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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2008
Eugene V. Gonze, Pinckney, MI (US);
Michael J. Paratore, Jr., Howell, MI (US);
Kevin W. Kirby, Calabasas Hills, CA (US);
Amanda Phelps, Malibu, CA (US);
Daniel J. Gregoire, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Eugene V. Gonze, Pinckney, MI (US);
Michael J. Paratore, Jr., Howell, MI (US);
Kevin W. Kirby, Calabasas Hills, CA (US);
Amanda Phelps, Malibu, CA (US);
Daniel J. Gregoire, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Abstract
A regeneration system comprises a particulate matter (PM) filter including a microwave energy absorbing surface, and an antenna system comprising N antennas and an antenna driver module that sequentially drives the antenna system in a plurality of transverse modes of the antenna system to heat selected portions of the microwave absorbing surface to regenerate the PM filter, where N is an integer greater than one. The transverse modes may include transverse electric (TE) and/or transverse magnetic (TM) modes.