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NASA Contractor Report 201710
Analysis of Waveguide JunctionDiscontinuities Using Finite ElementMethod
Manohar D. Deshpande
ViGYAN, Inc., Hampton, Virginia
Contract NAS1-19341
july 1997
National Aeronautics and
Space AdministrationLangley Research Center
Hampton, Virginia 23681-0001
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19970023023 2018-06-11T21:00:16+00:00Z
Contents
List of Figures
List of SymbolsAbstract
1. Introduction
2. Theory3. Numerical Results
4. Conclusion
References
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Figure l(a)
Figure l(b)
Figure1(c)
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Figure5(a)
Figure5(b)
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Figure7
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Figure9(a)
Figure9(b)
List of Figures
Rectangular waveguide junction with misalignment in the x-direction
(waveguide flanges at the junction are not shown)
Rectangular waveguide junction with misalignment in the y-direction
Rectangular waveguide junction with an air gap
Geometry of rectangular waveguide junction discontinuity and an air gap
Top view of H-plane discontinuity in rectangular waveguide (Waveguide I,
Wxl = 2.286cm, Wy =1.02cm, Waveguide II Wx2 -- 1.5 cm, Wy = 1.02 cm)
Comparison of magnitude of reflection and transmission coefficients calculated
using Finite Element Method and Mode Matching Technique [19]
Geometry of E-plane ridge discontinuity in rectangular waveguide.
Cross sectional view of E-plane ridge discontinuity in a rectangular waveguide
( W -- 0.1016 cm, h = 0.7619 cm, L = 0.508 cm, a = 1.905 cm, b = 0.9524 cm)
Transmission coefficient of E-plane ridge discontinuity in a rectangular
waveguide shown in figure 5(a)
Concentric step in a rectangular waveguide; input waveguide dimensions
( a 1 - 1.58 cm, b 1 = 0.79 cm), output waveguide dimension ( a2 = 2.29 cm,
b 2 = 1.02 cm)
SI1 [ and $21 [ parameters for the concentric step discontinuity in a rectangular
waveguide shown in figure 7
Geometry of concentric rectangular waveguide with an inductive junction.
Input reflection coefficient of concentric inductive rectangular waveguide junc-
2
tionshownin figure9(a).
Figure 10(a)Geometryof concentricrectangularwaveguidewith acapacitivejunction.
Figure 10(b)Inputreflectioncoefficientof concentriccapacitiverectangularwaveguidejunc-
tionshownin figure10(a).
Figure 1l(a) Geometryof offsetrectangularwaveguideinductivejunction.
Figure 1l(b) Inputreflectioncoefficientof offsetinductiverectangularwaveguidejunction
shownin figure 11(a).
Figure 12(a)Geometryof offsetrectangularwaveguidecapacitivejunction.
Figure 12(b)Inputreflectioncoefficientof offsetcapacitiverectangularwaveguidejunction
shownin figure 12(a)
Figure 13(a)Geometryof offsetrectangularwaveguidejunctionwith x- andy-offset.
Figure 13(b)Inputreflectioncoeffcientof offsetrectangularwaveguidejunctionshownin fig-
ure 13(a).
Figure 14 Inputreflectioncoefficientof inductivejunction in aS-bandrectangular
waveguide.
Figure 15 Inputreflectioncoefficientof capacitivejunction in aS-bandrectangular
waveguide.
Figure 16 Inputreflectioncoefficientof x- andy-offsetjunction in S-bandrectangular
waveguide.
Figure 17 Inputreflectioncoefficientof S-bandrectangularwaveguidejunctionwith anair
gap.
a o
ap
bm
ro]
b o
bP
EloverS I
E over S 2
E (x,y,z)
-)11
E (x,y,z)
--)111
E (x,y,z)
elO
elp
e2o
e2p
Hx, y,z)
--)!1
H (x,y,z)
-) 111
H x,y,z )
_.....)
