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Rectangular microwave heating applicator with hybrid modes

US5828040A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 31, 1995
Grant dateOct 27, 1998
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Expiry dateMay 31, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05B6/782
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A microwave applicator of microwave reflective material having a closed first end, four side walls and, in a first embodiment, an open second end spaced apart from and facing a ground plate, the ground plate extending in a pair of transverse directions and having a longitudinal direction perpendicular thereto, and in a second embodiment, a closed second end, the applicator forming a cavity containing a desired hybrid mode having a low wave impedance in the longitudinal direction and an absence of an E field component in one of the transverse directions.

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