Aperture matching for an infinite circular polarized array of rectangular waveguides

Abstract

This paper studies the polarization of the main beam radiated from an infinite array of rectangular waveguides, and in particular, illustrates the matching procedure for the design of a circularly polarized array. It is demonstrated that the use of resonant irises at the waveguide openings together with a conventional matching junction inside the waveguides can improve both the power and the axial ratio of the main beam in a circularly polarized array. In general, a good matching design is the one which gives a proper compromise between the power and the polarization, and is not necessarily the one minimizing the reflection.