EP0302596B1 - Structure lamellaire transparent aux rayonnements électromagnétiques - Google Patents

Structure lamellaire transparent aux rayonnements électromagnétiques Download PDF

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EP0302596B1
EP0302596B1 EP88306093A EP88306093A EP0302596B1 EP 0302596 B1 EP0302596 B1 EP 0302596B1 EP 88306093 A EP88306093 A EP 88306093A EP 88306093 A EP88306093 A EP 88306093A EP 0302596 B1 EP0302596 B1 EP 0302596B1
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Robert L. Sassa
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/02—Arrangements for de-icing; Arrangements for drying-out ; Arrangements for cooling; Arrangements for preventing corrosion
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/42—Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome
    • H01Q1/422—Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome comprising two or more layers of dielectric material

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  • the present invention relates to a structure for covering and protecting a radio antenna such as a radar antenna, against weather and moisture, while remaining electromagnetically transparent.
  • radome a covering structure of some kind to protect them from the weather, i.e. sunlight, wind, and moisture and which will preferably be gas-tight; this covering structure is referred to as a radome.
  • a radome is an inflatable radome.
  • a gas-tight balloon shrouds the antenna.
  • a blower inflates the balloon and spaces the structure away from the antenna so that the antenna may move or rotate freely.
  • a popular form of such covering is the geodesic dome or metal space frame radome, which is formed from many metal (or other structural material) geometric shaped segments, such as triangles and others, which are covered with an appropriate radio frequency transmitting membrane, then affixed to each other to form a part-spherical dome surrounding the radar antenna, which rotates or moves inside the radome.
  • Positive gas pressure is not required inside the metal space frame radome, but may be useful at times, for example, to dislodge snow from the outside of the dome, or to aid in controlling the environment within the dome.
  • Another type of installation has solid segmented covering doors over the radio antenna which open to allow the antenna to function through the opening.
  • a semicircular track up which is drawn each edge of a large, nearly electromagnetically transparent sheet of protective membrane to cover the antenna while in use.
  • Other forms of antennas can also be suitably covered by such membranes held above or affixed around them in various ways to keep out moisture and the effects of weather.
  • the membranes and fibres of porous PTFE and of porous expanded PTFE may be prepared as described in U.S. Patents 3,953,566; 4,096,227; 4,187,390; 4,110,392; 4,025,679; 3,962,153, and 4,482,516.
  • Figure 1 illustrates a laminate 1 according to the invention in cross-section showing various layers.
  • the outer layer 2 is of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), preferably porous PTFE, and most preferably EPTFE.
  • PTFE polytetrafluoroethylene
  • EPTFE is the porous expanded PTFE membrane material made by stretching PTFE in the manner described in the U.S. patents listed above. EPTFE has superior dielectric constant and loss tangent characteristics thus aiding electromagnetic transmission.
  • the outer layer 2 is bonded by means of a thermoplastic polymer layer 3 to a second layer 2 of EPTFE which has previously been adhered or bonded to a textile backing layer 4 comprising woven fibres of PTFE.
  • the preferred form of PTFE is EPTFE.
  • Layer 3 of thermoplastic polymer is preferably a fluorinated ethylene-propylene co-polymer (FEP), but other fluorinated thermoplastic polymers might be used where their PTFE-adhesive properties, radar wavelength transparency, and gas-resistant properties are suitable for use in the particular laminate being prepared.
  • FEP fluorinated ethylene-propylene co-polymer
  • Other non-fluorinated thermoplastic polymers may be used for layer 3 where they meet the criteria of sufficient adhesiveness, electromagnetic transmission characteristics, and gas-proofness or gas-resistance to be adequately functional and useful.
  • Useful thermoplastic polymers may include perfluoroalkoxytetrafluoroethylene polymers, ethylene-tetrafluorofluoroethylene copolymers, copolymers of vinylidene fluoride and hexafluoropropylene, polychlorotrifluoroethylene, copolymer of hexafluoropropylene and tetrafluoroethylene, polyethylene and polypropylene.
  • Layer 4 is a woven textile backing fabric for the laminate where the fibres are PTFE, preferably porous PTFE, and most preferably EPTFE. Layer 4 provides strength properties to the laminate, and additional layers of this material may be added where an increase in laminate strength is needed and desired.
  • the woven PTFE or EPTFE fabric is coated with commercially available PTFE dispersion or thermoplastic polymer dispersion to about three to ten percent by weight dispersed PTFE add-on and laminated to an EPTFE film under hot pinch-roll conditions under pressure. Another EPTFE membrane is adhered to FEP film under heat and pressure. The FEP side of this second laminate is then laminated to the EPTFE side of the first laminate by hot pressure rolling to form a four-layer laminate, such as that depicted in cross-section in Figure 1. Additional pairs of layers 2 and 3 may be laminated to the EPTFE face of the laminate in like manner, if desired, to change the electromagnetic transmission characteristics or gas resistance.
  • the laminate provides significant gas-resistance or gas-proof properties associated with the thermopolastic layer (or layers) so as to be useful for positive pressure type structures in which gas pressure within the dome or shelter holds the covering away from the rotating or moving parts of the antenna housed therein.
  • Figure 2 shows a large metal space frame radome for sheltering and enclosing a radio antenna 5.
  • the segments 6 of the dome have been made by covering geometric shaped frames, usually of metal or other stiff construction materials such as metal or plastic tubing or shaped bar stock, with laminate of this invention. Segements 6 are then assembled into a radome as shown. Other methods for making such a frame, not involving geometric segments, can be made to serve as well and other methods for covering the domes with the laminate 1 of the invention may be used.
  • Figure 3 depicts a different type of housing or shelter for a radio antenna 9, in which the entire housing revolves, a roof shutter 7 and doors 8 roll out of the way of antenna 9, and a large sheltering sheet 11 of composite membrane of the invention is drawn up track 10 to which it is attached at each end to protect the antenna while it is in use.
  • Sheet 11 of Figure 3 and the covering 6 of each segment of the geodesic dome of Figure 2 each embody one form of the present invention.
  • the laminates are inert to and unaffected by the elements, including sunlight, ozone, temperature extremes, wind, rain, and snow, and are inert, hydrophobic and gas-resistant. They are very thin and strong, have excellent colour reflectance and electromagnetic transmission, low dielectric constant, and low loss tangent.
  • the laminates when used in radomes reduce maintenance costs, provide lower cost structural enclosures, allow more accurate measurements, and provide for increased viewing time, do not need to be painted or otherwise maintained as do other materials, and have low adhesion and excellent release for snow and ice which might form on the surface of the radome.

