Patent ID: 6679179
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: F41H,F42B

Abstract:
A non-lethal electromagnetic active body (9) constituting an article of munition, said active body being microwave disruptive so as to produce disruptive microwaves, including a detonation-operated electrical pulse generator (11), said generator comprising a piezo generator (11); a detonation-operated inductive current amplifier (31) connected to said piezo generator (11); a capacitive pulse shaper (51) being connected to an output of said current amplifier (31), said pulse shaper (51) includes a coaxial cable (53) including a pair of longitudinally and traversely connected high-voltage switches (57), said pulse shaper supplies a broad-band radiating antenna (52); said coaxial cable (53) being equipped with a running time-tie cable (56) for the transforming of a unipolar pulse into a shortened pair of bipolar pulses.