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A New Stripline Connection to JPARC Horn 1. Larry Bartoszek BARTOSZEK ENGINEERING 9/23/04. Polarity of plates. New design has this polarity : RED - BLUE - RED - BLUE / BLUE - RED - BLUE - RED There is a mirror plane of symmetry for horns
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A New Stripline Connection to JPARC Horn 1 Larry Bartoszek BARTOSZEK ENGINEERING 9/23/04
Polarity of plates • New design has this polarity : RED-BLUE-RED-BLUE/BLUE-RED-BLUE-RED • There is a mirror plane of symmetry for horns • If there is no BLUE/BLUE mirror symmetry, the connection becomes almost impossible • Plates have to get around each other
“Ears” connect inner and outer conductors to stripline plates. Ears may be assembled last during horn module assembly.
Advantages of this design • Tolerances in manufacturing of parts may be looser than the first design • Tolerance-caused differences can be taken up in the loose fit of bolt holes • Design does not rely on the accuracy of rolled and bent parts • No plates should need machining at assembly • Current may be more cylindrically uniform
Possible disadvantages • The gap in between plates is not as constant as in the first design • The overlap between blue and red plates is not as perfect as it was in the first design • Do these differences cause a problem for the electrical characteristics of the stripline?
What is missing? • Need to develop a clamping mechanism to resist forces from stripline • Need to design insulators as part of clamping mechanism