Orthomode transducer for millimeter-wave correlation receivers

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2042-2048

  Peverini, Oscar Antonio ^b,c   Tascone, Riccardo ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Virone, Giuseppe ^b   Olivieri, Auguste ^b,c   Orta, Renato ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c Istituto Di Elettronica E Di Ingegneria Dell'informazione E Delle Telecomunicazioni Turin   (Italy)

^d Dirigente di Ricerca

^e Istituto di Ricerca sull'Ingeneria delle Telecomunicaziom e dell'Informazione(IRITI)

^f CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Millimeter waves; Orthomode transducers (OMTs); Radiometers; Waveguide components

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL EQUALIZATIONS; ORTHOMODE TRANSDUCERS; WAVE CORRELATION RECEIVERS;

EQUALIZERS; MILLIMETER WAVES; RADIOMETERS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TRANSDUCERS; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

CORRELATORS;

EID: 33646739502     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.872794     Document Type: Article

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