BS EN 60153-2:2016 BSI Standards Publication Hollow metallic waveguides Part 2: Relevant specifications for ordinary rectangular waveguides BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 601 53-2:201 National foreword This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 601 53-2:201 It is identical to IEC 601 53-2:201 The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee EPL/46, Cables, wires and waveguides, radio frequency connectors and accessories for communication and signalling A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract Users are responsible for its correct application © The British Standards Institution 201 Published by BSI Standards Limited 201 ISBN 978 580 87378 ICS 33.1 20.1 Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 September 201 Amendments/corrigenda issued since publication Date Text affected BS EN 601 53-2:201 EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPÉENNE EUROPÄISCHE NORM EN 601 53-2 September 201 ICS 33.1 20.1 English Version Hollow metallic waveguides Part 2: Relevant specifications for ordinary rectangular waveguides (IEC 601 53-2:201 6) Guides d'ondes métalliques creux Partie 2: Spécifications applicables relatives aux guides d'ondes rectangulaires normaux (IEC 601 53-2:201 6) Metallische Hohlleiter Teil 2: Einzelbestimmungen für normale Rechteckhohlleiter (IEC 601 53-2:201 6) This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 201 6-06-22 CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CENELEC member This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German) A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 7, B-1 000 Brussels © 201 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members Ref No EN 601 53-2:201 E BS EN 601 53-2:201 EN 601 53-2:201 European foreword The text of document 46F/303/CDV, future edition of IEC 601 53-2, prepared by SC 46F "RF and microwave passive components", of IEC/TC 46 "Cables, wires, waveguides, RF connectors, RF and microwave passive components and accessories" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN 601 53-2:201 The following dates are fixed: • latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement (dop) 201 7-03-22 • latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the document have to be withdrawn (dow) 201 9-06-22 Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights CENELEC [and/or CEN] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights Endorsement notice The text of the International Standard IEC 601 53-2:201 was approved by CENELEC as a European Standard without any modification BS EN 601 53-2:201 EN 601 53-2:201 Annex ZA (normative) Normative references to international publications with their corresponding European publications The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are indispensable for its application For dated references, only the edition cited applies For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies NOTE When an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD applies NOTE Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here: www.cenelec.eu Publication IEC 60050 IEC 601 53-1 IEC 60261 Year Title series International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) 201 Hollow metallic waveguides Part : General requirements and measuring methods Sealing test for pressurized waveguide tubing and assemblies EN/HD - Year - EN 601 53-1 201 HD 38 S2 - –2– BS EN 601 53-2:201 I EC 601 53-2: 201 © I EC 201 CON TEN TS FOREWORD I N TRODU CTI ON Scope N ormative references Terms an d d efin itions General Stand ard ized types Type d esignation Freq uency range M ech an ical requ iremen ts General Dimensions General 2 I nsid e d imensions Wall th ickness Eccentricity 5 Ou tsid e d imensions Rectangul arity of cross-section Other mechanical req uirements Bow Twist 3 Surface roughness I n tern al stresses El ectrical tests Atten uation 5 Ad d itional tests – Gas tightness 1 Table – Deviation of aperture d imension Table – Deviation of ou tsid e d imensions