hlo
÷
hip
h2p
]
ko
[Sel
List of Symbolsdominant mode reflection coefficient
thcomplex waveguide modal amplitude of p mode in region I
complex amplitude associated with tetrahedral basis function
column matrix
dominant mode amplitude in region HI
thcomplex waveguide modal amplitude of p mode in region HI
tangential electric field vector over the plane PI
tangential electric field vector over the plane P2
transverse electric field vector in region I
electric field vector in region II
transverse electric field vector in region 11I
dominant vector modal function for region I
rectangular waveguide vector modal function for pth mode for region I
dominant vector modal function for region III
rectangular waveguide vector modal function for pth mode for region III
transverse magnetic field vector in region I
magnetic field vector in region II
transverse magnetic field vector in region UI
dominant vector modal function for region I
threctangular waveguide vector modal function for p mode for region I
threctangular waveguide vector modal function for p mode for region I
free-space wave number
global finite element matrix
element matrix for single tetrahedral element
S 1
$2
$11
$21
..)T(x,y,z)
TElo
x, y, z
YIo
Ylp
_0
_to
Er
YlO
'Ylp
'2ptO
surface area over plane P1
surface area over plane P2
return loss in dominant mode at plane P1
transmission coefficient in dB at plane P2
vector testing function
dominant mode
excitation column vector
x-dimensions of rectangular waveguide
y-dimension of rectangular waveguide
vector basis function associated with tetrahedron
Cartesian Coordinate system
dominant modal admittance for region I
thmodal admittance of p mode for region I
thmodal admittance of p mode for region III
permittivity of free-space
permeability of free-space
relative permittivity of medium in region II
relative permeability of medium in region II
dominant mode propagation constant for region I
thpropagation constant for p mode for region I
thpropagation constant for p mode for region 11I
angular frequency
Abstract
A Finite Element Method (FEM) is presented to determine reflection and
transmission coefficients of rectangular waveguide junction discontinuities. An H-plane
discontinuity, an E-plane ridge discontinuity and a step discontinuity in a concentric
rectangular waveguide junction are analyzed using the FEM procedure. Also, reflection and
transmission coefficients due to presence of a gap between two sections of a rectangular
waveguide are determined using the FEM. The numerical results obtained by the present
method are in excellent agreement with the earlier published results. The numerical results
obtained by the FEM are compared with the numerical results obtained using Mode Matching
Method (MMM) and also with the measured data.
1.0 Introduction
A slotted rectangular waveguide array antenna is being proposed to be used in a
microwave scattrometer for soil moisture measurements. During the launch phase of such a
scatterometer, the slotted waveguide should be folded. After full deployment of the
scatterometer, the waveguide must be unfolded to its full length. Due to the mechanical
imperfection of the joints and hinges, there will be misalignments and gaps. These gaps and
misalignments will affect the performance of the slot array. It is the purpose of this report to
analyze the effects of the gaps and misalignments on the transmission line properties of
rectangular waveguide sections. However, the effect of these gaps and misalignments on the
performance of the slot array will not be considered here.
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The types of misalignments and gaps that may occur after unfolding the various sections
of rectangular waveguide are shown in figure 1
Output Wave
I
X I/
Input Wa_
Figure 1(a) Rectangular waveguide with misalignment in x-direction.
(Waveguide flanges are not shown)
X
Input Wave
Figurel(b) Rectangular waveguide junction with misalignment iny-dimension.
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Input Wave Output Wave
Gap Between Two Sections
Figure l(c) Rectangular waveguide junction with a gap.
For assessment of the effects of such discontinuities on the transmission and reflection
properties of rectangular waveguide, many analytical techniques can be used. The modelling of
waveguide junction discontinuities has been a subject that has been studied considerably in the
past. An equivalent circuit approach based on an electrostatic approximation and variational
principle [1-4] has been used to analyze these discontinuities. However, these approximate
techniques may not be accurate for electrically large discontinuities. Furthermore, only single
mode interactions are accounted in these simple representations. Higher order mode interactions
are taken into account by using the mode matching technique[5,6]. In the MMM, the fields in
each region across the junction are expressed in terms of infinite number of waveguide modal
functions. Application of continuity of tangential components of electric and magnetic fields
across the junction in conjunction with the Method of Moments (MoM) yields a matrix equation
with tangential fields over the junction as an unknown variable. From the solution of the matrix
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equation, the reflection and transmission properties of the waveguide junction are determined.
