US 12,148,978 B2
E/H hybrid combiner-divider comprising at least one primary waveguide aperture coupled to two secondary waveguides having a common side wall
Pierre Bosshard, Tournefeuille (FR); Fabien Nusbaum, Toulouse (FR); and Nicolas Ferrando, Tournefeuille (FR)
Assigned to THALES, Courbevoie (FR)
Appl. No. 17/413,502
Filed by THALES, Courbevoie (FR)
PCT Filed Dec. 3, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/083484
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 11, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/126477, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1873121 (FR), filed on Dec. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0069470 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H01P 5/20 (2006.01); H01P 5/12 (2006.01); H01Q 5/55 (2015.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01P 5/20 (2013.01) [H01P 5/12 (2013.01); H01Q 5/55 (2015.01); H01Q 21/0037 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reciprocal compact E/H hybrid combiner-divider for coupling or splitting electromagnetic waves, comprising at least one primary waveguide and two secondary waveguides, the at least one primary waveguide and the two secondary waveguides each having a respective parallelepipedal structure of rectangular cross section, the respective structure having a small face and a large face; wherein the at least one primary waveguide and the two secondary waveguides form a one-piece parallelepipedal structure wherein:
the at least one primary waveguide has a first end configured so as to form an input/output port and a second end defining an aperture having a central axis;
the two secondary waveguides each having the same configuration and substantially identical dimensions, each of the two secondary waveguides having a first end and a second end configured so as to form two input/output ports, and a respective side aperture formed on one of the small faces of each of the two secondary waveguides;
the two secondary waveguides are arranged facing one another and facing the at least one primary waveguide so as to form a common side wall;
the two secondary waveguides are arranged facing the at least one primary waveguide such that the respective side apertures of the two secondary waveguides are situated facing the aperture formed by the second end of the at least one primary waveguide and that the common side wall is aligned with the central axis of the aperture of the at least one primary waveguide.