Table – Specification and attenu ation constan ts (in formative) BS EN 601 53-2:201 I EC 601 53-2: 201 © I EC 201 –3– I N TERN ATI ON AL ELECTROTECH N I CAL COMMI SSI ON HOLLOW METALLIC WAVEGUIDES – Part 2: Relevant specifications for ordinary rectangular waveguides FOREWORD ) Th e I n tern ati on al El ectrotech n i cal Com mi ssi on (I EC) i s a worl d wi d e org an i zati on for stan d ard i zati on compri si n g al l n ati on al el ectrotech n i cal com m i ttees (I EC N ati on al Com m i ttees) Th e obj ect of I EC i s to prom ote i n tern ati on al co-operati on on al l q u esti on s cern i n g stan d ard i zati on i n th e el ectri cal an d el ectron i c fi el d s To th i s en d an d in ad d i ti on to oth er acti vi ti es, I EC pu bl i sh es I n tern ati on al Stan d ard s, Tech n i cal Speci fi cati on s, Tech n i cal Reports, Pu bl i cl y Avai l abl e Speci fi cati on s (PAS) an d Gu i d es (h ereafter referred to as “I EC Pu bl i cati on (s)”) Th ei r preparati on i s en tru sted to tech n i cal com m i ttees; an y I EC N ati on al Com m i ttee i n terested i n th e su bj ect d eal t wi th may parti ci pate i n th i s preparatory work I n tern ati on al , g overn m en tal an d n on g overn m en tal org an i zati on s l i si n g wi th th e I EC al so parti ci pate i n th i s preparati on I EC col l aborates cl osel y wi th th e I n tern ati on al Org an i zati on for Stan d ard i zati on (I SO) i n accord an ce wi th d i ti on s d eterm i n ed by ag reem en t between th e two org an i zati on s 2) Th e form al d eci si on s or ag reem en ts of I EC on tech n i cal m atters express, as n earl y as possi bl e, an i n tern ati on al sen su s of opi n i on on th e rel evan t su bj ects si n ce each tech n i cal com m i ttee h as represen tati on from al l i n terested I EC N ati on al Commi ttees 3) I EC Pu bl i cati on s h ave th e form of recommen d ati on s for i n tern ati on al u se an d are accepted by I EC N ati on al Com m i ttees i n th at sen se Wh i l e al l reason abl e efforts are m ad e to en su re th at th e tech n i cal ten t of I E C Pu bl i cati on s i s accu rate, I EC can n ot be h el d respon si bl e for th e way i n wh i ch th ey are u sed or for an y m i sin terpretati on by an y en d u ser 4) I n ord er to prom ote i n tern ati on al u n i form i ty, I EC N ati on al Com m i ttees u n d ertake to appl y I EC Pu bl i cati on s tran sparen tl y to th e m axi m u m exten t possi bl e i n th ei r n ati on al an d reg i on al pu bl i cati on s An y d i verg en ce between an y I EC Pu bl icati on an d th e correspon d i n g n ati on al or reg i on al pu bl i cati on sh al l be cl earl y i n d i cated i n th e l atter 5) I EC i tsel f d oes n ot provi d e an y attestati on of form i ty I n d epen d en t certi fi cati on bod i es provi d e form i ty assessm en t servi ces an d , i n som e areas, access to I EC m arks of form i ty I EC i s n ot respon si bl e for an y servi ces carri ed ou t by i n d epen d en t certi fi cati on bod i es 6) Al l u sers sh ou l d en su re th at th ey h ave th e l atest ed i ti on of th i s pu bl i cati on 7) N o l i abi l i ty sh al l attach to I E C or i ts d i rectors, em pl oyees, servan ts or ag en ts i n cl u d i n g i n d i vi d u al experts an d m em bers of i ts tech n i cal comm i ttees an d I EC N ati on al Com m i ttees for an y person al i n j u ry, property d am ag e or oth er d am ag e of an y n atu re wh atsoever, wh eth er d i rect or i n d i rect, or for costs (i n cl u d i n g l eg al fees) an d expen ses ari si n g ou t of th e pu bl i cati on , u se of, or rel i an ce u pon , th i s I EC Pu bl i cati on or an y oth er I EC Pu bl i cati on s 8) Atten tion i s d rawn to th e N orm ati ve referen ces ci ted i n th i s pu bl icati on U se of th e referen ced pu bl i cati on s is i n d i spen sabl e for th e correct appl i cati on of th i s pu bl i cati on 9) Atten ti on i s d rawn to th e possi bi l i ty th at som e of th e el em en ts of th i s I EC Pu bl i cati on m ay be th e su bj ect of paten