Abstract: A slot array antenna includes a waveguide slot body and a dielectric slab. The waveguide body includes one or more walls that define a waveguide aperture, the waveguide aperture extending along a longitudinal axis of the waveguide slot body. The waveguide slot body includes a plurality of slots disposed on one or more walls of the waveguide slot body. The dielectric slab is disposed within the waveguide aperture and extends along the longitudinal axis of the waveguide slot body. The dielectric slab is rotatable about the longitudinal axis within the waveguide aperture.

Abstract: A ridged waveguide slot array includes a waveguide slot body having one or more walls that define a longitudinal axis of the waveguide slot body. The waveguide slot body includes a narrowed waveguide section having a plurality of slots disposed thereon which extend along the longitudinal axis, the waveguide slot body further characterized by a longitudinal center line. The waveguide slot body defines a waveguide aperture having a major dimension and a minor dimension, wherein the major dimension of the waveguide aperture is less than one-half wavelength of a signal intended for propagation therein. Each slot of the plurality of slots is characterized by a slot area, a slot offset distance that extends from the center of the slot to the longitudinal center line, and a slot-to-slot separation distance extending from the center of the slot to the center of an adjacent slot.

Abstract: A ridged waveguide slot array includes a waveguide slot body having one or more walls that define a longitudinal axis of the waveguide slot body. The waveguide slot body includes a narrowed waveguide section having a plurality of slots disposed thereon which extend along the longitudinal axis, the waveguide slot body further characterized by a longitudinal center line. The waveguide slot body defines a waveguide aperture having a major dimension and a minor dimension, wherein the major dimension of the waveguide aperture is less than one-half wavelength of a signal intended for propagation therein. Each slot of the plurality of slots is characterized by a slot area, a slot offset distance that extends from the center of the slot to the longitudinal center line, and a slot-to-slot separation distance extending from the center of the slot to the center of an adjacent slot.

Abstract: A ridged waveguide slot array includes a waveguide slot body and a ridged waveguide section attached to the waveguide slot body. The waveguide slot body includes one or more walls having a plurality of slots disposed thereon. The ridged waveguide section includes two spaced apart opposing ridges disposed on the one or more walls of the waveguide slot body, and extends along the longitudinal axis of the waveguide slot body.

Abstract: A slot array antenna includes a waveguide slot body and a dielectric slab. The waveguide body includes one or more walls that define a waveguide aperture, the waveguide aperture extending along a longitudinal axis of the waveguide slot body. The waveguide slot body includes a plurality of slots disposed on one or more walls of the waveguide slot body. The dielectric slab is disposed within the waveguide aperture and extends along the longitudinal axis of the waveguide slot body. The dielectric slab is rotatable about the longitudinal axis within the waveguide aperture.

Abstract: A circularly polarized waveguide slot array includes first and second waveguide sections, the first waveguide section extending along a longitudinal axis, and including an antenna element for transmitting or receiving a circularly polarized signal. The second waveguide slot section is coupled side-to-side with the first waveguide slot section and extends along the longitudinal axis, the second waveguide slot section including an antenna element for transmitting or receiving the circularly polarized signal at a phase which is substantially complementary to the circularly polarized signal transmitted by or received by the first waveguide slot section. Further exemplary, the antenna element disposed on the first waveguide slot section is offset from said antenna element disposed on the second waveguide slot section substantially one half of a predefined guide wavelength ?g along said longitudinal axis.

Abstract: An improved waveguide feed includes a ridged waveguide section and a feed section. The ridged waveguide section includes a wall structure and spaced-apart opposing ridges disposed on an internal surface of the wall structure, with the spaced-apart opposing ridges extending along a major axis of the wall structure. The feed section is coupled to the ridged waveguide section, and includes an extension of only a portion of the wall structure of the ridged waveguide section, and an extension of the spaced-apart opposing ridges disposed on an internal surface of the extended wall structure of the feed section.

Abstract: A ridged waveguide slot array includes a waveguide slot body and a ridged waveguide section attached to the waveguide slot body. The waveguide slot body includes one or more walls having a plurality of slots disposed thereon. The ridged waveguide section includes two spaced apart opposing ridges disposed on the one or more walls of the waveguide slot body, and extends along the longitudinal axis of the waveguide slot body.

Abstract: A dual polarized waveguide slot array includes a first waveguide and a second waveguide. The first waveguide includes major and minor cross-sectional axes and extends along a common longitudinal axis. The first waveguide further includes a plurality of slots disposed thereon for radiating or receiving signals of a first polarization. The second waveguide is coupled to the first waveguide, extending along the common longitudinal axis and having major and minor cross-sectional axes. The major cross-sectional axis of the second waveguide oriented substantially orthogonally to the cross-sectional axis of the first waveguide, and the second waveguide includes a plurality of slots disposed thereon for radiating or receiving signals of a second polarization substantially orthogonal to the first polarization.

Abstract: A ridged waveguide slot array includes a waveguide slot body and a ridged waveguide section attached to the waveguide slot body. The waveguide slot body includes one or more walls having a plurality of slots disposed thereon. The ridged waveguide section includes two spaced apart opposing ridges disposed on the one or more walls of the waveguide slot body, and extends along the longitudinal axis of the waveguide slot body.