The resulting code, although accurate, can be computationally inefficient. There are different
versions of the MMM reported in the literature such as generalized scattering matrix (GSM) [7]
techniques, multimodal network representation methods using admittance, or impedance matrix
representation [8-10]. The MMM is mostly applied to analyze zero-thickness discontinuities at
the junctions. For non-zero thickness discontinuties in the direction of propagation, the mode
matching techniques become quite involved. Furthermore, it is cumbersome to apply the MMM
when the waveguide junctions are loaded with three-dimensional arbitrarily-shaped
discontinuities. In such cases, a numerical technique such as the FEM [11-13] is more versatile
and easily adaptable to changes in the structures of discontinuities. In this report, a numerical
technique using the FEM is developed to analyze step discontinuities as well as three-
dimensional arbitrarily-shaped discontinuities present at the rectangular waveguide junctions.
In [11], reflection and transmission characteristics of metal wedges in a rectangular
waveguide were studied using H-field FEM formulation. It has been shown in [11] that the
vector edge based formulation eliminates the spurious solutions. In this report, the FEM using
the E-field formulation is developed to analyze rectangular waveguide junction discontinuities.
Because of the metal boundaries of rectangular waveguide, the E-formulation results in fewer
unknowns compared with the H-field formulation of [11 ].
The remainder of this report is organized as follows. The FEM formulation of the
waveguide junction problem using the weak form of the Helmoltz wave equation is developed in
section 2. Also in section 2, MMM formulation is presented to determine reflection and
transmission coefficients of transverse discontinuities in a rectangular waveguide. Numerical
results on the transmission and reflection coefficients for E-plane and H-plane step
discontinuities are given in section 3 along with earlier published results for comparison. Also in
section 3, the experimental results on some of the waveguide junction discontinuities measured in
the Material Measurement Laboratory of the Electromagnetics Research Branch are compared
with the results obatined using the present approach. The report concludes in section 4 with
remarks on advantages and limitations of the present technique.
2.0 Theory2.1 Finite Element Formulation:
In this section, the FEM will be used to determine the reflection and transmission
coefficients of the rectangular waveguide junction discontinuity shown in Figure 2.
Radiating _ Circilar Flang
perture
S 3
I
TE1o Mode I
I I atched LoadI I
Region _ Region H I Region lII/\
Z PlaneP_
---- Z=Zl
Figure 2 Geometry of rectangular waveguide junction with step discontinuityand gap.
It is assumed that the waveguide is excited by a dominant TEl0 mode from the left.
To analyze the junction discontinuity, the junction is assumed to be enclosed by two planes: P1
and P2- The planes P1 and P2 divide the waveguide region into three regions as shown in Figure
2. The air gap at the junction between two waveguide sections causes leakage of electromag-
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netic energy which is accounted in the present formulation. Using the waveguide vector modal
functions, the transverse electromagnetic field in region I is expressed as [16]
-d _ -J Tl0 zE (x,y,z) = el0(x,y) e
+ Z apelp (x,y) / T,p z (1)
p=O
_1 _ -J T10zH (x,y,z) = hlO(X,y ) Y10e
") / Tip zZ aphlp (x,y) Ylp
p=O
(2)
In deriving equations (1) and (2), it is assumed that only the dominant mode is incident on the
interface P1 and the ap is the amplitude of reflected modes at the z=O plane. Ylp and T1p
appearing in equations (1) and (2) are respectively the characteristic admittance and propagation
thconstant for p mode and are defined in [16]. The unknown complex modal amplitude a may
p
be obtained in terms of the transverse electric field over the plane P 1 as follows
l+ao = ff EoverPl._lodS (3)S1
f f -E over P_ap = • _elpdS (4)$1
where S 1 is the surface area over the plane P1 •
Likewise, the transverse components of electric and magnetic fields in the region III
can be written as [16]
11
oO
+,'11 , J V_pzE (x,y,z) = Z be2p (x.y)e (5)
p=O
H (x,y,z) = E b_2p (x,y) Y2p e (6)
p=0
where b is the amplitude of transmitted mode at the z-z 2 plane, Y2p and T2p appearing in
equations (5) and (6) are respectively the characteristic admittance and propagation constant for
thp mode for output waveguide and are defined in [16]. The unknown complex modal amplitude
bp may be obtained in terms of the transverse electric field over the plane P 2 as follows
_ _ -E over P2 "bp = • e2pds
$2
where s 2 is the surface area over the plane P2-
The electromagnetic field inside region II is obtained using the FEM formulation [17].