t ri g h ts I EC sh al l n ot be h el d respon si bl e for i d en ti fyi n g an y or al l su ch paten t ri g h ts I n tern ational Stand ard I EC 601 53-2 h as been prepared by subcommittee 46F: RF an d microwave passive componen ts, of I EC tech nical committee 46: Cabl es, wires, wavegu ides, RF nectors, RF an d microwave passive componen ts and accessories Th is third ed ition cancel s an d replaces the second edition published in 974 Th is edition constitu tes a techn ical revision Th is ed ition includ es th e followin g significan t tech nical changes with respect to the previous ed ition : a) b) c) d) expan d and revise the operation frequ ency range for wavegu id es; revise the allowance of aperture d imensions; revise the test method for aperture dimensions; revise the eq uation of attenuation BS EN 601 53-2:201 –4– I EC 601 53-2: 201 © I EC 201 The text of th is stand ard is based on th e foll owing docu men ts: CDV Report on voti n g 46F/303/CDV 46F/31 7/RVC Fu ll in formation on the votin g for the approval of this stand ard can be fou nd in the report on votin g ind icated in the above table Th is pu blication has been drafted in accord ance with th e I SO/I EC Directives, Part A l ist of all parts in the I EC 601 53 series, publ ish ed un der th e general titl e waveguides , can be found on the I EC website Hollow metallic The committee h as d ecid ed that the conten ts of this publication wil l remain unchan ged u n til th e stabil ity date in d icated on the I EC website u nd er "h ttp: //webstore iec ch " in the d ata related to the specific publication At th is d ate, the publ ication will be • recon firmed , • withd rawn , • replaced by a revised ed ition , or • amend ed IMPORTANT – The 'colour inside' logo on the cover page of this publication indicates that it contains colours which are considered to be useful for the correct understanding of its contents Users should therefore print this document using a colour printer BS EN 601 53-2:201 I EC 601 53-2: 201 © I EC 201 –5– I N TRODU CTI ON Th is I nternation al Stand ard relates to straigh t hollow metallic tu bing for use as waveguid es in electron ic eq uipmen t I n recen t year th e operation freq uency of waveguid e componen ts and system h as been extend ed to TH z and above H owever, th e first edition of the I EC 601 53 series of stan dard s on l y specified the apertu re dimensions for ord inary rectangu lar waveguid e for frequencies up to 325 GH z I n ad d ition , th e first ed ition of the I EC 601 53 series of stand ards, datin g from the 960's, d oes n ot cover curren t applications Th is new ed ition of I EC 601 53-2 ad dresses th ese two issu es by extend ing th e frequency coverage to 300 GH z and by ad d ressin g curren t appl ications for this type of wavegu id e BS EN 601 53-2:201 –6– I EC 601 53-2: 201 © I EC 201 HOLLOW METALLIC WAVEGUIDES – Part 2: Relevant specifications for ordinary rectangular waveguides Scope Th is part of I EC 601 53 specifies straigh t h ol low metal lic tu bing of ord inary rectangu lar waveguid e for use as waveguid es in electron ic eq uipmen t The aim of th is standard is to specify for hollow metal lic wavegu id es: a) th e d etails necessary to ensure compatibil ity and , as far as essen tial , in terchan geabil ity; b) test meth ods; c) u niform req uiremen ts for the electrical an d mechan ical properties I t shou ld be noted that no recommen dations are mad e for the materials to be used for wavegu id es The ch oice of material is agreed between customer and man u facturer This d ocu men t should be read in conj unction with requ iremen ts and test methods I EC 601 53-1 , wh ich gives general Normative references The following d ocu men ts, in wh ole or in part, are n ormativel y referenced in this d ocumen t and are in d ispensabl e for its application For dated references, on ly the ed ition cited applies For und ated references, th e latest ed ition of th e referenced d ocu men t (includ in g an y amendments) appl ies I EC 60050 (all parts),