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EP3460901A1
EP3460901A1 EP17306225.8A EP17306225A EP3460901A1 EP 3460901 A1 EP3460901 A1 EP 3460901A1 EP 17306225 A EP17306225 A EP 17306225A EP 3460901 A1 EP3460901 A1 EP 3460901A1
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Denis Tuau
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    • H01P—WAVEGUIDES; RESONATORS, LINES, OR OTHER DEVICES OF THE WAVEGUIDE TYPE
    • H01P1/00—Auxiliary devices
    • H01P1/02—Bends; Corners; Twists
    • H01P1/022—Bends; Corners; Twists in waveguides of polygonal cross-section
    • H01P1/025—Bends; Corners; Twists in waveguides of polygonal cross-section in the E-plane
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    • H01P—WAVEGUIDES; RESONATORS, LINES, OR OTHER DEVICES OF THE WAVEGUIDE TYPE
    • H01P5/00—Coupling devices of the waveguide type
    • H01P5/12—Coupling devices having more than two ports
    • H01P5/16—Conjugate devices, i.e. devices having at least one port decoupled from one other port
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  • the present invention concerns a waveguide assembly, in particular for microwave frequency, for example for use in orthogonal mode transmitters.
  • Waveguides in particular microwave guides are made using tubular segments of constant or near-constant transverse section.
  • the tubular segments are for example pipes made of metallic material at least on the inner surface of the walls (e.g. metal sheet on plastic walls).
  • the skin effect and geometric properties of the waveguide then ensure that waves propagate along a longitudinal axis of the tubular segment, divided into stable electrical and magnetic propagation modes which are individual solutions to the linear propagation equation.
  • the tubular segments are connected to each-other using flanges, bends and articulated connectors, resulting in waveguide assemblies combining different waveguide segments, each with particular functions (combiners, bends, change in transverse section, waveband filtering, orthogonal mode selector, etc.)
  • the orthogonal mode transmitters use generally two microwave generating outdoor units, each producing a microwave signal using modes orthogonal to each other (e.g. TE01 and TE10). Said signals are then combined in an orthogonal mode transmission, which is forwarded to the antenna where it is emitted for wireless transmission (radar, cellular network in 2G, 3G, LTE or 4G, television etc.).
  • modes orthogonal to each other e.g. TE01 and TE10
  • Said signals are then combined in an orthogonal mode transmission, which is forwarded to the antenna where it is emitted for wireless transmission (radar, cellular network in 2G, 3G, LTE or 4G, television etc.).
  • the orthogonally polarized signal from a receiving antenna can be separated in two single mode signals in separate guides.
  • the usual waveguide assemblies for orthogonal mode transmitters comprise a T shaped combiner, with two orthogonally oriented rectangular sections, and one or more rectangular to square section adapters to transform the combined rectangular single mode wavefronts in a single combined square wavefront.
  • said assemblies often require to combine a bend, in most cases at a straight angle, and a rectangular to square section waveguide adapter.
  • the waveguide segments with a bend are usually curved, chamfered or stepped angle bends with a rectangular section.
  • the waveguide segment with a section transition may then be a stepped, straight segment in the prolongation of the rectangular bend.
  • the combination of said elements represents an important length, which is space consuming, costly and implies an important radiation loss due to Eddy currents during the propagation through a longer waveguide.
  • the present invention has for object a waveguide for electromagnetic waves in a specific bandwidth around a guide wavelength ⁇ g , comprising metallic walls which define:
  • the waveguide thus obtained combines a bend and a square to rectangular section transition in a compact and easily obtainable fashion.
  • the waveguide may present one or more of the following characteristics, taken separately or in combination.
  • the second transverse ridge may be set apart from the first transverse ridge at a length between ⁇ g /4 and 3 ⁇ g /4 in the direction opposite the parallelepipedic chamber, and the third transverse ridge is at a distance between ⁇ g /4 and 3 ⁇ g /4 of the side featuring the first and second transverse ridges.
  • the transverse ridges may have a transverse height inside the waveguide comprised between ⁇ g /20 and ⁇ g /10, and an axial length comprised between ⁇ g /20 and 3 ⁇ g /8
  • the first straight waveguide length may extend beyond bending point C by a length between ⁇ g /4 and 3 ⁇ g /4 to define the parallelepipedic chamber.
