A turnstile junction waveguide orthomode transducer

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 272-277

  Navarrini, Alessandro ^a   Plambeck, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Polarimetry; Power combiner; Radio astronomy; Turnstile junction; Waveguide transitions

Indexed keywords

POWER COMBINER; TURNSTILE JUNCTION; WAVEGUIDE TRANSITIONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; POLARIMETERS; RADIO ASTRONOMY; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; WAVEGUIDES;

TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 31044442784     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.860505     Document Type: Conference Paper

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