The vector wave equation for the _11 field is given by
->I1_ { 2 "_+11(7)
Using the weak form of the vector wave equation and some mathematical mani
equation (5) may be written as
_er( + ( 1 -_1I_ { 2 "_-_II///VxTo/--VxE I-lk.e |E ,T dv) = 2jtO_toYoff_'i_o(x,y)ds
St
_ulation [17], the
p=O
Yip T°elp(X'y)ds •elp(X'y)ds
/\ S 1
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where S 2
(/ //ss,"oe, 1)-JC0l't0 £ Y2p .ff_'e_2p (x'y) ds "_2p(X'y)ds
p = 0 $2 )\ $2
...)
-jcO_toI I T × h . Hapds
$3
is the cross sectional area at plane P2, $3 is the surface area of radiating aperture,
(8)
-->
and Hap is the magnetic field in the radiating aperture S 3 . In order to solve the equation (9),
the volume enclosed by region I/is discretized by using first-order tetrahedral elements. The
electric field in a single tetrahedron is represented as
6+!I __
E = £ bm. Wm (9)
m=l
where bm are the six complex coefficients of electric field associated with the six edges of the tet-
--)
rahedron, and wm (x, y, z) is the vector basis function associated with the m th edge of the tetra-
-->
hedron. A detailed derivation for the expressions for w m (x, y, Z) is given in reference [17].
Substituting equation (10) into equation (9), integration over the volume of one tetrahedron
results in the element matrix equation
(10)
where the entries in the element matrices are given by
:- (Iss( :-->->))Sel (m, n) 1 V× • VxW n - koe.rW n • W m dv
_tr ' V
O<D
((ss )(ss-+' ))+ (jt'0l't0) Z Ylp Wm • elp (x, y) ds , W n • elp (x, y) ds
p = 0 S l S 1
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OO
(Ors+.e:,'){rS+ ))+ (./c°i'to) _ Y2p Wm° (x, y) ds . W_ ° _2p(x, y) dsp = 0 S2 $2
:sL(-"<"r-;"'/}(-jo)l.l.o)k0 (WmX_) " _',,xhe i>,._>,.,ia,,a,S3\
4-_J'_( -Jk°(l>r->"1),rr 1}+ jo_laO["f__ V'(WmXh )"-+ V, ( w,, x h)->e I__>, _' ds$3
(11)
v(m)= 2 (jtOlXo) YloSSWm,_lO(X,y)ds
SI
These element matrices can be assembled over all the tetrahedral elements in the region H to
obtain a global matrix equation
(12)
IS_ Ib] : [vl (13)
The solution vector [b] of the matrix equation (14) is then used in equation (3) to determine the
reflection coefficient at the reference plane P1 as
_ [. E over P,a o = - 1 + • _lods (14)
S,
The transmission coefficient at the plane P2 is obtain as [18]
bo = 20 • _2ods (15)
The return loss and power transmitted through the rectangular junction are then calculated using
Sll = 20.log (la0l) (16)
$2, = 20.log (Ibol) (17)
The power transmitted through the junction can also be calculated using
S21 = 20.1ogt, 1-- 1_'- ap (18)
where the summation should be done over the propagating modes only.
2.2 Mode Matching Method:
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In this section the MMM for the rectangular waveguide junction discontinuities is
presented. Since the modelling of air gap between the two waveguide sections using the MMM
is quite involved, the junction discontinuities of E- and H-plane steps types (as shown in fig. 3)
are only considered.
TElo Mode
__ Region I Region II
TEt0_Mode
To_l _¢/latched Load
Figure 3 Geometry of waveguide junction discontinuity without an air gap.