  • It may be formed in a non-metallic material, its inner walls being covered by a metallic sheet.
  • It may be formed in a metallic material.
  • the axial length of the first transverse ridge may be double the axial length of the second and third transverse ridges.
  • the axial length of the first transverse ridge may be comprised between ⁇ g /8 and 3 ⁇ g /8, and the axial length of the second and third transverse ridges is comprised between ⁇ g /20 and ⁇ g /10.
  • the invention also relates to the associated orthogonal mode transmitter, comprising :
  • the invention finally concerns the method of manufacturing a waveguide for electromagnetic waves with a wavelength around a guide wavelength ⁇ g , and a cut-off wavelength ⁇ c , comprising the following steps :
  • the solid material plate may then be a metal plate, the straight recesses milled in said plate and the step of assembling the milled plates may comprise a step of brazing the milled metal plates together.
  • the solid material plate may alternatively be made of plastic, and the process may further comprise a step of covering the inner walls of the straight recesses with a metallic layer.
  • the milled material plates may also be assembled using at least one of the following : screws, rivets, glue, flanges or cooperating complementary forms.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of an orthogonal mode transmitter (OMT) 100.
  • OMT orthogonal mode transmitter
  • Such orthogonal mode transmitters 100 are used in 3G and 4G wireless networks to transmit data from one antenna to a next one in the network, and thus forward data from cell to cell at network level.
  • the orthogonal mode transmitter 100 comprises a first outdoor unit ODU1 and a second outdoor unit ODU2.
  • Each outdoor unit ODU1, ODU2 generate a polarized electromagnetic wave, for example using oscillating dipoles.
  • the electromagnetic waves of the first and second outdoor units ODU1, ODU2 are polarized in orthogonal fashion to each-other.
  • the outdoor units ODU1, ODU2 may use spatially oriented dipoles. Said dipoles are oriented in orthogonal directions. In the case of circular or other non static polarization, the orthogonality may be ensured by a phase shift between the generated signals equal to ⁇ /2.
  • the electromagnetic waves of the outdoor units ODU1, ODU2 are combined in an orthogonal mode wave in a combiner 101.
  • a waveguide then carries the orthogonal mode wave to an antenna 103 where the signal is emitted in electromagnetic wave form.
  • the orthogonal mode combiner 101 and in particular the waveguides used to combine and transmit the orthogonal mode signals are represented in greater detail in figure 2 , by means of a representation of the contour of the inner free space of the waveguides.
  • the waveguide portions with a rectangular cross section are labelled re in a rectangle, the portions with a square cross section are labelled sq in a square.
  • the waves in the rectangular cross sections re are of two different sorts : horizontally polarized (output of ODU1, see E field arrow) and vertically polarized (output of ODU2, see E field arrow).
  • the horizontally polarized waves propagate in a rectangular cross section re where the longer sides of the rectangle are vertical
  • the vertically polarized waves propagate in a rectangular cross section re where the longer sides of the rectangle are horizontal.
  • the output of ODU1 is here channelled in a waveguide with a vertically oblong rectangular cross-section, as shows the rectangle around the re caption for the corresponding waveguide segment
  • the output of ODU2 is channelled in a waveguide with a horizontally oblong rectangular cross-section, as shows the orientation of the rectangle around the re caption for the corresponding waveguide segment.
  • the signal emitted by the first outdoor unit ODU1 is polarized in a transverse horizontal fashion (e.g. TE01 polarization, see E field arrow). Said signal is received in a square section sq waveguide portion, and enters a waveguide 105 according to the invention, which combines a bend and a square to rectangular cross section converter, with a transverse vertical longer side.
  • the inner cavity of said waveguide 105 is shown in more detail in figures 4 and 5 .
  • the signal emitted by the second outdoor unit ODU2 is polarized in a transverse vertical fashion (e.g. TE10 polarization, see E field arrow). Said signal is received in a square section sq waveguide and goes into a square to rectangular converter 107.
  • the output of said square to rectangular converter 107 is a rectangular cross section re signal, with a longer transverse horizontal side.
