Shielded antenna test coupler
CA 1060984 A · Owner: Her Majesty The Queen In Right Of Canada As Represented By The Minister Of National Defence Of Her Majesty'S Canadian Government · Inventors: Sandoz, Oscar A.; Hooey, Keith E.
Overview
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Test apparatus for transferring electromagnetic signal energy between a signal circuit and an antenna that extends outwardly from a ground-plane surface includes a conductive shield that substantially encloses the antenna to confine the signal energy and to exclude all others. The shield has an open end to admit the antenna and suction-cup means disposed around the opening to mechanically connect the apparatus to the surface. A plug of dielectric material inside the open end includes a through passage and a recessed portion that conforms to a base of the antenna and operates to align the antenna within the shield. Conductive mesh lines the recessed portion and is electrically connected to …
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Granted August 21, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 21, 1996.
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