Abstract: A circularly polarized waveguide slot array includes first and second waveguide sections, the first waveguide section extending along a longitudinal axis, and including an antenna element for transmitting or receiving a circularly polarized signal. The second waveguide slot section is coupled side-to-side with the first waveguide slot section and extends along the longitudinal axis, the second waveguide slot section including an antenna element for transmitting or receiving the circularly polarized signal at a phase which is substantially complementary to the circularly polarized signal transmitted by or received by the first waveguide slot section. Further exemplary, the antenna element disposed on the first waveguide slot section is offset from said antenna element disposed on the second waveguide slot section substantially one half of a predefined guide wavelength ?g along said longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A dual polarized waveguide slot array includes a first waveguide and a second waveguide. The first waveguide includes major and minor cross-sectional axes and extends along a common longitudinal axis. The first waveguide further includes a plurality of slots disposed thereon for radiating or receiving signals of a first polarization. The second waveguide is coupled to the first waveguide, extending along the common longitudinal axis and having major and minor cross-sectional axes. The major cross-sectional axis of the second waveguide oriented substantially orthogonally to the cross-sectional axis of the first waveguide, and the second waveguide includes a plurality of slots disposed thereon for radiating or receiving signals of a second polarization substantially orthogonal to the first polarization.

Abstract: An orthomode transducer includes first, second and third waveguide sections. The first waveguide section is coupled to an antenna port and extends to a first port. The first waveguide section is configured to support the propagation of a signal having a first polarization. The second waveguide section is configured to support the propagation of a signal having a second polarization which is substantially orthogonal to the first polarization. The second waveguide section is coupled to the antenna port and extends to a second port. The second waveguide section further includes a plurality of filter elements. The third waveguide section includes a port coupled to the antenna port, and is configured to support the propagation of the signal having the second polarization. The third waveguide section includes at least one filter element, whereby the number of second waveguide section filter elements is greater than the number of the at least one third waveguide section filter elements.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a pressure-laminated stator ring includes forming a plurality of stator ring elements, and electrically insulating each of the stator ring elements. The electrically-insulated stator ring elements are pressure-laminated together to form a multi-layered stator ring.

Abstract: A reflector-feed assembly for a reflector dish antenna system includes a feeding waveguide and a reflector plate. The feeding waveguide is operable to support the propagation of a signal therethrough, the feeding waveguide having a major axis along which the signal is propagated, and one or more apertures operable to pass the propagating signal therethrough. The reflector plate is coupled to the feeding waveguide, and extends along a major axis which generally orthogonal to the major axis of the feeding waveguide. The reflector plate includes one or more reflecting surfaces which are positioned to reflect signals passing through the one or more apertures, the one or more reflecting surface extending at an acute angle relative to the feeding waveguide major axis.

Abstract: An orthomode transducer includes a first waveguide section, a second waveguide section coupled to the first waveguide section, and a third waveguide section coupled to the first and second waveguide sections. The first waveguide section is configured to support the propagation of a signal having a first polarization, and includes a first waveguide aperture sized to communicate the signal having the first polarization therethrough. The second waveguide is configured to support the propagation of a signal having a second polarization which is orthogonal to the first polarization, the second waveguide section having a single internal septum and a second waveguide aperture sized to communicate the signal having the second polarization therethrough.

Abstract: An orthomode transducer includes a first waveguide section, a second waveguide section coupled to the first waveguide section, and a third waveguide section coupled to the first and second waveguide sections. The first waveguide section is configured to support the propagation of a signal having a first polarization, and includes a first waveguide aperture sized to communicate the signal having the first polarization therethrough. The second waveguide is configured to support the propagation of a signal having a second polarization which is orthogonal to the first polarization, the second waveguide section having a single internal septum and a second waveguide aperture sized to communicate the signal having the second polarization therethrough.

Abstract: This invention relates to a flashing and musical device for a writing implement and in particular to one including an upper cylindrical member formed with a recess having internal threads at a lower end. A speaker mounted within the recess of the upper cylindrical member. A controlling board electrically connected with the speaker and mounted within the recess of the upper cylindrical member. A trigger mounted under the controlling board and having two holes each engaged with a conical conducting member and a movable member disposed within the trigger. A light-emitting diode mounted on the upper cylindrical member and electrically connected with the controlling board. An upper conducting plate mounted under the trigger. A battery disposed under the upper conducting plate. A lower conducting plate arranged under the battery. A lower cylindrical member with external threads and a recess on a top being engaged with the upper cylindrical member.

Abstract: A dual frequency antenna feed is formed from a central, circular waveguide onnected to the flat boundry of circular, disk-shaped resonant cavity. A second circular waveguide is connected one end of a disk-shaped resonant cavity. Energy of one frequency enters and exits the cavity along the common axis of the waveguides. Energy of the second frequency is introduced to the same resonant cavity by way of a plurality of bandpass filters, also connected to the cavity. This energy enters by way of slots in the cylindrical walls of the cavity. The central circular waveguide is propagating at one frequency but cut off at the second frequency. These bandpass filters are at this pass band for the second frequency, but at the rejection band for the first frequency. Therefore, the isolation between these two input ports are obtained.

Abstract: A rapid, noninvasive technique for quantifying the dynamic response of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) to perturbations it senses over a broad range of physiologically relevant frequencies. The technique involves two steps. First, a physiologic parameter sensed by the ANS is subjected to a broad-band perturbation as an input signal while a physiologic parameter modulated by the ANS is monitored as an output signal. Then, the transfer relation between input signal and output signal is determined. The computed transfer relation is then readily interpretable in terms of responsiveness of the various limbs of the ANS.