Simultaneous transmission and reception of guided surface waves
AssigneeCPG Technologies, LLC
InventorsJames F. Corum, Kenneth L. Corum, James D. Lilly, Basil F. Pinzone, JR., Joseph F. Pinzone
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Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments of a guided surface wave transmitter/receiver configured to transmit a guided surface wave at a first frequency and to receive guided surface waves at a second frequency, concurrently with the transmission of guided surface waves at the first frequency. The various embodiments can be configured to retransmit received power and applied the received power to an electrical load. The various embodiments of the guided surface wave transmitter/receiver also can be configured as an amplitude modulation (AM) repeater.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a guided surface waveguide probe adjusted to launch a first guided surface wave at a first frequency along a terrestrial medium;
- and
- a portion of the guided surface waveguide probe being configured to operate as a receive circuit, the receive circuit being tuned to receive a second guided surface wave at a second frequency.
A method, comprising:
- launching a first guided surface wave at a first frequency via a guided surface waveguide probe, the first guided surface wave being launched along a surface of a terrestrial medium;
- and
- receiving a second guided surface wave at a second frequency by configuring a portion of the guided surface waveguide probe to operate as a tuned resonator.
A system, comprising:
- a guided surface waveguide probe adjusted to launch energy in a form of a first guided surface wave;
- and
- means for configuring a receive circuit from a portion of the guided surface waveguide probe, the receive circuit being tuned to receive a second guided surface wave.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.