Radio frequency (RF) switches are provided. An RF switch includes a first RF transmission line and a second RF transmission line that are capacitively coupled to each other. Moreover, the RF switch includes a third RF transmission line having a signal trace that is electrically isolated from the first and second RF transmission lines. Related methods of operating filter devices are also provided.

A transition arrangement for interconnection of waveguide structures or waveguide flanges for forming a waveguide twist, wherein a waveguide twist section arrangement including a number of waveguide twist sections is arranged between the waveguide structures or waveguide flanges for rotating the polarization of waves or signals twisted or forming an angle with an adjacent waveguide flange and/or another adjacent waveguide twist section with respective waveguide openings. The or each twist section on at least one side includes a surface of a conductive material with a periodic or quasi-periodic structure formed by a number of protruding elements allowing waves to pass across a gap between a surface around a waveguide opening to another waveguide opening in a desired direction or waveguide paths, at least in an intended frequency band of operation, and to stop propagation of waves in the gap in other directions.

The current disclosure shows a fiber optic slip ring with through bore, or an off-axis fiber optic rotary joint to provide transmission of optic data between mechanically rotational interface with a through bore. Said fiber optic slip ring with through bore may include a ring assembly and a brush block assembly within a rotor and a stator. Said ring assembly may include a ring, a ring holder and a fiber. Said brush block assembly may include a fiber brush, a brush block, an optic index matching fluid, and shaft seals. Said ring may be a donut-shaped waveguide with flat surface on one side. Said fiber brush may have an angled-surface, which is fully contacted with said flat surface on said ring at any time so that during the rotation of said rotor, the optic signal can be transmitted between said fiber and said fiber brush in either direction.

A device is provided that includes a first waveguide configured to guide propagation of RF waves inside the first waveguide. A first side of the first waveguide is configured to emit an evanescent field associated with the propagation of the RF waves inside the first waveguide. The device also includes a second waveguide having a second side positioned within a predetermined distance to the first side of the first waveguide. The second waveguide is configured to guide propagation, inside the second waveguide, of induced RF waves associated with the evanescent field from the first waveguide. The device also includes a first probe coupled to the first waveguide and configured to emit the RF waves for propagation inside the first waveguide. The device also includes a second probe coupled to the second waveguide and configured to receive induced RF waves propagating inside the second waveguide.

The current disclosure shows a fiber optic slip ring with through bore, or an off-axis fiber optic rotary joint to provide transmission of optic data between mechanically rotational interface with a through bore. Said fiber optic slip ring with through bore may include a ring assembly and a brush block assembly within a rotor and a stator. Said ring assembly may include a ring, a ring holder and a fiber. Said brush block assembly may include a fiber brush, a brush block, an optic index matching fluid, and shaft seals. Said ring may be a donut-shaped waveguide with flat surface on one side. Said fiber brush may have an angled-surface, which is fully contacted with said flat surface on said ring at any time so that during the rotation of said rotor, the optic signal can be transmitted between said fiber and said fiber brush in either direction.

An orth-mode transducer (OMT) assembly, including an OMT common port, an OMT feeder, and a polarization separated core. An input end of the OMT common port is connected to a single polarization antenna, one end of the OMT feeder is connected to an output end of the OMT common port, and an other end of the OMT feeder is connected to the polarization separated core, the OMT feeder has a tubular structure, and horizontal and vertical axes of an inner wall cross section of the OMT feeder are unequal, or a tuning rod is disposed in a tube of the OMT feeder and is perpendicular to an extension direction of the tube, and a vertical polarization port and a horizontal polarization port are disposed in the polarization separated core, the vertical polarization port transmits a vertical polarization wave, and the horizontal polarization port transmits a horizontal polarization wave.

In-line filters may include a tubular metallic housing defining a single inner cavity that extends along a longitudinal axis and a plurality of resonators that are spaced apart along the longitudinal axis within the single inner cavity, each resonator having a stalk. The stalks of first and second of the resonators that are adjacent each other are rotated to have different angular orientations.

A transition arrangement for interconnection of waveguide structures or waveguide flanges for forming a waveguide twist, wherein a waveguide twist section arrangement including a number of waveguide twist sections is arranged between the waveguide structures or waveguide flanges for rotating the polarization of waves or signals twisted or forming an angle with an adjacent waveguide flange and/or another adjacent waveguide twist section with respective waveguide openings. The or each twist section on at least one side includes a surface of a conductive material with a periodic or quasi-periodic structure formed by a number of protruding elements allowing waves to pass across a gap between a surface around a waveguide opening to another waveguide opening in a desired direction or waveguide paths, at least in an intended frequency band of operation, and to stop propagation of waves in the gap in other directions.

In-line filters may include a tubular metallic housing defining a single inner cavity that extends along a longitudinal axis and a plurality of resonators that are spaced apart along the longitudinal axis within the single inner cavity, each resonator having a stalk. The stalks of first and second of the resonators that are adjacent each other are rotated to have different angular orientations.

A waveguide rotary joint includes a first waveguide member comprising a first waveguide portion, and a second waveguide member comprising a second waveguide portion, the second waveguide member rotatably connected via a curved circumferential path to the first waveguide member, wherein the second waveguide portion is adjacent to the first waveguide portion to define a first split rectangular waveguide. A first waveguide input/output port is communicatively coupled to the first waveguide portion, and a second waveguide input/output port is communicatively coupled to the second waveguide portion. Relative rotation between the first waveguide member and the second waveguide member changes an angular length of the first waveguide connecting the first waveguide input/output port to the second waveguide input/output port.