US 6,982,613 B2
Radial power divider/combiner
You-Sun Wu, Princeton Junction, N.J. (US); Mark Francis Smith, Franklinville, N.J. (US); and James Norman Remer, Cherry Hill, N.J. (US)
Assigned to L-3 Communications Corporation, New York, N.Y. (US)
Filed on Feb. 06, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/773,947.
Prior Publication US 2005/0174194 A1, Aug. 11, 2005
Int. Cl. H01P 5/12 (2006.01); H03F 3/68 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 333—137 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A radial power divider/combiner comprising:
a base having a center and a periphery;
a first monopole antenna disposed at the center of the base;
a plurality of waveguides, each of which extends along a respective direction between the center of the base and the periphery thereof;
a plurality of second monopole antennas, each said second antenna disposed near a respective peripheral end of a respective one of the waveguides,
wherein the waveguides comprise respective grooves in the base, said grooves being adapted to carry signals between the first antenna and the second antennas, and wherein adjacent waveguides are separated by respective wedge portions defined by the base, each said wedge portion having a pointed vertex at a respective end thereof proximate the center of the base.