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US 10,320,200 B2Granted
Chemically enhanced isolated capacitance
AssigneeCPG Technologies, LLC
InventorsJames F. Corum, Kenneth L. Corum, James D. Lilly
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Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments for transmitting energy conveyed in the form of a guided surface waveguide mode along the surface of a lossy conducting medium such as, e.g., a terrestrial medium by exciting a guided surface waveguide probe. In one embodiment, compensation is provided to elevate isolated capacitance of a terminal of the waveguide probe in the form of mounted charge devices.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a guided surface waveguide probe configured to create a plurality of resultant fields that are substantially mode-matched to a guided surface waveguide mode on a surface of a lossy conducting medium,
- wherein the guided surface waveguide probe further comprises a plurality of charge terminals, the guided surface waveguide probe being further configured to impose a plurality of voltage magnitudes and a plurality of phases on the plurality of charge terminals;
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- a plurality of charge devices positioned on a surface of an upper charge terminal of the plurality of charge terminals, a respective one of the plurality of charge devices configured to generate a free charge that is made available to couple energy into the guided surface waveguide mode.
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A method comprising:
- positioning a plurality of charge devices on a surface of an upper charge terminal of a plurality of charge terminals to a guided surface waveguide probe, a respective one of the plurality of charge devices configured to generate a free charge that is made available to couple energy into the upper charge terminal of a guided surface waveguide mode;
- generating, via the guided surface waveguide probe, a plurality of resultant fields that is substantially mode-matched to the guided surface waveguide mode on a surface of a lossy conducting medium;
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- transmitting, via the guided surface waveguide probe, electrical energy in a form of a guided surface wave along a surface of the lossy conducting medium.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a guided surface waveguide probe configured to create a plurality of resultant fields that are substantially mode-matched to a guided surface waveguide mode on a surface of a lossy conducting medium,
- the guided surface waveguide probe comprising a chemically enhanced charge terminal, the guided surface waveguide probe being further configured to impose a voltage magnitude and a phase on the chemically enhanced charge terminal;
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- wherein the chemically enhanced charge terminal comprises a dielectric container structure filled with an insulator substance which is configured to generate a free charge that is made available to couple energy into the guided surface waveguide mode,
- wherein the chemically enhanced charge terminal is elevated over the lossy conducting medium and is configured to generate at least one resultant field that synthesizes a wave front incident at a complex Brewster angle of incidence (θi,B) of the lossy conducting medium.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.