Patent ID: 6303854
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
An EMI shielded telecommunications equipment enclosure comprising;a metal cabinet structure defining a compartment configured to contain electrical equipment that emits and is susceptible to EMI, said metal cabinet structure having an edge portion defining a peripheral boundary of an access opening for said compartment, said edge portion having a first planar surface;an access panel including a metal panel structure which extends across said access opening, and which has a second planar surface that overlies said first planar surface of said edge portion of said metal cabinet structure when said access panel is in a closed position; anda flat layer of electrically nonconductive material having planar opposite side surfaces, said flat layer of electrically nonconductive material being interposed as a dielectric between said first planar surface of said edge portion of said metal cabinet structure and said second planar surface of said metal panel structure when said access panel is in said closed position, such that said edge portion, said metal panel structure, and said flat layer together define a parallel plate capacitor having a low impedance when said access panel is in said closed position.