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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2001
Glen J. Desargant, Fullerton, CA (US);
Albert Louis Bien, Anaheim, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A reflector for use under a radome disposed on a mobile platform such as an aircraft for reflecting a portion of the electromagnetic energy radiated by an antenna disposed under the radome such that the reflected portion of energy impinges the radome at an angle normal thereto, thereby reducing or eliminating further reflections of the reflected portion of energy within the radome toward the mobile platform on which the radome is mounted. In one preferred embodiment the radome includes a base portion which is covered with a cover of radar absorbing material (RAM). In another embodiment the radome includes a curved base portion which is adapted to match the curvature of the surface of the mobile platform on which the reflector is mounted.