Title :
Reciprocity relations in waveguide junctions
Author :
Williams, Dylan F. ; Marks, Roger B.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
The Lorentz reciprocity condition is applied to junctions composed or reciprocal media which connect uniform but otherwise arbitrary waveguides. An expression relating for forward and reverse transmission coefficients is derived and factored into two terms, the first involving the phase of the reference impedance in the guide and the second a new reciprocity factor. The usual condition equation the forward and reverse transmission coefficients is shown not to hold in the general case. Experimental evidence supporting the theoretical results is presented
Keywords :
S-parameters; waveguide couplers; waveguide theory; Lorentz reciprocity condition; reciprocity factor; reference impedance; scattering parameters; transmission coefficients; waveguide junctions; Circuit theory; Coplanar waveguides; Impedance; NIST; Planar waveguides; Probes; Propagation losses; Scattering parameters; Waveguide junctions; Waveguide theory;
Journal_Title :
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on