A W-band orthomode transducer has been designed for polarimeter clusters in dense focal planes. Its compact geometry, with aligned output ports, allows for a closely-spaced triangular-lattice arrangement. At these high frequencies, the platelet manufacturing strategy has been applied and verified experimentally on seven prototypes, showing reflection coefficients lower than -20 dB, insertion loss of about 0.25 dB and cross-coupling and isolation levels of -42 dB and 45 dB, respectively, in a 30% bandwidth.

W-Band Orthomode Transducer for Dense Focal-Plane Clusters

Virone G;Peverini O A;Lumia M;Farooqui M Z;Addamo G;Tascone R
2015

Abstract

A W-band orthomode transducer has been designed for polarimeter clusters in dense focal planes. Its compact geometry, with aligned output ports, allows for a closely-spaced triangular-lattice arrangement. At these high frequencies, the platelet manufacturing strategy has been applied and verified experimentally on seven prototypes, showing reflection coefficients lower than -20 dB, insertion loss of about 0.25 dB and cross-coupling and isolation levels of -42 dB and 45 dB, respectively, in a 30% bandwidth.
2015
Istituto di Elettronica e di Ingegneria dell'Informazione e delle Telecomunicazioni - IEIIT
Antenna feeds
polarimeter
radio astronomy
waveguide junctions
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