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Apparatus for converting wireless signals and electromagnetic waves and methods thereof

  • US 10,199,741 B2
  • Filed: 02/19/2018
  • Issued: 02/05/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus, comprising:

  • a plurality of devices coupled to a transmission medium,wherein the transmission medium comprises a cable,wherein the plurality of devices is positioned as a series of devices distributed along portions of the cable,wherein each of the plurality of devices is spaced apart along the cable,wherein each of the plurality of devices facilitates receiving a portion of a first wireless signal,wherein the first wireless signal comprises electromagnetic waves that propagate in free space,wherein the first wireless signal has an angular displacement,wherein a separation between the plurality of devices enables generation, based upon received portions of the first wireless signal, of first electromagnetic waves that are guided by the cable and that propagate longitudinally along the cable,wherein the first electromagnetic waves are generated responsive to each device of the plurality of devices absorbing at least in part the first wireless signal and individually emitting respective individual electromagnetic waves that combine on the cable into the first electromagnetic waves that propagate along the cable,wherein the angular displacement of the first wireless signal causes the first electromagnetic waves to propagate along the cable in a first direction of propagation,wherein the first direction of propagation of the first electromagnetic waves is opposite a second direction of propagation of second electromagnetic waves that are guided by the cable and that propagate towards a first device of the plurality of devices that is located at an endpoint of the series of devices, andwherein the first electromagnetic waves differ from the second electromagnetic waves.

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