Patent ID: 6229407
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: H01P

Abstract:
A transition plate for connecting two waveguides capable of supporting linear polarization, each said waveguide having a respective polarization direction, wherein said respective direction is one selected from a horizontal linear polarization and a vertical linear polarization, said transition plate comprising a straight wave-transit slot and fixing means designed to fix the transition plate with respect to the two waveguides in at least two different relative positions, each said position permitting guided wave transmission through the wave transit slot in the transition plate, in order to rotate the corresponding polarization of the waves leaving one of the two waveguides into an intermediate transition polarization between the respective polarization of the two waveguides, and wherein the means for fixing said other one of said two waveguides comprises a recess in the transition plate configured and adapted for housing a flange on said other waveguide in two positions rotated approximately 90.degree. one with respect to the other.