Multimode electromagnetic wave energy rejection filter arrangement for a slot waveguide
US5861612A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 21, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jan 19, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 21, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05B6/763
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A multimode electromagnetic wave energy rejection filter arrangement for a slot waveguide includes at least one system of series coupled LC-circuits located, at least partly, within a cavity of the slot waveguide and arranged along a predetermined line intersecting the wave vectors of electromagnetic waves to be rejected, the LC-circuits including lumped elements and the coupling between the LC-circuits being substantially weak. The LC-circuits may be located, at least partly, within grooves formed in a wall of the slot waveguide. As applied to a heating apparatus employing high frequency electromagnetic wave energy or microwave energy for heating dielectric materials, the series coupled LC-circuits are arranged along a closed line which envelopes the access opening in a body of a multimode resonator heating chamber, in which the high frequency electromagnetic wave energy is employed for heating. By optimizing the parameters of the system of series coupled LC-circuits it is possible to provide rather low transmittance for a wide range of angles of incidence of waves, as well as to minimize the transmittance dependence on the angles of incidence of these waves. The later enables to …
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