|  | H |
SECTION H — ELECTRICITY

|  | H01 |
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS

|  | H01 |
Note(s) Processes involving only a single technical art, e.g. drying, coating, for which provision exists elsewhere are classified in the relevant class for that art.

|  | H01Q |
AERIALS (microwave radiators for near-field therapeutic treatment Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61N 5/06; apparatus for testing aerials or for measuring aerial characteristics Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01R; waveguides Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01P; heating elements of the wave-guide type Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H05B 9/06)

|  | H01Q |
Note(s) In addition to the primary active radiating elements, this sub-class includes (a) secondary devices for absorbing or for modifying the direction and/or polarisation of waves radiated from aerials, and (b) combinations with auxiliary devices such as earthing switches, lead-in devices, and lightning protectors. Devices of the waveguide type, such as resonators or lines, not designed as radiating elements are classified in sub-class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01P.

|  | H01Q 1/00 |
Details of, or arrangements associated with, aerials (arrangements for varying orientation of directional pattern Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 3/00)

|  | H01Q 1/00 |
Note(s) This group includes only (a) structural details or features of aerials not dependent on electric operation, and (b) structural details or features applicable to more than one type of aerial or aerial element. Structural details or features described with reference to, or clearly applicable only to, aerials or aerial elements of a particular type are classified in the groups or sub-groups appropriate to that type.

|  | H01Q 1/02 |
· | Arrangements for de-icing; Arrangements for drying-out

|  | H01Q 1/04 |
· | Adaptation for subterranean or subaqueous use

|  | H01Q 1/06 |
· | Means for the lighting or illuminating of aerials, e.g. for purpose of warning

|  | H01Q 1/08 |
· | Means for collapsing aerials or parts thereof (collapsible loop aerials Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 7/02; collapsible H-aerials or Yagi aerials Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 19/04)

|  | H01Q 1/10 |
· · | Telescopic elements

|  | H01Q 1/12 |
· | Supports; Mounting means (supporting conductors in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H02G 7/00)

|  | H01Q 1/14 |
· · | for wire or other non-rigid radiating elements

|  | H01Q 1/16 |
· · · | Strainers, spreaders, or spacers

|  | H01Q 1/18 |
· · | Means for stabilising aerials on an unstable platform

|  | H01Q 1/20 |
· · | Resilient mountings

|  | H01Q 1/22 |
· · | by structural association with other equipment or articles

|  | H01Q 1/24 |
· · · | with receiving set

|  | H01Q 1/26 |
· · · | with electric discharge tube

|  | H01Q 1/28 |
· | Adaptation for use in or on aircraft, missiles, satellites, or balloons (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 1/08, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 1/12 take precedence; supports or mountings for stabilising aerials Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 1/18)

|  | H01Q 1/30 |
· · | Means for trailing aerials

|  | H01Q 1/32 |
· | Adaptation for use in or on road or rail vehicles (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 1/08, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 1/12 take precedence; telescopic elements Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 1/10; resilient mountings for aerials Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 1/20)

|  | H01Q 1/34 |
· | Adaptation for use in or on ships, submarines, buoys, or torpedoes (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 1/08, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 1/12 take precedence; for subaqueous use Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 1/04; mountings for stabilising aerials Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 1/18; retractable loop aerials Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 7/02)

|  | H01Q 1/36 |
· | Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 1/08, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 1/14 take precedence)

|  | H01Q 1/38 |
· · | formed by a conductive layer on an insulating support (conductors in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01B 5/14)

|  | H01Q 1/40 |
· | Radiating elements coated with, or embedded in, protective material

|  | H01Q 1/42 |
· | Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome

|  | H01Q 1/44 |
· | Using equipment having another main function to serve additionally as an aerial (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 1/28-H01Q 1/34 take precedence)

|  | H01Q 1/46 |
· · | electric supply lines or communication lines

|  | H01Q 1/48 |
· | Earthing means; Earth screens; Counterpoises (earthing pins Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01R 3/06)

|  | H01Q 1/50 |
· | Structural association of aerials with earthing switches, lead-in devices, or lightning protectors (lead-in devices Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01B; lightning protectors, switches Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01H)

|  | H01Q 1/52 |
· | Means for reducing coupling between aerials; Means for reducing coupling between an aerial and another structure

|  | H01Q 3/00 |
Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an aerial or aerial system

|  | H01Q 3/02 |
· | using mechanical movement of aerial or aerial system as a whole

