( Waveguide )

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1 Fields confined in two directions only.

2 Fields confined in all directions

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 3 Waveguide shapes.

copper losses copper losses

skin effect
Skin effect

skin
effect
Dielectric losses
dielectric losses
dielectric

breakdown (standing
wave) mismatch
(antinode) breakdown
Dielectric dielectric losses
breakdown

4 Comparison of spacing in coaxial cable and a circular waveguide

skin effect

dielectric

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 5 Simple electric fields. CAPACITOR

6 Simple electric fields. TWO-WIRE TRANSMISSION LINE

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sinusoidal
half-wave frames
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(1) (3) (2)

7 E fields on a two-wire line with half-wave frames.

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peak

 8 E field of a voltage standing wave across a 1-wavelength section of a

waveguide.

(continuous closed loops) 9
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9 Magnetic field on a single wire

10 Magnetic field on a coil.

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11 Magnetic fields on a two-wire line with half-wave frames.

12 Magnetic fields on a two-wire line with half-wave frames.

13 L L/2

 13 Magnetic field pattern in a waveguide.

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L/4

14 Magnetic field in a waveguide three half-wavelengths long.

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15 E field boundary condition. MEETS BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

 16 E field boundary condition. DOES NOT MEET BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

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17 H field boundary condition.

Impedance matching
match
mismatch 18
3 irises

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18 Waveguide irises.
Inductive iris 18
iris
resonant iris

 posts screws
posts screws

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20 Conducting posts and screws. PENETRATING

21 Conducting posts and screws. EXTENDING THROUGH

(half-sine electric distribution) mode of operation
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b

22 Half-sine E field distribution.

mode
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b

23 Full-sine E field distribution.

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b

24 One and one-half sine E field distribution.

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time phase
time phase

25 Magnetic field caused by a half-sine E field.

26(A)
C D (1) (2) (1) (2)


26 (B) mode
mode dominant mode

 26 Crisscrossing wavefronts and the resultant E field.

Dominant mode mode mode

dominant mode

Radio communication 2nd edition; D. C. Green