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IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
Volume 48 Number 9, September 2000

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Analysis of Partial-Height Ferrite-Slab Differential Phase-Shift Sections

Bernice M. Dillon and Andrew A. P. Gibson

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Abstract:

Rectangular waveguide loaded with transversely magnetized ferrite slabs is a classic arrangement used in the construction of high-power differential phase-shift circulators. The characterization of this structure is extended in this paper by using a combined magnetostatic/microwave finite-element method to evaluate propagation characteristics in terms of material parameters, frequency,and bias field. Magnetic flux density was found to vary by typically 20% across a partial-height ferrite slab. Experimental phase-shift data agreed to within 5% of numerical calculations for a 9.25-GHz device. Supplementary design data are presented for the first higher order mode in the cutoff plane, the effect of material properties on phase shift, and to compare below and above resonance operation.

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