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Why are alternate slots in a resonant slotted waveguide array offset to opposite sides?

  • A.To share the mechanical stress evenly along the length of the waveguide wall
  • B.To allow each slot to be tuned independently of its immediate neighbours
  • C.To broaden the bandwidth of the array by staggering the slot resonances
  • D.To correct the phase reversal between successive half guide wavelengths

Answer: D

The wall current reverses every half guide wavelength, so placing successive slots on opposite sides of the centre line restores them all to the same radiating phase and produces a broadside beam. It is a geometric solution to a phase problem. Mechanical stress, independent tuning and bandwidth staggering are not the reason, though the last is a technique used in some non-resonant designs. Recognising that geometry can supply phase as effectively as a cable length is the general lesson.

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