Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g. – Radar reflector
Patent
1996-06-26
1997-11-18
Johnson, Stephen M.
Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g.,
Radar reflector
342159, 343834, 343815, 343817, 343818, H01Q 940
Patent
active
056892624
ABSTRACT:
Microwave devices incorporate at least one photosensitive baffle that is selectively illuminated, changing the baffle's electronic characteristic from being transparent to microwave energy to being reflective thereof. That action selectively alters an electronic characteristic of the microwave device. The effect is shown applied in a number of devices, including a back lobe antenna. Undesired back lobes occuring at a principal frequency are reduced in a back plane antenna by alternately coupling and decoupling an extension to the antenna's back plane at a rate sufficiently high enough to shift the back lobes to adjacent frequencies. A photoelectrically controlled baffle suitably serves as the extension.
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Johnson Stephen M.
McDonnell Douglas Corporation
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