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  1. Stratifié électromagnétiquement transparent (1), qui résiste aux intempéries, à l'humidité et aux gaz et servant à enfermer et à protéger une antenne radio, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte :
    (a) une première couche (2) en polytetrafluoréthylène poreux expansé (EPTFE);
    (b) une seconde couche (2) en polytetrafluoréthylène poreux expansé (EPTFE);
    (c) une troisième couche (3) en polymère thermoplastique faisant adhérer la première couche à la seconde;
    (d) une quatrième couche (4) qui est une étoffe de soutien comprenant des fibres tissées en polytetrafluoréthylène poreux expansé (EPTFE).
  2. Stratifié selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le polymère thermoplastique est choisi parmi le perfluoralcoxytetrafluoréthylène (FPA), un copolymère éthylène/tetrafluoréthylène, un copolymère fluorure de vinylidène/chlorotrifluoréthylène, un copolymère fluorure de vinylidène/hexafluoropropylène, le polychlorotrifluoréthylène, un copolymère hexafluoropropylène/tetrafluoréthylène, le polyéthylène et le polypropylène.
  3. Stratifié selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le polymère thermoplastique est un copolymère éthylène/propylène fluoré (FEP).
  4. Procédé de protection d'une antenne radio contre les intempéries et l'humidité, caractérisé en ce qu'on munit l'antenne d'un recouvrement en stratifié selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes.
  5. Procédé selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce qu'on maintient une pression atmosphérique positive différentielle faible dans le recouvrement pour contribuer au maintien du stratifié à l'écart de l'antenne.
  6. Procédé selon la revendication 4, dans lequel le polytetrafluoréthylène polymère est un polytetrafluoréthylène poreux expansé.
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 5, dans lequel le polymère thermoplastique est choisi parmi un copolymère éthylène/propylène fluoré, le perfluoralcoxy-tetrafluoréthylène, les copolymères éthylène/tetrafluoréthylène, le copolymère fluorure de vinylidène/chlorotrifluoréthylène, les copolymères fluorure de vinylidène/hexafluoropropylène, le polychlorotrifluoréthylène, le copolymère d'hexafluoropropylène et de tetrafluoréthylène, le polyéthylène et le polypropylène.
  8. Procédé selon la revendication 7, dans lequel le polymère thermoplastique est un copolymère éthylène/propylène fluoré.
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