Compensation of electromagnetic distortion caused by metal mass

• US 5,760,335 A
• Filed: 08/01/1994
• Issued: 06/02/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Elbit Systems Limited
• Original Assignee: Elbit Systems Limited
• Inventors: Gilboa, Pinhas
• Primary Examiner(s): Ledynh, Bot L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ngo, Hung V.
• Application Number:
  US08/284,701
• Time in Patent Office: 1,401 Days
• Field of Search: 89/36.14, 89/36.02, 324/260, 324/261, 359/631, 359/635, 359/839, 359/858, 359/861, 174/35 R, 174/35 MS, 174/102 SP, 174/114 R, 361/816, 361/818, 361/800, 505/872, 307/91
• US Class Current: 174/385
• CPC Class Codes: H01J 2229/0015 Preventing or cancelling fields leaving the enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 9/0088 comprising a plurality of shielding layers; combining different shielding material structure

Abstract

A shield for electromagnetic radiation including a first layer having a high magnetic permeability and a second layer having a high electrical conductivity.

Claims

1. A shield for electromagnetic radiation comprising:

a first layer having a high magnetic permeability; and

a second layer having a high electrical conductivity,

at least one of said first and second layers having a plurality of apertures formed therein, said apertures being operative to reduce the effect of the shield on the electromagnetic field outside the shield,

wherein said plurality of apertures comprise a plurality of generally "U"-shaped slots,

wherein said shield has a generally cylindrical shape of a given length,

wherein said first layer comprises an inner portion, and said second layer comprises an outer portion of said generally cylindrical shape,

wherein each of said "U"-shaped slots comprises a lengthwise slit and two circumferential slits in said second layer,

wherein said circumferential slits are generally perpendicular to said lengthwise slit and communicate with the ends of said lengthwise slit, and

wherein said two circumferential slits are separated from a nearby lengthwise slit of an adjacent "U"-shaped slot by a solid conducting material surface.

2. A shield according to claim 1 wherein the accumulated width of said lengthwise slits is equal to approximately 2.9 percent of the cylinder length.

3. A shield according to claim 1 and wherein said lengthwise slit has a length of approximately 34 percent of said given length of said generally cylindrical shape.

4. A shield according to claim 1 and comprising a plurality of said "U"-shaped slots, uniformly distributed at the central part of the circumferential surface of said generally cylindrical shape.

5. A shield according to claim 2 and comprising a plurality of said "U"-shaped slots, uniformly distributed at the central part of the circumferential surface of said generally cylindrical shape.

6. A shield according to claim 1 and wherein said solid conducting material surface separating said two circumferential slits from a nearby said lengthwise slit is substantially smaller than the length of each of said circumferential slits.

7. A shield according to claim 2 and wherein said solid conducting material surface separating said two circumferential slits from a nearby said lengthwise slit is substantially smaller than the length of each of said circumferential slits.

8. A shield according to claim 4 and wherein said solid conducting material surface separating said two circumferential slits from a nearby said lengthwise slit is substantially smaller than the length of each of said circumferential slits.

9. A shield according to claim 5 and wherein said solid conducting material surface separating said two circumferential slits from a nearby said lengthwise slit is substantially smaller than the length of each of said circumferential slits.

10. A shield according to claim 1 and wherein at least one of dimensions of said "U"-shaped slots and thicknesses of said first and second layers are selected to reduce the electromagnetic field distortion over selected groups of frequencies.

11. A shield according to claim 2 and wherein at least one of dimensions of said "U"-shaped slots and thicknesses of said first and second layers are selected to reduce the electromagnetic field distortion over selected groups of frequencies.

12. A shield according to claim 1 wherein the first and second layers are configured to produce fields having substantially opposite dipole moments in the presence of an external electromagnetic field.

13. A shield according to claim 11 wherein the at least one of dimensions and thickness are selected by experimentation.

14. A shield according to claim 10 wherein the at least one of dimensions and thickness are selected by experimentation.