  • the square to rectangular converter 107 may in particular be a stepped converter as already known.
  • the rectangular section re waves are then sent to an orthogonal mode transducer 109, where the two orthogonally polarized signals with rectangular re cross section are combined in a single orthogonally polarized signal with a square cross section sq.
  • orthogonal mode transducers 109 are known from the state of the art and comprise for example a T-shaped combiner and one or more stepped or inclined waveguide bends.
  • the output of the orthogonal mode transducer 109 is then fed to the antenna 103.
  • the electromagnetic waves conveyed in the waveguide are comprised in a frequency band comprised between two extremal frequency values with a factor of 2 between a lower and an upper cut-off frequency, f 1 and f 2 respectively.
  • the square sq cross section has for side length the parameter a ( figure 3a ).
  • Said side length a is also the length of the longer side of the rectangular re cross section, the short side of which has for length a /2 (half the length parameter a ).
  • the length parameter a is bound to the lower cut off frequency by a ⁇ 163/ f 1 where a is given in millimetres (mm) and f 1 is given in gigahertz (GHz).
  • the chosen frequency band also defines a nominal waveguide length ⁇ g .
  • the lengths are given in terms of said nominal guide and cut-off wavelength valuec ⁇ g , ⁇ c .
  • the frequency domain than can be used with a waveguide according to the invention is reaching from 5,9GHz to 86GHz with different side length parameters a for different frequency bands.
  • the inner space of the waveguide bend 105 as defined by its walls is represented in more detail in figures 4 and 5 .
  • Figure 4 the form of said inner space is represented in perspective.
  • Figure 5 is a cross section of the waveguide around the bend.
  • the waveguide bend 105 comprises two straight portions : a first straight waveguide length 1 having a rectangular re section along a first axis A , and a second straight waveguide length 3 having a square section sq along a second axis B.
  • the square section sq is oriented with two of its sides parallel to the second axis B.
  • the first and second axes A and B cross at a bending point C and define a sagittal symmetry plane for the represented volume.
  • the first straight waveguide portion 1 extends beyond bending point C by a length comprised between ⁇ g /4 and 3 ⁇ g /4, in particular around ⁇ g /2, and defines a parallelepipedic chamber 5 closed by a transverse wall 7 on its far end from bending point C on the side opposite the opening leading to the antenna 103.
  • the waveguide bend 105 also comprises three transverse ridges: a first transverse ridge r 1 , a second transverse ridge r 2 , and a third transverse ridge r 3 , which extend inside the inner space at a transverse height comprised for example between ⁇ g /20 and ⁇ g /10, and an axial length comprised for example between ⁇ g /20 and 3 ⁇ g /8.
  • the first, second and third transverse ridges, respectively r 1 , r 2 , r 3 cover the whole transverse breadth (orthogonal to axes A and B ) of their respective straight waveguide lengths 1, 3.
  • the first transverse ridge r 1 is placed on a side of the first straight waveguide length 1, at the point where second axis B crosses the side of the first straight waveguide length 1 opposite the second straight waveguide length 3, and has a length parallel to first axis A comprised between ⁇ g /8 and 3 ⁇ g /8, in particular around ⁇ g /4.
  • the second transverse ridge r 2 is set on the same side of the first straight waveguide length 1 than the first one, at a length between ⁇ g /4 and 3 ⁇ g /4, in particular around ⁇ g /2, apart from the first one in the direction opposite to the parallelepipedic chamber 5, with a length along the first axis A comprised between ⁇ g /20 and ⁇ g /8, in particular around ⁇ g /10.
  • the third transverse ridge r 3 is located on the side of the second straight waveguide length 3 facing the parallelepipedic chamber 5, at a distance between ⁇ g /4 and 3 ⁇ g /4, in particular around ⁇ g /2 of the first axis A , with a length along the first axis A comprised between ⁇ g /20 and ⁇ g /8, in particular around ⁇ g /10.
  • the second and third transverse ridges r 2 , r 3 modify the wavefront of the incoming electromagnetic waves in direction of bending point C, so that a stationary wave is generated in the space corresponding to the parallelepipedic chamber 5, prolonged inside the rectangular cross section re waveguide length 1 until reaching the first transverse ridge r 1 .
