METAL WAVE-GUIDE TO DIELECTRIC IMAGE GUIDE TRANSITION USING EXPONENTIAL TAPER

A unique metal wave guide to dielectric image guide transition has been developed using exponential taper in dielectric wave guide. The propagation characteristics have been computed theoretically and taper impedance for the different cross-sections have been evaluated, so as to match it with the metal wave guide for efficient mode conversion. Transmission loss and return loss for triangular and exponentail taper with frequency for same dimensional parameters have been measured.