ELECTROTHERMAL DEICING APPARATUS AND A DUAL FUNCTION HEATER CONDUCTOR FOR USE THEREIN

摘要

An. electrothermal deicing apparatus comprises: at least one heater conductor (12) formed into a predetermined pattern for application to a structure, each conductor of the pattern coated with at least one layer (14) of a material active to absox-b electromagnetic energy, the pattern of the at least one coated heater conductor (12) is operative to attenuate radar wave transmissions incident thereon to reduce the radar cross-section of the structure; and a heater controller coupled to the pattern of at least one coated heater conductor for controlling the deicing of the structure.