Patent · US Expired

Use of metallized sheet-form textile materials as reflection and polarization control media for microwaves

US4320403A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC · DE

Inventors

Harold Ebneth · Leverkusen, DE
Hans G. Fitzky · Odenthal, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 30, 1979
Grant date	Mar 16, 1982
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 30, 1999

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01Q15/20
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Metallized sheet-form textile materials of synthetic polymers or natural fibres, to which a metal layer has been applied by currentless wet-chemical deposition, are particularly suitable for use as reflectors for electromagnetic waves in the range from 10 MHz to 1000 GHz. In the case of stretched metallized fabrics, the reflecting radiation is partly polarized which can facilitate or improve the recognition of an object by radar beams. By periodically stretching and relaxing the fabric, it is even possible to modulate the reflected microwaves.

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