Patent ID: 8576023

Claim:
A transition, comprising: a stripline manifold; a waveguide manifold; and an interface, the interface configured to connect the stripline manifold and the waveguide manifold, the stripline manifold connected to a first side of the interface and the waveguide manifold is connected to a second side of the interface; the interface including: a single ground plane layer located on top of said stripline manifold, the single ground plane layer being configured with a plurality of ground plane slots, the plurality of ground plane slots formed as apertures which extend from a top surface of the ground plane layer through a bottom surface of the ground plane layer and the apertures being spaced apart on the single ground plane layer, the single ground plane layer configured for being connected to the stripline manifold; a first metamaterial layer located on said ground plane layer; and a second metamaterial layer, the second metamaterial layer located on said first metamaterial layer; a plurality of ground vias, the plurality of ground vias being formed through the first metamaterial layer, the second metamaterial layer and the single ground plane layer for providing a ground structure for the interface.