US 2016/0365175 A1 · TRANSMISSION MEDIUM HAVING AN INNER WAVEGUIDE AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission medium for propagating electromagnetic waves. The transmission medium can include a core for propagating electromagnetic waves guided by the core without an electrical return path, a rigid material surrounding the core, wherein an inner surface of the rigid material is separated from an outer surface of the core, and a conductive layer disposed on the rigid material. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A cable, comprising:

a core that facilitates propagation of electromagnetic waves guided by the core without utilizing an electrical return path and without utilizing an optical frequency;
a shell surrounding at least a portion of the core that facilitates reducing exposure of the core to an environment that impedes propagation of the electromagnetic waves;
and
a plurality of metallic conductors surrounding the shell.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/734,073Filed 9 Jun 2015

Published

15 Dec 2016

Term ends

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Classification14 codes

H01P 3/12
Waveguides; Transmission lines of the waveguide type: hollow waveguides
H01B 11/06
Cables with twisted pairs or quads: with means for reducing effects of electromagnetic or electrostatic disturbances, e.g. screens
H01B 11/1808
Coaxial cables; Analogous cables having more than one inner conductor within a common outer conductor: construction of the conductors
H01B 11/1834
Coaxial cables; Analogous cables having more than one inner conductor within a common outer conductor: construction of the insulation between the…

Transmission medium having an inner waveguide and methods for use therewith

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Transmission medium having an inner waveguide and methods for use therewith

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Abstract

Claims20