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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1997
George Knoedl, Jr, Milford, NJ (US);
Avinoam Kornblit, Highland Park, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
At least the power portion of the transmitter and the front end of the receiver of a base station of a wireless communication system are advantageously co-located with the antenna (or antennae), typically atop a tower or other elevated feature. Such co-location however exposes the electronics to lightning damage. This is avoided by placement of the electronics and antenna into lightning protection apparatus that is transparent to rf radiation during lightning-quiescent conditions but is a Faraday cage during a lightning strike, reverting to the transparent condition at the conclusion of the strike. This is achieved by placement of the electronics and antenna inside a housing that comprises a dielectric chamber filled with ionizable gas in contact with electrodes selected such that, during a lightning strike, current can flow between the electrodes.
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