Waveguide non-reflective terminator and waveguide circuit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11114732-B2
Application number	US-201716495063-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 22, 2017
Priority date	May 22, 2017
Publication date	Sep 7, 2021
Grant date	Sep 7, 2021

Abstract

A waveguide unit ( 2 ) is closed at one end thereof by a short circuit plane ( 2 a ) provided with through holes ( 3 - 1 to 3 - 6 ). Radio wave absorbers ( 4 - 1 to 4 - 6 ) absorb a frequency signal being a non-reflective target in the state of being inserted through the through holes ( 3 - 1 to 3 - 6 ) toward the inside of the waveguide unit ( 2 ) and contacting inner surfaces ( 3 ′- 1 to 3 ′- 6 ) of the through holes ( 3 - 1 to 3 - 6 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A waveguide non-reflective terminator, comprising:
a waveguide unit whose one end is closed by a short circuit plane provided with a plurality of through holes; and
a plurality of radio wave absorbers absorbing a frequency signal being a non-reflective target in a state of being inserted through the plurality of through holes toward an inside of the waveguide unit and contacting with inner surfaces of the plurality of through holes, respectively,
wherein portions of the plurality of radio wave absorbers are exposed to an outside of the waveguide unit from the plurality of through holes and are larger than the plurality of through holes, respectively.

2. The waveguide non-reflective terminator according to claim 1 , wherein the waveguide unit is a rectangular waveguide.

3. The waveguide non-reflective terminator according to claim 1 , wherein the waveguide unit is a cylindrical waveguide.

4. The waveguide non-reflective terminator according to claim 1 , wherein the through holes are rectangular holes.

5. The waveguide non-reflective terminator according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of through holes is a circular hole.

6. The waveguide non-reflective terminator according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of through holes is a cross-shaped hole.

7. The waveguide non-reflective terminator according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of through holes has a same shape.

8. The waveguide non-reflective terminator according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of radio wave absorbers each have an inclined surface forming a tapered shape in a portion inserted through the plurality of through holes.

9. The waveguide non-reflective terminator according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of radio wave absorbers each have a stepped inclined surface in a portion inserted through the plurality of through holes.

10. The waveguide non-reflective terminator according to claim 1 , wherein all insertion amounts of the plurality of radio wave absorbers respectively inserted through the plurality of through holes are same.

11. The waveguide non-reflective terminator according to claim 1 , wherein insertion amounts of the plurality of radio wave absorbers respectively inserted through the plurality of through holes are different depending on respective positions of the plurality of through holes.

12. The waveguide non-reflective terminator according to claim 1 , wherein portions of the plurality of radio wave absorbers are exposed to an outside of the waveguide unit from the plurality of through holes and are integrated to form one member.

13. A waveguide circuit comprising the waveguide non-reflective terminator according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• USHIJIMA Yu
• Yukawa Hidenori
• Oshima Takeshi
• Watanabe Motomi
• Yoneda Naofumi

Classifications

• H01P1/264 Primary

  Waveguide terminations (H01P1/262 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01P1/28 Primary

  Short-circuiting plungers · CPC title

• H01P3/12

  Hollow waveguides (H01P3/20 takes precedence) · CPC title