Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Self-adhesive membrane for mitigating passive intermodulation
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Application No.: US16803813Application Date: 2020-02-27
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Publication No.: US11542414B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Thomas Bell , Christopher Griffin , Jacob Heaps , Eric Olson
- Applicant: JOHNS MANVILLE
- Applicant Address: US CO Denver
- Assignee: JOHNS MANVILLE
- Current Assignee: JOHNS MANVILLE
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Denver
- Agent Robert D. Touslee
- Main IPC: H01Q17/00
- IPC: H01Q17/00 ; H04B15/02 ; B29C48/00 ; B32B7/12 ; C09J7/24 ; C09J7/38 ; C09J7/22 ; C09J7/20 ; C09J7/29 ; H04B17/10 ; B29C48/154 ; B32B15/085 ; B32B27/30 ; B32B27/32 ; G21F1/12 ; H01Q1/24 ; H01Q3/26 ; H04B15/00 ; B32B27/08 ; B32B37/12 ; B32B37/16 ; B32B15/20 ; B32B3/26 ; B32B7/06 ; B32B11/08 ; B32B15/08 ; H04B17/345 ; B32B11/00 ; C09J195/00 ; H01Q15/14 ; B32B11/04 ; B32B37/24

Abstract:
Materials and methods for mitigating passive intermodulation. A membrane for reducing passive intermodulation includes a first polymeric layer, a second polymeric layer, and a continuous metal layer encapsulated between the first and second polymeric layers. A self-adhesive radio frequency barrier tape includes a waterproof polymeric top layer, a metal-containing layer adhered by an adhesive layer to the polymeric top layer, a pressure sensitive adhesive layer adhered to the metal-containing layer, and a release liner on a bottom surface of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer. A method of mitigating passive intermodulation includes passing a probe over an area of interest, the probe being sensitive to an intermodulation frequency of interest, and identifying a suspected source of passive intermodulation when the amplitude of the probe output exceeds a threshold at the frequency of interest. The method further includes covering the suspected passive intermodulation source with a radio frequency barrier material.
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