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Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 02, 2017
Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Ted Ronald Dabrowski, Huntsville, AL (US);

Larry Leon Savage, Huntsville, AL (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 15/08 (2006.01); H01Q 3/26 (2006.01); H01Q 17/00 (2006.01); H01Q 19/06 (2006.01); H01Q 19/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/2611 (2013.01); H01Q 15/08 (2013.01); H01Q 17/001 (2013.01); H01Q 17/002 (2013.01); H01Q 17/008 (2013.01); H01Q 19/062 (2013.01); H01Q 19/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method to mitigate an antenna multipath, Rayleigh fading effect. The method includes coupling an antenna on top of a structure, wherein the structure is covered by a radio frequency (RF) radiation absorbing layer, wherein the structure has a shape such that any reflecting surface of the structure is perpendicular to an incoming RF signal. The method also includes directing the incoming RF signal towards the structure, wherein undesired direct or reflected RF signals are either absorbed by the RF radiation absorbing layer or deflected back to a source of the RF signal, thereby avoiding interference of the undesired RF signal with a desired RF signal aimed at the antenna.


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