MEANDER-LINE POLARIZER FOR ARBITRARY ROTATION OF LINEAR-POLARIZATION

Authors
Citation
Tk. Wu, MEANDER-LINE POLARIZER FOR ARBITRARY ROTATION OF LINEAR-POLARIZATION, IEEE microwave and guided wave letters, 4(6), 1994, pp. 199-201
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
ISSN journal
10518207
Volume
4
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
199 - 201
Database
ISI
SICI code
1051-8207(1994)4:6<199:MPFARO>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
A versatile meander-line polarizer is described and demonstrated for a rbitrary rotation of linear polarization. This polarizer consists of e ight-layer meander-line grids with rigid foam spacers between any two layers. It is shown that the field polarization rotation angle through this meander-line polarizer is twice the angle between the incident p olarization and the polarizer grating lines. Hence, any polarization r otation can be accomplished by a simple mechanical rotation of this lo w-mass polarizer instead of rotating or modifying the much heavier ant enna and its complex feed components.