Patents Assigned to Microwave Applications Group
  • Patent number: 4564824
    Abstract: A phase-shifter apparatus which imposes a desired phase shift on an electromagnetic wave traveling through a waveguide, and divides the power in an output waveguide into two parts. The phase shifter apparatus includes a quarter-wave plate for changing the polarization of the linearly polarized wave to a circularly polarized wave, a rod of ferromagnetic material with a magnetic field for imposing a desired phase shift on the circularly polarized wave traveling through the rod, a quarter-wave plate for converting the circularly polarized wave to a linearly polarized wave, and a septum polarizer in the output wave guide for dividing the power. The output waveguide has the power divided between two ports, and independent phase shifts are imposed on the electromagnetic waves of each port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1986
    Assignee: Microwave Applications Group
    Inventor: Charles R. Boyd, Jr.