The invention discloses a low passive
intermodulation waveguide flange and a design method thereof. Through designing periodic
metal convex bodies on conventional
flange surfaces, a non-contact structure is formed by arranging the
metal convex bodies with another
flange surface at a certain distance; through designing and calculating the parameters such as the size of the
metal convex bodies and the distance between flanges, appropriate electromagnetic forbidden band characteristics are obtained; therefore, the suppression of electromagnetic wave leakage in flange clearance is realized, and the
waveguide flange which is not contacted internally is formed combined with the mechanical connection structure. According to the passive
intermodulation waveguide flange disclosed by the invention,through constructing the non-contact electromagnetic band-gap structure, the non-contact between flanges is realized without affecting the transmission of electromagnetic
waves between waveguides, thecontact nonlinearity is eliminated, the passive
intermodulation effect is effectively suppressed, and the requirements for materials,
electroplating,
machining and
assembly technology are reduced. Meanwhile, the passive intermodulation
waveguide flange disclosed by the invention has a wide working bandwidth, which can completely cover the corresponding waveguide working bandwidth, and can be applied to various high-power low intermodulation
microwave components and test systems.