Patent ID: 8941446
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: H01P,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A waveguide circulator system for an E-plane-layer transition of an electro-magnetic field having a wavelength, the waveguide circulator comprising: a first waveguide including: a ferrite element having N segments protruding into the N respective waveguide arms of the first waveguide, the N segments including a first segment protrude into a first waveguide arm of the first waveguide; an E-plane-transition waveguide having a first open-end and a second opposing open-end defined by side-walls having a length; and a second waveguide including a second-interface aperture spanning a second X-Y plane on a top surface of the second waveguide, the first X-Y plane offset from the second X-Y plane along a Z axis by the length of the E-plane-transition waveguide, wherein the first open-end of the E-plane-transition waveguide is approximately a same shape as the first-interface aperture of the first waveguide and the first-interface aperture is arranged to proximally overlap the first open-end, wherein the second open-end of the E-plane-transition waveguide is approximately a same shape as the second second-interface aperture of the second waveguide and the second-interface aperture is arranged to proximally overlap the second open-end, and wherein at least a portion of the first segment of the ferrite element protrudes into a volume extending between the first-interface aperture on the bottom surface of the first waveguide arm and an opposing top surface of the first waveguide arm.