Variable frequency receivers for guided surface wave transmissions
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1. A system, comprising:
- at least one guided surface waveguide probe configured to generate a Zenneck surface wave along a terrestrial medium, wherein the at least one guided surface waveguide probe generates the Zenneck surface wave at a predetermined frequency;
a guided surface wave receive structure configured to obtain electrical energy from the Zenneck surface wave traveling along the terrestrial medium; and
an electrical load experienced as a load at an excitation source coupled to the guided surface waveguide probe generating the electrical energy in the form of the Zenneck surface wave;
wherein the guided surface wave receive structure further comprises processing circuitry configured to;
identify the predetermined frequency from a plurality of available frequencies; and
adjust a frequency at which the guided surface wave receive structure receives the electrical energy from the Zenneck surface wave to the predetermined frequency.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are various embodiments for a guided surface waveguide probe and a guided surface wave receiver, where the guided surface wave receiver comprises processing circuitry that (a) identifies at least one frequency from a plurality of available frequencies associated with a transmission of Zenneck surface waves along a terrestrial medium, and (b) adjusts a frequency at which the guided surface wave receiver receives electrical energy from the Zenneck surface waves via the terrestrial medium to a predetermined frequency.
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1. A system, comprising:
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at least one guided surface waveguide probe configured to generate a Zenneck surface wave along a terrestrial medium, wherein the at least one guided surface waveguide probe generates the Zenneck surface wave at a predetermined frequency; a guided surface wave receive structure configured to obtain electrical energy from the Zenneck surface wave traveling along the terrestrial medium; and an electrical load experienced as a load at an excitation source coupled to the guided surface waveguide probe generating the electrical energy in the form of the Zenneck surface wave; wherein the guided surface wave receive structure further comprises processing circuitry configured to; identify the predetermined frequency from a plurality of available frequencies; and adjust a frequency at which the guided surface wave receive structure receives the electrical energy from the Zenneck surface wave to the predetermined frequency. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method, comprising:
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generating, by at least one guided surface waveguide probe, a Zenneck surface wave that travels along a terrestrial medium, wherein the at least one guided surface waveguide probe generates the Zenneck surface wave at a predetermined frequency; receiving, by a guided surface wave receive structure, the electrical energy in the form of the Zenneck surface wave; identifying, by the guided surface wave receive structure, the predetermined frequency from a plurality of frequencies; adjusting, by the guided surface wave receive structure, a frequency at which the guided surface wave receive structure receives the Zenneck surface wave to the predetermined frequency; and supplying, by the guided surface wave receive structure, at least a portion of the electrical energy to an electrical load coupled to the guided surface wave receive structure. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system, comprising:
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means for providing electrical energy in a form of a Zenneck surface wave traveling along a terrestrial medium at a predetermined frequency; means for obtaining electrical energy from the Zenneck surface wave traveling along the terrestrial medium and providing the electrical energy to an electrical load, the electrical load being experienced as a load at an excitation source; means for identifying the predetermined frequency from a plurality of available frequencies associated with a transmission of the guided surface wave traveling along the terrestrial medium; and means for adjusting a frequency at which the electrical energy is received from the Zenneck surface wave to the predetermined frequency. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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