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http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/KJKIEES.2013.24.12.1215

Development of a 85~115 GHz 90-Deg Phase Shifter Using Corrugated Square Waveguide  

Chung, Moon-Hee (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
Je, Do-Heung (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
Han, Seog-Tae (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
Kim, Seung-Rae (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
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Abstract
A 90-deg phase shifter using corrugated square waveguide structure for 86 GHz band VLBI(Very Long Baseline Interferometry) dual-circular polarization observation has been developed. The 90-deg phase shifter was designed to have two corrugated walls inside the square waveguide so that the vertically and horizontally polarized waves at the output port have phase differences of $90{\pm}3.3$ deg across 85~115 GHz. Measurements show that the return and insertion losses for the both polarizations are better than 17 dB and 0.25 dB, respectively. The axial ratio is estimated to be less than 0.6 dB within the required frequency band.
Keywords
Dual-Circular Polarizer; Corrugated Waveguide; Phase Shifter; VLBI Receiver;
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