A novel waveguide Y-junction circulator with a ferrite sphere is developed for uses at millimeter-wave frequencies. Sphere is preferred because the production cost of a pertinent circulator is lower. Performance of the new circulator is comparable to the conventional one with a cylindrical ferrite. A simple formula is derived for determining the center frequency of a circulator. Good agreement between analytical results and measurements is observed. An extremely fast method is developed to analyze the circulator. Various properties of the circulator can be predicted with reasonable accuracy.
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