|  | H01Q 3/04 |
· · | for varying one co-ordinate of the orientation

|  | H01Q 3/06 |
· · · | over a restricted angle

|  | H01Q 3/08 |
· · | for varying two co-ordinates of the orientation

|  | H01Q 3/10 |
· · · | to produce a conical or spiral scan

|  | H01Q 3/12 |
· | using mechanical relative movement between primary active elements and secondary devices of aerials or aerial systems

|  | H01Q 3/14 |
· · | for varying the relative position of primary active element and a refracting or diffracting device

|  | H01Q 3/16 |
· · | for varying relative position of primary active element and a reflecting device

|  | H01Q 3/18 |
· · · | wherein the primary active element is movable and the reflecting device is fixed

|  | H01Q 3/20 |
· · · | wherein the primary active element is fixed and the reflecting device is movable

|  | H01Q 3/22 |
· | varying the orientation in accordance with variation of frequency of radiated wave

|  | H01Q 3/24 |
· | varying the orientation by switching energy from one active radiating element to another, e.g. for beam switching

|  | H01Q 3/26 |
· | varying the relative phase or relative amplitude of energisation between two or more active radiating elements; varying the distribution of energy across a radiating aperture (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 3/22, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 3/24 take precedence)

|  | H01Q 5/00 |
Arrangements for simultaneous operation of resonant aerials on two or more different wavebands (length of elements adjustable Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 9/14; combinations of separate active aerial units operating in different wavebands and connected to a common feeder system Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 21/30)

|  | H01Q 5/02 |
· | for operation of centre-fed aerials which comprise a single, or two or more collinear, substantially straight elongated active elements

|  | H01Q 7/00 |
Loop aerials with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop

|  | H01Q 7/02 |
· | Collapsible aerials; Retractable aerials

|  | H01Q 7/04 |
· | Screened aerials (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 7/02, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 7/06 take precedence)

|  | H01Q 7/06 |
· | with core of ferromagnetic material (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 7/02 takes precedence)

|  | H01Q 7/08 |
· · | Ferrite rod or like elongated core

|  | H01Q 9/00 |
Electrically-short aerials having dimensions not more than twice the operating wavelength and consisting of conductive active radiating elements (loop aerials Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 7/00; waveguide horns or mouths Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 13/00; slot aerials Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 13/00; combinations of active elements with secondary devices to give desired directional characteristic Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 19/00; combinations of two or more active elements Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 21/00)

|  | H01Q 9/02 |
· | Non-resonant aerials

|  | H01Q 9/04 |
· | Resonant aerials

|  | H01Q 9/06 |
· · | Details

|  | H01Q 9/08 |
· · · | Junction boxes specially adapted for supporting adjacent ends of collinear rigid elements

|  | H01Q 9/10 |
· · · | Junction boxes specially adapted for supporting adjacent ends of divergent elements

|  | H01Q 9/12 |
· · · · | adapted for adjustment of angle between elements

|  | H01Q 9/14 |
· · · | Length of element or elements adjustable (telescopic elements Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 1/10)

|  | H01Q 9/16 |
· · | with feed intermediate between the extremities of the aerial, e.g. centre-fed dipole (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 9/44 takes precedence)

|  | H01Q 9/18 |
· · · | Vertical disposition of the aerial

|  | H01Q 9/20 |
· · · | Two collinear substantially straight active elements; Substantially straight single active elements (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 9/28 takes precedence)

|  | H01Q 9/22 |
· · · · | Rigid rod or equivalent tubular element or elements

|  | H01Q 9/24 |
· · · · | Shunt feed arrangements to single active elements, e.g. for delta matching

|  | H01Q 9/26 |
· · · | with folded element or elements, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of operating wavelength (resonant loop aerials Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 7/00)

|  | H01Q 9/28 |
· · · | Conical, cylindrical, cage, strip, gauze, or like elements having an extended radiating surface; Elements comprising two conical surfaces having collinear axes and adjacent apices and fed by two-conductor transmission lines (biconical horns Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 13/04)

|  | H01Q 9/30 |
· · | with feed to end of elongated active element, e.g. unipole (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 9/44 takes precedence)

|  | H01Q 9/32 |
· · · | Vertical arrangement of element (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 9/40 takes precedence)

|  | H01Q 9/34 |
· · · · | Mast, tower, or like self-supporting or stay-supported aerial

|  | H01Q 9/36 |
· · · · | with top loading

|  | H01Q 9/38 |
· · · · | with counterpoise (with counterpoise comprising elongated elements coplanar with the active element Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 9/44)

