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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 1985
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1982
Bill H Sasser, Tempe, AZ (US);
Scott H Walker, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Raymond G Immell, Mesa, AZ (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
An image spatial filter comprises back-to-back image cavities with means for coupling energy from one cavity to the other. Large angle of incidence energy is attenuated by each image cavity successively, thus providing a high degree of attenuation. Two quarter wavelength dielectric sheets with a ground plane between them and spaced from each by one-half wavelength form the image cavities. Slots in the ground plane provide coupling from one cavity to the other. Image spatial filters are not substantially more expensive than multi-layer dielectric spatial filters and are as easily fitted to existing antennas. But image spatial filters substantially reduce large angle passbands caused by the Brewster effect and by cavity resonance in dielectric spatial filters.