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US 2019/0097295 A1Published application
Mobile guided surface waveguide probes and receivers
OwnerJames F. Corum, Kenneth L. Corum +3inventors
InventorsJames F. Corum, Kenneth L. Corum, Michael W. Miller, Paul Kendall Carlton, Jr., Michael J. D'aurelio
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to mobile guided surface waveguide probes and receivers. In a representative embodiment, an excitation source such as a generator is coupled to a guided surface waveguide probe. The excitation source and the guided surface waveguide probe are mounted to a rigid frame for transport.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a rigid frame;
- and
- a guided surface waveguide probe coupled to the rigid frame, the guided surface waveguide probe comprising a charge terminal and being configured to launch a Zenneck surface wave along a surface of a lossy conducting medium by generating at least one resultant field that synthesizes a wave front incident with the surface at a complex Brewster angle of incidence of the lossy conducting medium.
A method, comprising:
- elevating a charge terminal of a guided surface waveguide probe over a lossy conducting medium, the guided surface waveguide probe being mounted on a rigid frame, and the charge terminal being coupled to a non-conductive moveable support structure;
- and
- launching a Zenneck surface wave via the guided surface waveguide probe by exciting the charge terminal to generate at least one resultant field that synthesizes a wave front incident with the surface at a complex Brewster angle of incidence of the lossy conducting medium
An apparatus, comprising:
- a rigid frame;
- an excitation source mounted on the rigid frame;
- and
- a guided surface waveguide probe electrically coupled to the excitation source and mounted to the rigid frame, the guided surface waveguide probe being configured to launch a Zenneck surface wave along a surface of a lossy conducting medium by generating at least one resultant field that synthesizes a wave front incident with the surface at a complex Brewster angle of incidence of the lossy conducting medium.
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