Keith, I would be concerned with using ground plane material that would not interact with its intended environment. If there is interaction, then site attenuation requirements would likely become an issue, certainly over time, or it might be an issue to begin with. Will there be a well defined ground plane boundary since the actual ground plane would not be seen? Also, have you considered how power and I/O cabling will be routed?
These are only a few points that I quickly came up with. I'm sure there may be others. IHTH. Best regards, Ron Pickard [email protected] [email protected] Sent by: [email protected] To E.ORG [email protected] cc 03/15/2005 08:55 AM Subject OATS Ground Plane Material Has anyone attempted to imbed an OATS ground screen in asphalt? A new parking lot is going in near our lab and I have a chance to install an OATS. The stack-up will be gravel with 3" base asphalt and a 1" asphalt cap. I have plenty of copper screen and was considering putting it between the asphalt layers. Another alternative would be to use galvanized hardware cloth. Any advise? Keith This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
