Title :
Current Distribution in Barretters and Its Application to Microwave Power Measurements
Author :
Adams, John W. ; Jarvis, Stephen, Jr.
fDate :
10/1/1969 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper describes a mathematical analysis for determining the microwave current distribution in a barretter in a rectangular waveguide. This distribution, when used with another analysis which calculates substitution error for any given current distribution, provides a missing step necessary for the calibration of microwave and millimeter-wave barretters for absolute power measurements.
Keywords :
Antennas and propagation; Contracts; Current distribution; Dielectric losses; Electromagnetic waveguides; Mathematical analysis; Microwave devices; Power measurement; Rectangular waveguides; Resonator filters;
Journal_Title :
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMTT.1969.1127059