The transverse components of electric and magnetic fields in the region I and II can be written as
+IE (x,y,z) = _10 (x,y) e -j
Tl0 Z
oo
+ Z apelp (x,y)J Tip z (19)
p=O
-d _ -J T10zH (x,y,z) = hlo(x,y) Y10 e
_a
Z ap]llP (x,y) Ylp J "YlPZ
p=O
(20)
In deriving equations (1) and (2) it is assumed that only the dominant mode is incident from the
left and the at, is the amplitude of reflected modes at the z=O plane. Ylp and Ylp appearing in
equations (1) and (2) are respectively the characteristic admittance and propagation constant for
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thp mode and are defined in [16]. The unknown complex modal amplitude a may be obtained
p
in terms of the transverse electric field over the z = 0 plane as follows
( 0. /1 + a 0 = _lodS (21)S
ap = =0S
(22)
where s is the surface area over the z = 0 plane.
Likewise, the transverse components of electric and magnetic fields in the region II
can be written as [16]
Oo
.tt , j V2p zE (x,y,z)= E bpe2p(X'y)e (23)
p=O
j zH°ll (x,y,z) = _ b]_2p (x,y) YEp e (24)
p=0
where b is the amplitude of transmitted mode at the z--0 plane, Y2p and ]t2p appearing in
equations (24) and (25) are respectively the characteristic admittance and propagation constant
thfor p mode for output waveguide and are defined in [16]. The unknown complex modal ampli-
tude bp may be obtained in terms of the transverse electric field over the z = 0 plane as follows
b = o" e2pds (25)S
where s is the surface area over the z = 0 plane.
In order to determine the unknown coefficients ap and bq we assume the tangential electric field
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over the plane z = 0 as
where cr
oo
E z = y___, ' (26)= 0 Cre3r
r=O
is unknown complex coefficient, and e_3r is the vector mode function for a rectangular
waveguide having a cross section same as the cross section of the aperture. Substituting (27) in
(22), (23), and (26), the unknown coefficients ap and bq are obtained as
oo
l+ao= Z Crf _ e_3r• _elodS (27)r = 0 Aperture
ap : Z Crf S +3re _elpdS (28)
r = 0 Aperture
bq = Z Crf _ _3r • _e2qds (29)
r = 0 Aperture
Substituting (28)-(30) into (20),(21) and (24),(25), the transverse fields in the regions I and II are
obtained as
-"# '__, {'___ J" J' t _>E (x,y,z) = -2JD10 (x, y) sin (_/10 z) + Cr e3r • Dlpds elp (x,y) d T'" z (30)
p = 0 r = 0 Aperture
-->I _' _lpd$ + d Tip zH (x,y,z) = 2h10 (x,y) YI0 COS('Y10 z) -pZ Cr e3r • hip (x,y) Ylp
= 0 = Aperture
(31)
for the region I and
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-)11E (x,y,z) { _ Cr_ _ _3r°_e2qds}_2q (X,y) d_lqz
q = 0 r = 0 Aperture
(32)
H (x,y,z) Cr _3r • _2q dS ->= h2q (x,y)
q 0 = Aperture
(33)
Equating the tangential magnetic fields across the aperture yields an integral equation with cr
unknowns as
+ =Z°2hlO(x,Y) YIO = c r _3rO_lpd$ hlp(X,y)
r p = 0 Aperture
Ylp
+ Z Cr e3r • (x,y)h2q Y2q
r= 0 _q = O Aperture
(34)
Taking cross product of (35) with _ and selecting _e3r, as a testing function, the integral equation
in (35) yields the following set of simultaneous equations
2_ _ _3r,• _elodSYlo : Z Cr Z _ _ _3r• _elpd$_ _ _e3F• _elpdS Ylp
Aperture r = 0 p = 0 Aperture Aperture
Z Cr Z f f _3r" _e2qds_ _ _e3r'' _e2q d• Y2q
r = 0 q = 0 Aperture Aperture
(35)
where r' = 1, 2, 3 .... By terminating the infinite summations with respect to p to Np, q to Nq,
and r to N r equation (36) can be solved for c r . The reflection and transmission coefficients are
then obtained as
Sll -1+ E Cr _ _ _ o_ --" 3r e lOaS
r = 0 Aperture
(36)
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$21
N r
r = 0 Aperture
3.0 Numerical Results
(37)
To validate the present technique, we first present numerical results on the reflection
and transmission coefficients for H-plane discontinuity in a x-band rectangular waveguide as
shown in Figure 3. This geometry has been solved by earlier researchers using the MMM and
CAD-oriented equivalent circuit modelling [19].
