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In addition to the circular disk, other shapes such a
triangles, and squares, have been considered for use as
as coupled sections of microstrip lines.+
7.4 MICROWAVE CAVITIES
At frequencies above 1,000 MHz, transmission-line
tively low values of @, and so it becomes preferable to us
sures, or cavities, instead. A cavity can be considered as
by a conducting surface and within which an elect
excited. The electric and magnetic energies are stored in
cavity. The finite conducting walls give rise to power
excited, or coupled to an external circuit, by means of sm
probes or loops. Alternatively, the cavity may be coupled
performance, the field solutions in rectangular and
presented.
Rectangular Cavity
Figure 7.14 illustrates a rectangular cavity of height 5, ¥
d. It may be considered to be a section of rectangular wave
ina short circuit at z ~ d. If d equals a multiple of a
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FIGURE 7.14 FIGURE 7.15
A rectangular cavity. ‘Standing-wave pattern in @ short-circuited
waveguide,
at the frequency f, the resultant standing-wave pattern is such that the x
and y components of eleciric field are zero at 2 = 0. Consequently, a short
circuit can be placed at z=0 as well, as in Fig. 7.15. The resultant
structure is a rectangular cavity. This description of cavity also shows that.
the field solution may be obtained directly from the corresponding wave-
guide solutions. For the nmth TE or TM mode, the propagation constant is
given by
fix -4-(2)'- (= (7.392)
where hy = 21 /y/c. We require f,,,d = lm, where 2 is an integer in order
for the cavity to be a multiple of a half guide wavelength long. Thus, when
d is specified, B,,,, is given by
_ln _ a
Bam= EA LB (7.396)
However, this relation is consistent with the earlier one only for certain
discrete values of hy. Only if ty = Rymrs WHEE Lymy 18 given by
% (e 2 smn? (= ye ni lt
«= [f= SRY (2
w= |} + (EP + (FE) (7.40)
will (7.39a) and (7.896) be satisfied. These particular values of ky give the
Tesonant frequencies of the cavity; i.e.,
(= Stam i mye
- wel es) @ [2
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where c is the velocity of light. Note that there is a triply infinite number of
resonant frequencies corresponding to different field distributions. Also note
that there is more than one field solution for a given resonant frequency
since (7.41) holds for both TE and TM modes. In addition, because of a lack
of a preferential coordinate, in the case of a rectangular cavity, field
solutions corresponding to TE and TM modes with respect to the x and y
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axes could also be constructed, and these would have the gg
frequency. However, these latter modes are just a linear
‘TE and a TM mode with respect to the z axis and therefore
a new solution.
To illustrate the method of solution for the fields i
cavity and the evaluation of the unloaded Q, the TE,o; m
detail. If 6