Summary Information (click on this NSN number for detailed information: 5985-00-003-2196)
Definition:
Radio Frequency Circulator, also referenced with federal logistics item name code 31842:
A waveguide, stripline, or coaxial component having three or more ports (terminals), so arranged that energy entering one port is transmitted to the next adjacent port in a particular direction while decoupling the energy from all other ports. excludes switch, radio frequency transmission line; and switch, waveguide.
