PROPAGATION CONSTANT OF DIELECTRIC-LOADED SQUARE WAVE-GUIDE

The authors summarise some experimental data on the propagation consta nt of a square ridge waveguide using a single pair of dielectric loade d ridges. The work is based on a cavity technique in the 8-16GHz frequ ency range. This is done for both a fully filled and a partially fille d arrangement. The structure under consideration is of interest in the design of ridge impedance transformers and other components. It may s eparately be used to validate numerical calculations on this type of w aveguide.