  • the stationary wave and the inclined wavefronts ensure a loss remaining under 25dB over the whole considered frequency domain (e.g. the E band in EHF domain, from 71 to 86GHz).
  • the parallelepipedic chamber 5 with a length around ⁇ g /2, forms a "stub"; it acts as a resonance cavity, in which a standing wave resides in continuous operating.
  • the three transverse ridges r 1 , r 2 , r 3 create small perturbations inside the waveguide, and improve matching and transmission over the waveguide bend 105, while increasing the transmittable frequency through the waveguide bend 105.
  • the edges extending along the transverse axis orthogonal to both axes A and B are represented rounded, since the waveguide bend 105 can be obtained by milling in a plate parallel to the sagittal plane along said transverse axis, so that the edges are rounded to the diameter of the cutting-tool.
  • FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the process 200 depicting its main steps in linear fashion.
  • the first step 201 is the milling in a solid material plate 9 of a volume corresponding to one half of the previously described volume as divided by the sagittal plane.
  • the first step 201 is made by milling a first and a second straight recesses 1a, 3a with a depth comprised between ⁇ c /8 and 3 ⁇ c /8, in particular around ⁇ c /4.
  • the first straight recess 1a is milled along first axis A with a width comprised between ⁇ c /8 and 3 ⁇ c /8, in particular equal to its depth, and extends beyond bending point C by a length comprised between ⁇ g /4 and 3 ⁇ g /4, in particular around ⁇ g /2, to define the parallelepipedic chamber 5.
  • Said first straight recess 1a corresponds to one half of the first straight waveguide length 1.
  • the second straight recess 3a is milled along second axis B with a width comprised between ⁇ c /4 and 3 ⁇ c /4, in particular around ⁇ c /2, and equal to double its depth. Said second straight recess 3a corresponds to one half of the second straight waveguide length 3.
  • the first, second and third transverse ridges r 1 , r 2 , r 3 are also delimited by preserving three steps on the sides of the milled straight recesses 1a and 3a, a first step corresponding to the first transverse ridge r 1 placed on a side of the first milled straight recess 1a, at the point where second axis B crosses the side of the first straight recess opposite the second straight recess 3a, a second step corresponding to the second transverse ridge r 2 on the same side of the first straight recess 1a than the first step (corresponding to the first transverse ridge r 1 ), set at a length between ⁇ g /4 and 3 ⁇ g /4 apart from the first step corresponding to the first transverse ridge r 1 in the direction opposite the parallelepipedic chamber 5, and a third step corresponding to the third transverse ridge r 3 on the side of the second straight recess 3a facing the parallelepipedic chamber, at a distance between ⁇ g
  • a symmetrical form is milled in a second plate 11 ( figure 8 ) using the plane containing the axes A and B as symmetry plane.
  • an additional step 205 must be integrated, in which the interior walls of the straight recesses 1a, 3a are covered with a layer of metal, for example by applying a metallic sheet on said walls, by sputtering or by chemical vapour deposition (CVD); layer thick enough to generate a skin effect (at least 4 or 5 times the skin depth of the metal at the highest considered wavelength).
  • a layer of metal for example by applying a metallic sheet on said walls, by sputtering or by chemical vapour deposition (CVD); layer thick enough to generate a skin effect (at least 4 or 5 times the skin depth of the metal at the highest considered wavelength).
  • the additional step 205 can be a step of reducing the roughness of the interior surfaces, using for example a second milling pass with a different cutting tool, a higher rotation speed and lower chipping depth.
  • the next step 207 is the assembling of the two plates 9, 11, as depicted in figure 8 .
  • the assembling can be done using brazing in the case where the plates 9, 11 are metallic.
  • the assembling can be done using screws, rivets, glue, flanges or cooperating complementary forms.
  • the straight recesses 1a along axis A then form the first straight waveguide portion 1, and the straight recesses 3a along axis B then form the second waveguide straight portion 3.
  • the waveguide bend 105 combining a bend and a square to rectangular converter can then be implemented in an orthogonal mode transmitter 100 as depicted in figures 1 and 2 .
  • Other possible uses include radar imaging, and network communication other than 3G or 4G cell-to-cell.

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