Self-calibrating transmission line resonator oscillating driver apparatus

A method of matching a resonant frequency of a transmission line, including:

• transmitting, by a first output driver module, a first forward signal of a first magnitude along a first direction of the transmission line;
• detecting, by a first reflection detection module, a first return signal of the first forward signal reflected along a second direction of the transmission line;
• in response to detecting the first return signal of the first forward signal reflected along the second direction of the transmission line, providing, by the first reflection detection module, a signal to i) change a power state of the first output driver module to an off-power state and to ii) change a power state of a second output driver module to an on-power state;
• in response to the change in the power state of the second output driver module to the on-power state:
• transmitting, by the second output driver module, a second forward signal of a second magnitude along the first direction of the transmission line;
• detecting, by a second reflection detection module, a second return signal of the second forward signal reflected along the second direction of the transmission line;
• and
• in response to detecting the second return signal of the second forward signal reflected along the second direction of the transmission line, providing, by the second reflection detection module, a signal to i) change the power state of the first output driver module to an on-power state and to ii) change the power state of the second output driver module to an off-power state.

A self-calibrating transmission line resonator oscillating driver apparatus, comprising:

• a first output driver module configured to transmit a first forward signal of a first magnitude along a first direction of a transmission line;
• a second output driver module configured to transmit a second forward signal of a second magnitude along the first direction of the transmission line, wherein the second magnitude of the second forward signal is twice an amplitude of the first forward signal and the second forward signal is 180 degrees out of phase with the first forward signal;
• a first reflection detection module configured to detect a first return signal of the first forward signal reflected along a second direction of the transmission line;
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• a second reflection detection module configured to detect a second return signal of the second forward signal reflected along the second direction of the transmission line;
• wherein, when the first reflection detection module detects the first return signal of the first forward signal reflected along the second direction of the transmission line, providing a signal to i) change a power state of the first output driver module to an off-power state and to ii) change a power state of the second output driver module to an on-power state,
• wherein, when the second reflection detection module detects the second return signal of the second forward signal reflected along the second direction of the transmission line, providing a signal to i) change the power state of the first output driver module to an on-power state and to ii) change the power state of the second output driver module to an off-power state,
• wherein only one of the first output driver module and the second output driver module are in a powered-on state at a time.