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Electromagnetic wave absorbing element

Assignee: Toppan Inc
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Filing: 1988-11-23
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Granted: 1992-03-10
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Expires: 2008-11-23
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Abstract

Abstract An electromagnetic absorbing element is comprised of an elongated rectangular body of dielectric material having a bottom portion attachable to an inner wall of an electromagnetically dark room, and peripheral elongated faces extending vertically from the bottom portion such that a set of the absorbing elements can be arranged in rows-and-columns on the wall. An electroconductive ink film is formed on the peripheral faces of body and has a gradually changing surface resistivity decreasing exponentially lengthwise of the peripheral face toward the bottom portion. The incident electromagnetic wave normal to the wall provided with the rows-and-columns of absorbing elements is absorbed by a lattice of the electroconductive films during the travel along the electroconductive films.

Inventors

  • 👤 Takashi Sajiki
  • 👤 Yasuharu Nagatomo
  • 👤 Shoji Yokokoji
  • 👤 Moriyoshi Kurosawa

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 12:18
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01Q; H01Q17/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim 121 words
An element for absorbing an electromagnetic wave and stackable with elements of like configuration along a given plane to form an electromagnetic wave absorptive wall, comprising: a three-dimensional mold body having thereon a dielectric substrate portion comprised of a dielectric sheet attached to a face of the three-dimensional mold body, the dielectric sheet being coterminous with the face of the mold body and not extending beyond the boundaries of the mold body to enable individual elements to be stacked one atop the other through adjacent dielectric sheets of the stacked elements along a given plane; and an electroconductive film deposited on the dielectric substrate portion and having gradually changing surface resistively effective to absorb electromagnetic wave incident toward the given plane.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 121 words
An element for absorbing an electromagnetic wave and stackable with elements of like configuration along a given plane to form an electromagnetic wave absorptive wall, comprising: a three-dimensional mold body having thereon a dielectric substrate portion comprised of a dielectric sheet attached to a face of the three-dimensional mold body, the dielectric sheet being coterminous with the face of the mold body and not extending beyond the boundaries of the mold body to enable individual elements to be stacked one atop the other through adjacent dielectric sheets of the stacked elements along a given plane; and an electroconductive film deposited on the dielectric substrate portion and having gradually changing surface resistively effective to absorb electromagnetic wave incident toward the given plane.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 35 words
An element according to claim 1; wherein the three-dimensional mold body has a bottom portion attachable to an external wall, and a peripheral face extending three-dimensionally from the bottom portion to define the substrate portion.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 21 words
An element according to claim 2; wherein the three-dimensional mold body has a peripheral face extending vertically from the bottom portion.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 21 words
An element according to claim 3; wherein the three-dimensional mold body comprises an elongated rectangular mold body having elongated peripheral faces.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 26 words
An element according to claim 3; wherein the three-dimensional mold body comprises a rectangular tubular mold body having a rectangular cross section of the bottom portion.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 25 words
An element according to claim 2; wherein the electroconductive film formed on the peripheral face has a surface resistivity gradually decreasing toward the bottom portion.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 20 words
An element according to claim 6; wherein the electroconductive film has a surface resistivity decreasing exponentially toward the bottom portion.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 22 words
An element according to claim 1; wherein the electroconductive film is composed of electroconductive printing ink film printed on the substrate portion.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 24 words
An element according to claim 8; wherein the electroconductive printing ink film has a reticulate pattern containing individual pattern lines having gradually changing widths.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 157 words
An element for absorbing incident electromagnetic wave energy and stackable with elements of like configuration along a given plane to form an electromagnetic wave absorptive wall, comprising: a three-dimensional body having top and bottom ends interconnected by a peripheral side wall; a dielectric sheet superposed over and attached to the body side wall and extending continuously around the entire peripheral side wall of the body to completely encircle the body side wall to enable individual elements to be stacked one atop the other through adjacent dielectric sheets of the stacked elements along a given plane; and an electroconductive film deposited on the dielectric sheet, the electroconductive film having a surface resistivity characteristic which decreases in a direction from the body top end to the body bottom end, the surface resistivity characteristic being effective to absorb incident electromagnetic wave energy advancing toward the given plane in the direction from the body top end to the body bottom end.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 157 words
An element for absorbing incident electromagnetic wave energy and stackable with elements of like configuration along a given plane to form an electromagnetic wave absorptive wall, comprising: a three-dimensional body having top and bottom ends interconnected by a peripheral side wall; a dielectric sheet superposed over and attached to the body side wall and extending continuously around the entire peripheral side wall of the body to completely encircle the body side wall to enable individual elements to be stacked one atop the other through adjacent dielectric sheets of the stacked elements along a given plane; and an electroconductive film deposited on the dielectric sheet, the electroconductive film having a surface resistivity characteristic which decreases in a direction from the body top end to the body bottom end, the surface resistivity characteristic being effective to absorb incident electromagnetic wave energy advancing toward the given plane in the direction from the body top end to the body bottom end.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 26 words
An element according to claim 10; wherein the surface resistivity characteristic gradually decreases in the direction from the body top end to the body bottom end.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 25 words
An element according to claim 10; wherein the surface resistivity decreases exponentially in the direction from the body top end to the body bottom end.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 16 words
An element according to claim 10; wherein the electroconductive film comprises and electroconductive printed ink film.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 18 words
An element according to claim 13; wherein the printed ink film comprises partly overlapped printed ink film layers.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 18 words
An element according to claim 13; wherein the printed ink film comprises a printed ink film reticulate pattern.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 16 words
An element according to claim 10; wherein the electroconductive film comprises partly overlapped electroconductive film layers.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 15 words
An element according to claim 10; wherein the electroconductive film comprises a reticulate film pattern.

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