inlet guides (circular guide 21) and outlet (coaxial guide 25) equal.
  • the main advantage of the present invention is that the length of the transition 30 having the characteristics stated above is no more than 54.55 mm (L1 + L4), a gain of 45.45% in size. By analogy with classic transitions, this length corresponds to an angle ⁇ of 14.45 degrees. In this case, the bandwidth is only 25% for an R.O.S. less than 1.12, which shows the advantage of using a "compact" transition 30 according to the invention.
  • the R.O.S. remains the same regardless of the direction of propagation of the microwave wave (from the circular guide to the coaxial guide or from the coaxial guide to the circular guide).
  • transition 30 being shorter, its mass is less than that of the known transitions. This notably favors the use of such a "compact" transition 30 in a device operating on a satellite.
  • bearings can be added and the dimensions of the various discontinuities (bearings of the inner conductor, notch of the outer guide, etc.) can be modified, depending on the result to be obtained (strip busy, ROS).
  • Figure 4 shows the evolution of R.O.S. for the TE11 transmission mode, for a transition according to the invention and an abrupt transition.
  • the transmission frequency on the abscissa varies from 3 to 4.5 GHz (50% of the bandwidth in TE11 mode).
  • Characteristic 50 represents the variation of R.O.S. in the case of a "compact" stepwise transition according to the invention between a circular guide and a coaxial guide. The dimensions of the previous lengths and radii are respected. We see that for a bandwidth of 50%, the R.O.S. remains below 1.12, whatever the transmission frequency, and notably passes through a minimum around 3.3 GHz.
  • Characteristic 51 is that of an abrupt transition between the same guides as before: the external radius of the coaxial waveguide is 40 mm and the radius of the circular guide also.
  • the radius of the internal conductor of the coaxial guide is 14 mm and this conductor has a truncated end.
  • Feature 51 has an R.O.S. constantly higher than 1.9, a minimum around 3.4 GHz and the R.O.S. increases considerably when the frequency goes beyond 4 GHZ.
  • a particular application of the transitions between circular guides and coaxial guides lies in particular in the production of dual-band and bi-polarization duplexers.
  • the invention can in particular be applied to a dual band duplexer as shown diagrammatically in FIG. 1, using a transition between a circular guide and a coaxial guide.
  • such a device comprises a circular guide 10 integral with a transition 11 followed by a set 12 of two duplexers then a coaxial guide 13.
  • the coaxial guide 13 comprises in its center a conductive element 14 which extends all along the coaxial guide and its end 15 is located in the transition zone 11.
  • the coupling of the duplexer part with waveguides is produced by symmetrical slots.
  • the polarization horizontal or vertical, is not identical in the two frequency bands.
  • the excitation of the high band is done via a circular waveguide excited in TE11 mode.
  • the two polarizations can exist, depending on the excitation of the TE11 mode in the circular waveguide.
  • excitation is carried out by coupling using a slot between a rectangular guide and the coaxial guide. It is necessary to use two symmetrical slots to excite the TE11 mode of the coaxial guide.
  • the excitation of the TEM mode which propagates regardless of the geometry of the guide and the working frequency cannot be carried out in this way.
  • the separation of the rectangular input waveguide (not shown) into two identical rectangular guides for excitation of the symmetrical slots is carried out using a tee.
  • duplexer compared to a duplexer whose output is in a circular guide is that the bandwidth is greater in the case of the coaxial guide.
  • the appearance of the higher modes occurs at higher frequencies in coaxial guide than in circular guide, provided that the radii of the two conductors of the coaxial guide (inside and outside) are properly chosen. In this case, the frequency spacing between the two bands can then be greater.
  • the step transition makes it possible to obtain a low ROS, and the dual-band duplexer used therefore does not, in principle, require adaptation.
  • a "compact" transition of the type of the invention finds application in many fields, in particular that of duplexers, and generally whenever it is necessary to switch from a circular waveguide transmission to a guide transmission coaxial, and vice versa.

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