Plane P1Plane P2
Waveguide I
v
TEl0 Mode Incident
X
II
l I
I
I
E II
Waveguide II
TE 10 Mode
Figure 3 Top view of an H-plane discontinuity in a rectangular waveguide.
Waveguide I ( Wxl = 2.286 cm, Wy = 1.02cm), Waveguide II ( Wx2 = 1.5 cm,Wy = 1.02 cm)
For the present analysis, the plane P1 was selected at z = 0 and the plane P2 was selected at z = 1
cm. The junction was at z = 0.5 cm. The reflection and transmission coefficients calculated using
the present approach are shown in Figure 4 along with the results obatined by the MMM [19].
There is an excellent agreement between the results of two methods. The transmission curve
shown as a dotted line is calculated by S12 = 20log 10_(1- Reflected Power) Seven
hundred twenty eight tetrahedral were used to discretize the FEM region.
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For further validation of the code, an E-plane ridge waveguide discontinuity in a
rectangular waveguide, as shown in Figure 5, is considered. The transmission coefficient in the
presence of the metallic ridge is calculated using the present code as a function of frequency and
is presented in Figure 6 along with the earlier published data. There is good agreement between
the results obtained by the present method and earlier published data. For the numerical
calculations, the planes P1 and P2 were assumed to be 0.2 cm away from the rectangular ridge.
The number of tetrahedra used to discretize the FEM region was 2718. The number of higher
order modes considered in the input as well as the output waveguides were 40.
C'
-5
-10
--,-15r._
r._
-20
-25
-308
S12c,,'cul us,n,,!.,n. lT, .......... SI1 calculated using eqn. (18) _
Mode Matching [19]S12 calculated usin_ eqn. (19) W _ J
, , , i I i i i i I i Ii i i I i i i i I i i i i J i i i i I i i
9 10 11 12 13 14Frecluency in GHz
Figure 4 Comparison of magmtude of reflection and transmission coefficients calcula!Finite Element Method and Mode Matching Techniques.
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Metallic Ridge
X //
I
I
/
i
/
/
Z
Plane
P2
Input PlaneP1
Figure 5(a) Geometry of E-plane ridge discontinuity in a rectangular waveguide.
a/2
v
! hW
a
Ir
b
Figure 5 (b) Cross sectional view of E-plane ridge discontinuity in a rectangular waveguide(W= 0.1016cm, h = 0.7619 cm, L = 0.508cm, a = 1.905 cm, b = 0.9524 cm)
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O _
D •
.g,._
_-30{/3
i20
Present Method _ ', ,,0H-formulation [11] \ I '
• Measured Ref i20] \ "-", ,_1_
', //
"50 = , , , I = i , , I , , = i I = = = , T = = I J I
10 11 12 13 14 15Frequency in GHz
Figure 6 Transmission coefficient of E-plane ridge discontinuity in a rectangularwaveguide shown in figure 5.
The third example considered for the validation of the present code is shown in Figure 7.
The reference planes P1 and P2 were assumed to be 0.5 cm away from the junction. The FEM
region was discretized into 2700 tetrahedra and the number of higher order modes considered in
each waveguide was 40. The reflection and transmission coefficients calculated using the present
code are presented in Figure 8 along with the earlier published data. There is good agreement
between the earlier published data and the numerical results obtained using the present code.
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OutputReferencePlaneP2
TE 10Mode Out
b2
TE 10ModeIncident
Input Reference PlaneP1
Figure 7 Concentric step discontinuity in a rectangular waveguide; input waveguidedimension (a 1 = 1.58 cm, b 1 = 0.79 cm), output waveguide dimensions
( a2 = 2.29 cm, b 2 = 1.02 cm)
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1.0
0.8
0.6
0.0
O_- t- Q-O t-- tP
• ISll H-Formulation [11]
.... A- .... ISlll Ref. [ 21]
--O-- IS211 H-Formulation [11]
A,/i Is,,I PresentMethod
Figure 8 $11 and
i , I i J i i I i , , i i , , , i 1 , i , i I
0.6 0.8 al 1.0 1.2 1.4
IS2]1 parameters for the concentric step discontinuity in
rectangular waveguide shown in figure 7
The discrepency in the results at higher frequencies may be due to the same discretization used for
lower and higher frequency range. This causes the results to be less accurate at higher
frequencies.