|  | H01Q 9/40 |
· · · | Element having extended radiating surface

|  | H01Q 9/42 |
· · · | with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength

|  | H01Q 9/44 |
· · | with plurality of divergent straight elements, e.g. V-dipole, X-aerial; with plurality of elements having mutually inclined substantially straight portions (turnstile aerials Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 21/26)

|  | H01Q 9/46 |
· · · | with rigid elements diverging from single point

|  | H01Q 11/00 |
Electrically-long aerials having dimensions more than twice the shortest operating wavelength and consisting of conductive active radiating elements (leaky-waveguides, slot aerials Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 13/00; combinations of active elements with secondary devices to give desired directional characteristic Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 19/00; combinations of two or more active elements Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 21/00)

|  | H01Q 11/02 |
· | Non-resonant aerials, e.g. travelling-wave aerial

|  | H01Q 11/04 |
· · | with parts bent, folded, shaped, screened, or electrically loaded to obtain desired phase relation of radiation from selected sections of the aerial (rhombic aerials, V-aerials Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 11/06)

|  | H01Q 11/06 |
· · | Rhombic aerials; V-aerials

|  | H01Q 11/08 |
· · | Helical aerials

|  | H01Q 11/10 |
· · | Log-periodic aerials

|  | H01Q 11/12 |
· | Resonant aerials

|  | H01Q 11/14 |
· · | with parts bent, folded, shaped, or screened, or with phasing impedances, to obtain desired phase relation of radiation from selected sections of the aerial or to obtain desired polarisation effects

|  | H01Q 11/16 |
· · · | in which the selected sections are collinear

|  | H01Q 11/18 |
· · · · | in which the selected sections are parallelly spaced

|  | H01Q 11/20 |
· · | V-aerials

|  | H01Q 13/00 |
Waveguide horns or mouths; Slot aerials; Leaky-waveguide aerials; Equivalent structures causing radiation along the transmission path of a guided wave

|  | H01Q 13/02 |
· | Waveguide horns

|  | H01Q 13/04 |
· · | Biconical horns (biconical dipoles comprising two conical surfaces having collinear axes and adjacent apices and fed by a two-conductor transmission line Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 9/28)

|  | H01Q 13/06 |
· | Waveguide mouths (horns Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 13/02)

|  | H01Q 13/08 |
· | Radiating ends of two-conductor microwave transmission lines, e.g. of coaxial lines, of microstrip lines

|  | H01Q 13/10 |
· | Resonant slot aerials

|  | H01Q 13/12 |
· · | Longitudinally slotted cylinder aerials; Equivalent structures

|  | H01Q 13/14 |
· · · | Skeleton cylinder aerials

|  | H01Q 13/16 |
· · | Folded slot aerials

|  | H01Q 13/18 |
· · | the slot being backed by, or formed in boundary wall of, a resonant cavity (longitudinally slotted cylinder Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 13/12)

|  | H01Q 13/20 |
· | Non-resonant leaky-waveguide or transmission-line aerials; Equivalent structures causing radiation along the transmission path of a guided wave

|  | H01Q 13/22 |
· · | Longitudinal slot in boundary wall of waveguide or transmission line

|  | H01Q 13/24 |
· · | constituted by a dielectric or ferromagnetic rod or pipe (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 13/28 takes precedence)

|  | H01Q 13/26 |
· · | Surface waveguide constituted by a single conductor, e.g. strip conductor

|  | H01Q 13/28 |
· · | comprising elements constituting electric discontinuities and spaced in direction of wave propagation, e.g. dielectric elements, conductive elements forming artificial dielectric (Yagi aerials Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 19/30)

|  | H01Q 15/00 |
Devices for reflection, refraction, diffraction, or polarisation of waves radiated from an aerial, e.g. quasi-optical devices (variable for purpose of altering directivity Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 3/00; arrangements of such devices for guiding waves Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01P 3/20; variable for purpose of modulation Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H03C 7/02)

|  | H01Q 15/02 |
· | Refracting or diffracting devices, e.g. lens, prism

|  | H01Q 15/04 |
· · | comprising wave-guiding channel or channels bounded by effective conductive surfaces substantially perpendicular to the electric vector of the wave, e.g. parallel-plate waveguide lens

|  | H01Q 15/06 |
· · | comprising plurality of wave-guiding channels of different length

|  | H01Q 15/08 |
· · | formed of solid dielectric material

|  | H01Q 15/10 |
· · | comprising three-dimensional array of impedance discontinuities, e.g. holes in conductive surfaces or conductive discs forming artificial dielectric (leaky-waveguide aerials Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 13/28)

