Adaptation of polyphase waveguide probes
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1. A system, comprising:
- a guided surface waveguide probe comprising a first charge terminal and a second charge terminal elevated above a lossy conducting medium, the guided surface waveguide probe being configured to launch a Zenneck surface wave by generating at least one resultant field that synthesizes a wave front incident at a complex Brewster angle of incidence of the lossy conducting medium; and
a probe control system configured to optimize operation of the guided surface waveguide probe by adjusting one or more operating parameters of the guided surface waveguide probe.
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Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments for transmitting energy conveyed in the form of a guided surface-waveguide mode along a lossy conducting medium such as, e.g., the surface of a terrestrial medium by exciting a polyphase waveguide probe. A probe control system can be used to adjust the polyphase waveguide probe based at least in part upon characteristics of the lossy conducting medium.
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1. A system, comprising:
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a guided surface waveguide probe comprising a first charge terminal and a second charge terminal elevated above a lossy conducting medium, the guided surface waveguide probe being configured to launch a Zenneck surface wave by generating at least one resultant field that synthesizes a wave front incident at a complex Brewster angle of incidence of the lossy conducting medium; and a probe control system configured to optimize operation of the guided surface waveguide probe by adjusting one or more operating parameters of the guided surface waveguide probe. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method, comprising:
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launching a Zenneck surface wave, via a guided surface waveguide probe, by exciting a first charge terminal and a second charge terminal of the guided surface waveguide probe to generate at least one resultant field that synthesizes a wave front incident at a complex Brewster angle of incidence of a lossy conducting medium; and adjusting one or more operational parameters of the guided surface waveguide probe to improve operation of the guided surface waveguide probe in response to detecting a condition associated with the guided surface waveguide probe. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
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a guided surface waveguide probe configured to launch a Zenneck surface wave by generating at least one resultant field that synthesizes a wave front incident at a complex Brewster angle of incidence of a lossy conducting medium; one or more remotely-located monitoring devices configured to generate data associated with the guided surface waveguide probe; and a probe control system configured to improve transmission of the Zenneck surface wave by adjusting one or more operational parameters of the guided surface waveguide probe based at least in part on the data received from the one or more remotely-located monitoring devices. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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