Other discontinuities considered in this report are shown in Figures 9 - 13. The input
reflection coefficients calculated using the FEM and MMM as described in the previous section
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are presented in Figures 9 -13. Number of higher order modes considered for MMM were 100
modes in input and output waveguides. The number of modes considered (in all of the problems
shown here) on the aperture were 20. For FEM the number of elements used were approximately
1200. The numerical results obtained using the FEM and MMM agree well with each other.
b = 1.0 cm
a' = 1.0 cm
I b' = 1.0 cm
Ia=2.286
Figure 9(a) Geometry of concentric rectangular waveguide with an inductive junction.
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1.0
0.50
=1,-4
8
_i 0.0O
_ -0.5
-1.0
Mode Matching Method
..... FEM
i _ i i I I i I I I i i = J [ i i h * I
e 9 Frequenc_O(GHz) 11 12Figure 9(b) Input reflection coefficient of concentric inductive rectangular waveguide
junction shown in figure 9(a).
b =l.0c_
a=2.286
a' = 2.286 cm
' = 0.6 cm
Figure 10(a) Geometry of concentric rectangular waveguide with a capacitive junction.
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cD°,.._
c.)
8L)
O
cD
o_
0.5
O.O
-0.5
Mode Matching Method
FEM
8 9 10 11 12
Frequency (GHz)
Figure 10(b) Input reflection coefficient of concentric capacitive rectangular waveguidejunction shown in figure 10(a).
b = 1.0c_
a=2.286
a' = 2.286 cm
I b' = 1.0 cm
Figure 11 (a) Geometry of offset rectangular waveguide inductive junction.
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0.5
Oo 0.0
8
0
¢:: -0.5
Mode Matching Method
FEM
Imaginary Part
Real Part
, , i , I , i i , I i , I i l , i i , I
8 9 10 11 12
Frequency (GHz)
Figure 11(b) Input reflection coefficient of offset inductive rectangular waveguide
junction shown in figure ll(a).
a' = 2.286 cm
b' = 1.0 cm
b =1.0 cm I
0.4 cm
a=2.286
Figure 12(a) Geometry of offset rectangular waveguide capacitive junction.
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1.0
0.5
._,._
0
0 0.0
-0.5
-- Mode Matching Method
FEM (No. of Elements 1206)
FEM (No. of Elements 2857)
Real Part
...... -_-.- - _ -_ _ _ ___ __________
-1.0 _ _ _ _ I _ _ L _ I L _ _ _ L , , _ L I
8 9 10 11 12
_.. Frequency (GHz)..Figure 12(b) Input reflection coemclent or orIset capacmve rectangular waveguide
junction shown in figure 12(a).
0.5 cm
a = 2.286 cm
b = 1.0 cm I
Ib = 1.0 cm
a =2.286 cJ
cm
Figure 13(a) Geometry of offset rectangular waveguide junction with x- and y-offset.
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1.0
0.5
• i,,,_
8
O
t=
0_
0.0
-0.5
Mode Matching Method
FEM ( No. of Elements 1258)
FEM (No. of Elements 2909)
_Real pi =-_
-1.0 , _ L L l , _ J _ I , , , _ I _ , _ , I8 9 10 11 12
Frequency (GHz)
Figure 13(b) Input reflection coefficient of off-set rectangular waveguidejunction shown in figure 13(a).
The numerical results shown so far were related to the misalignments in the X-band
waveguide. For a S-band waveguide, some typical misalignments analyzed using the FEM and
MMM and compared with the measured data taken in the measurement laboratory of ERB are
shown in Figures 14-16. The measurements were done using the HP 8510 Network Analyzer.
For the FEM analysis the reference planes P1 and P2 were selected at 0.5 cm away from the junc-
tion. The number of elements used in all cases were around 1258. For the MMM the number of
modes consided in both waveguides were 100, and the number of modes used to represent aper-
ture field were 20.
