Albert A Reeves

US Patent:

44132425, Nov 1, 1983

Filed:

Aug 31, 1981

Appl. No.:

6/298225

Inventors:

Albert H. Reeves - Linden NJ
Joseph S. Michalski - Morris Township, Morris County NJ

Assignee:

Litton Systems, Inc. - Morris Plains NJ

International Classification:

H01P 520

US Classification:

333122

Abstract:

An improved magic tee constructed to maximize the power that can be transferred from the H-plane arm to the collinear side arms and vice versa. The matching post is designed to maximize the breakdown voltage between the post tip and the walls of the E-plane arm. This is accomplished by selecting the post diameter to produce a ratio of the E-plane arm height to post diameter which develops a characteristic impedance corresponding to that of a coaxial transmission line constructed to withstand the maximum breakdown voltage between the transmission line center conductor and conductive shielding for a given shield separation.