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Geolocation with guided surface waves

  • US 10,001,553 B2
  • Filed: 08/28/2015
  • Issued: 06/19/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system, comprising:

  • a first guided surface waveguide probe comprising a first charge terminal elevated over a first lossy conducting medium configured to generate at least one resultant field that synthesizes a first wave front incident at a first complex Brewster angle of incidence (θ

    i,B) of the first lossy conducting medium;

    circuitry communicatively coupled to the first guided surface waveguide probe, wherein the circuitry coupled to the first guided surface waveguide probe is configured to at least launch a first guided surface wave with a first frequency via the first guided surface waveguide probe;

    a second guided surface waveguide probe comprising a second charge terminal elevated over a second lossy conducting medium configured to generate at least one resultant field that synthesizes a second wave front at a second complex Brewster angle of incidence (θ

    i,B) of the second lossy conducting medium;

    circuitry communicatively coupled to the second guided surface waveguide probe, wherein the circuitry communicatively coupled to the second guided surface waveguide probe is configured to at least launch a second guided surface wave with a second frequency via the second guided surface waveguide probe;

    a third guided surface waveguide probe comprising a third charge terminal elevated over a third lossy conducting medium configured to generate at least one resultant field that synthesizes a third wave front at a second complex Brewster angle of incidence (θ

    i,B) of the third lossy conducting medium; and

    circuitry communicatively coupled to the third guided surface waveguide probe, wherein the circuitry communicatively coupled to the third guided surface waveguide probe is configured to at least launch a third guided surface wave with a third frequency via the third guided surface waveguide probe.

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