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Details

Inventors: Cartwright, Norman E.; Butcher, Miles E.;
Assignee: British Telecommunications public limited company (GB2)
Primary Examiner: Sikes; William L.
Assistant Examiner: Johnson; Doris J.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Nixon & Vanderhye

It is sometimes necessary to reduce the power of microwave transmissions, e.g. to avoid overloading a receiver or to reduce a transmitter's potential to cause interference. The invention reduces the power by inserting radiation absorbent material into the aperture of the antenna. In the preferred embodiment a membrane of absorbent plastics is stretched across the aperture of the dish reflector.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION We claim: 1.
An antenna assembly having an r.
f.
aperture and which includes removable signal attenuation means which can be situated to cover substantially the entirety of said aperture, said signal attenuation means being adapted to partially absorb electromagnetic radiation so as to partially attenuate the signal by at least 1 dB when it is situated so as to obscure said aperture while permitting the remainder of such signal to pass onward toward a receiving site.
2.
An antenna according to claim 1, wherein the signal attenuation means is adapted to attenuate the signal by between 5 dB and 30 dB.
3.
An antenna according to either claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the antenna includes a reflective dish and the signal attenuation means takes the form of an absorptive sheet extending across the aperture of the dish.
4.
An antenna according to claim 3, wherein the sheet comprises one or more layers of lossy dielectric material.
5.
An antenna according to claim 3, wherein the sheet is resistive with a sheet resistance in the range of 10 to 1000 ohms per square.
6.
An antenna according to either claim 1 or 2, wherein the signal attenuation means includes an array of resistively loaded dipole antenna elements.
7.
An antenna according to claim 6, wherein the resistive loaded dipoles are implemented as conductive areas supported on an inert plastics sheet.
8.
An attenuator, suitable for use in an antenna according to any one of the preceding claims, 1 or 2 which comprises attachment means carrying said signal attenuation means wherein said attachment means is adapted for removable attachment to said antenna assembly.
9.
An attenuator according to claim 8, which takes the form of an absorptive sheet stretched across one end of a tubular support member the other end of which is adapted for attachment to the periphery of said antenna assembly.
10.
A method for controlling the amplitude of electromagnetic radiation of r.
f.
signals transmitted out of the r.
f.
aperture of an antenna assembly and onward toward a receiving site; said method comprising the step of: obscuring substantially all of said aperture with an r

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