%0 Journal Article
%T Novel Compact Waveguide Dual Circular Polarizer
%A Chao Chang
%A Sami G. Tantawi
%A Sarah Church
%A Jeffery Neilson
%A Patricia Voll Larkoski
%J PIER
%@ 1070-4698
%D 2013
%I 
%R 10.2528/PIER12121003
%X A novel type of dual circular polarizer for simultaneously receiving and transmitting right-hand and left-hand circularly polarized waves is developed and tested. It consists of a -plane T junction of rectangular waveguide, one circular waveguide as an -plane arm located on top of the junction, and two metallic pins used for matching. The theoretical analysis and design of the three-physical-port and four-mode polarizer were researched by solving Scattering-Matrix of the network and using a full-wave electromagnetic simulation tool. The optimized polarizer has the advantages of a very compact size with a volume smaller than 0.8¦Ë, low complexity and manufacturing cost. A couple of the polarizer has been manufactured and tested, and the experimental results are basically consistent with the theories.
%U http://www.jpier.org/pier/pier.php?paper=12121003