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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1982
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1979
Ronald R Lentz, Wayzata, MN (US);
Litton Systems, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Abstract
A stationary microwave leakage detector and method for testing microwave ovens for the maximum power density of microwaves leaking through the oven's door seals. The leakage detector is composed of an array of antennae arranged in a line generally circumscribing the circumference of the door at a fixed distance therefrom. The antennae are spaced apart a predetermined maximum distance thus insuring that a given antennae will sense at least a portion of the narrowest possible beam of microwaves emitting from the periphery of the door. Furthermore, the spacing and arrangement of the array vis-a-vis the oven door insure that the minimum power density observed by an antenna is a known ratio of the maximum power density of a narrowest beam possibly incident thereon, thus providing a means to guarantee from the measured power density levels that there are no microwaves leaking from the oven under test greater than a certain maximum power density. Alternately, the antennae are spaced such that the sum of any two adjacent antennae will be equal to or greater than the maximum power density of a narrowest beam possibly incident upon one of them. This antenna spacing provides a stationary method for testing microwave ovens for the maximum power density of microwaves leaking through the oven's door seals.