|  | H01Q 15/12 |
· · | functioning also as polarisation filter

|  | H01Q 15/14 |
· | Reflecting surfaces; Equivalent structures

|  | H01Q 15/16 |
· · | curved in two dimensions, e.g. paraboloidal

|  | H01Q 15/18 |
· · | comprising plurality of mutually inclined plane surfaces, e.g. corner reflector

|  | H01Q 15/20 |
· · · | Collapsible reflectors

|  | H01Q 15/22 |
· · | functioning also as polarisation filter

|  | H01Q 15/24 |
· | Polarising devices; Polarisation filters (devices functioning simultaneously both as polarisation filters and as refracting or diffracting devices or as reflectors Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 15/12, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 15/22)

|  | H01Q 17/00 |
Devices for absorbing waves radiated from an aerial; Combinations of such devices with active aerial elements or systems

|  | H01Q 19/00 |
Combinations of primary active aerial elements and units with secondary devices, e.g. with quasi-optical devices, for giving the aerial a desired directional characteristic

|  | H01Q 19/02 |
· | Details

|  | H01Q 19/04 |
· · | Means for collapsing H-aerials or Yagi aerials

|  | H01Q 19/06 |
· | using refracting or diffracting devices, e.g. lens

|  | H01Q 19/08 |
· · | for modifying the radiation pattern of a radiating horn in which it is located

|  | H01Q 19/10 |
· | using reflecting surfaces

|  | H01Q 19/12 |
· · | wherein the surfaces are concave

|  | H01Q 19/14 |
· · · | the primary active element being a slot or waveguide termination

|  | H01Q 19/16 |
· · · | the primary active element being a dipole

|  | H01Q 19/18 |
· · | having two or more spaced reflecting surfaces (producing pencil beam by two cylindrical reflectors with their focal lines orthogonally disposed Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 19/20)

|  | H01Q 19/20 |
· | Producing pencil beam by two cylindrical focusing devices with their focal lines orthogonally disposed

|  | H01Q 19/22 |
· | using a secondary device in the form of a single substantially straight conductive element

|  | H01Q 19/24 |
· · | the primary active element being centre-fed and substantially straight, e.g. H-aerial

|  | H01Q 19/26 |
· · | the primary active element being end-fed and elongated

|  | H01Q 19/28 |
· | using a secondary device in the form of two or more substantially straight conductive elements (constituting a reflecting surface Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 19/10)

|  | H01Q 19/30 |
· · | the primary active element being centre-fed and substantially straight, e.g. Yagi aerial

|  | H01Q 19/32 |
· · | the primary active element being end-fed and elongated

|  | H01Q 21/00 |
Combinations of primary active aerial units

|  | H01Q 21/00 |
Note(s) This group includes arrays comprising two or more individually energised similar active aerial units spaced apart; combinations of different types of active aerials or arrays; and combinations of substantially independent non-interacting active aerials or arrays.

|  | H01Q 21/06 |
· | Arrays of individually energised active aerial units similarly polarised and spaced apart

|  | H01Q 21/08 |
· · | the units being spaced along, or adjacent to, a rectilinear path

|  | H01Q 21/10 |
· · · | Collinear arrangements of substantially straight elongated conductive units

|  | H01Q 21/12 |
· · · | Parallel arrangements of substantially straight elongated conductive units (travelling-wave aerials comprising transmission line loaded with transverse elements, e.g. "fishbone" aerial, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01Q 11/04)

|  | H01Q 21/14 |
· · · · | Adcock aerials

|  | H01Q 21/16 |
· · · · · | U-type

|  | H01Q 21/18 |
· · · · · | H-type

|  | H01Q 21/20 |
· · | the units being spaced along, or adjacent to, a curvilinear path

|  | H01Q 21/22 |
· · | Aerial units of the array energised non-uniformly in amplitude or phase, e.g. tapered array, binomial array

|  | H01Q 21/24 |
· | Combinations of aerial elements or aerial units polarised in different directions for transmitting or receiving circularly and elliptically polarised waves or waves linearly polarised in any direction

|  | H01Q 21/26 |
· · | Turnstile or like aerials comprising arrangements of three or more elongated elements disposed radially and symmetrically in a horizontal plane about a common centre

|  | H01Q 21/28 |
· | Combinations of substantially independent non-interacting aerial units or systems

|  | H01Q 21/30 |
· | Combinations of separate aerial units operating in different wavebands and connected to a common feeder system