3O
-5
-10
0
Mode Matching Method
FEM
Measured
-15
_-20 , ....0
e oOr..)
° 25• i,_ o
-30
-35
7.21 cm
-" 7.21 cm "-
3.4 cm
et 0
3.0 3.5Frequency (GHz)
Figure 14 Input reflection coefficient of inductive junction in a S-band rectangularwaveguide.
I
4.0
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B
-5
-10
-15
-20
r_
. .25
-30
-35
-402.5
0
Mode Matching Method
FEM
Measured
t
0 0 0.635 cm
_ iii!iii!!iiil¸ !i̧ !!i!̧!_!_ !il i il ?i ! _
3.4 cm
7.21 cm
J i I I i I i I I I i I i I
3.0 3.5 4.0
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_
-10
Oc.)_-30O
°l,._
-40
-50
Mode Matching Method
FEM 7.21 cmram..._
3.4c 5 34cm
. .
7.21 cm
\\\\0_0 /
\\ _ I/
XX I I
I J
I I
I I
I I
w I i t I i I I_/I f I i I I
3.0 Frequency (GHz) 3.5 4.0
Figure 16 Input reflection coefficient of x- and y-offset junction in a S-band rectangular
waveguide.
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For application of the FEM to analyze gap between two rectangular waveguide sec-
tions we consider S-band rectangular waveguide junction as shown in Figure 17.. The reflection
coefficient obtained using the present FEM procedure is presented in figure 17 along with the
measured results.
0
-5
_-10
,1.,_
8r.)= -15O
¢dlo
_.-2o
-25
FEM ( No Radiation)
.......... FEM ( With 2 M) ," ",,/ X
FEM ( With M) / _ Curve A
• Measured Data _ \_(
/;. , \ ,y or,,o -"77/-". "\f"
/ /,' ",, k ',
,/,, \,ii \"
/// L'. \ \
/ N \
// ' // Curve-_B _'\'\.\. \' \\
/*/ /,/{_/'/" / / " \'x*'N'N. N \_N'xNN N
I I _ S-Band RectangularWaveguide (7.21 cm x 3.4 cm)
-30 , , i , I = , , , I , i , , I , , i , I , , i , I , , , i I , i
2.6 2.8 3 0 3 2 3 4 3.6 3.8• _ Frequeiicy (GHz) "
Figure 17 Input reflection coetticient of S-band rectangular waveguide junctionwith an air gap.
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The curve A in Figure 17 shows the input reflection coefficient obtained assuming there
is no radiation through the gap aperture. In this simulation the gap opening was not terminated
into metal boundary. The curve B in Figure 17 was obtained by assuming the radiating gap aper-
ture is backed by an infinite ground plane. The presence of infinite ground plane is taken into
__>account by considering magnetic current source M of amplitude twice that of magnetic current
present in the aperture. The curve C in figure 17 shows the input reflection coefficient obtained
without an assumption of infinite ground plane. In that case there was no factor two involved in
the amplitude of magnetic current source. From the comparison of calculated and measured
results in figure 17 it may be concluded that not assuming the presence of infinite ground plane is
more appropriate.
4.0 Conclusion
A FEM procedure has been presented to determine complex reflection and
transmission coefficients of rectangular waveguide junction discontinuities. The discontinuities
that can be analyzed using the present procedure can be E-plane, H-plane, or both. The present
procedure can also handle the air gap that may be present between the junctions of two
rectangular waveguides. The numerical results obtained from the present method are compared
with earlier published results. An excellent agreement between the numerical results obtained by
the present code and the earlier published data validates the present method and the code
developed.
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A Finite Element Method (FEM) is presentedto determine reflection and transmissioncoefficientsof rectangularwaveguide junctiondiscontinuities. An H-plane discontinuity,an E-plane ridgediscontinuity,and a stepdiscontinuityin a concentric rectangularwaveguide junctionare analyzed usingthe FEM procedure. Also,reflectionand transmissioncoefficients due to presence of a gap between two sections of a rectangularwaveguide are determined using the FEM. The numerical results obtained by the present method are in
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