Abstract: A receiver module including a mode launcher, a band pass filter, a local oscillator and a balanced mixer for use in the frequency range 1 GHz to 1,000 GHz, wherein the components are all connected by an insular waveguide transmission line having a conductive image plane, a dielectric waveguide attached to the image plane by a thin film of plastic, the thin film being low loss in character and having a low permittivity compared with that of the dielectric waveguide, the ratio between the thickness of the thin film and the square root of the cross-sectional area of the dielectric waveguide being in the range from about 0.02 to about 1.0.

Abstract: A ferrite circulator for use in the frequency range 1 GHz to 1,000 GHz, wherein a ferrite cylinder is disposed in a junction of three equiangularly arranged high permittivity dielectric waveguides that are adjacent to a conductive image plane with a plastic film therebetween and a magnet establishing magnetic field in the ferrite cylinder normal to the image plane; also disclosed is a ferrite isolator for use in the frequency range from 1 GHz to 1,000 GHz including a ferrite slab disposed adjacent to one side of a high permittivity dielectric waveguide disposed adjacent to a conductive image plane with a plastic film therebetween, a resistance film disposed adjacent to a conductive image plane, a resistance film disposed adjacent to the ferrite slab, and a magnet for establishing a magnetic field in the waveguide and the ferrite slab disposed normal to the image plane; there further are disclosed switches, modulators, phase shifters and transceivers incorporating such ferrite circulators and isolators.

Abstract: A receiver module including a mode launcher, a band pass filter, a local oscillator and a balanced mixer for use in the frequency range 1 GHz to 1,000 GHz, wherein the components are all connected by an insular waveguide transmission line having a conductive image plane, a dielectric waveguide attached to the image plane by a thin film of plastic, the thin film being low loss in character and having a low permittivity compared with that of the dielectric waveguide, the ratio between the thickness of the thin film and the square root of the cross-sectional area of the dielectric waveguide being in the range from about 0.02 to about 1.0.