Arrangements for coupling the primary coil to the secondary coil
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1. An arrangement comprising:
- a guided surface waveguide probe comprising a charge terminal elevated over a lossy conducting medium;
a feed network configured to provide a voltage to the charge terminal with a phase delay (Φ
) that matches a wave tilt angle (Ψ
) associated with a complex Brewster angle of incidence (θ
i,B) associated with the lossy conducting medium;
an excitation source located within a substructure; and
a primary coil coupled to the excitation source, the primary coil configured to inductively couple with a secondary coil in the feed network.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a guided surface waveguide probe with a charge terminal that is elevated over a lossy conducting medium. A primary coil can be coupled to an excitation source within a substructure. A secondary coil can provide a voltage to the charge terminal with a phase delay (Φ) that matches a wave tilt angle (Ψ) associated with a complex Brewster angle of incidence (θi,B) associated with the lossy conducting medium. The primary coil can be configured to inductively couple to the secondary coil.
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1. An arrangement comprising:
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a guided surface waveguide probe comprising a charge terminal elevated over a lossy conducting medium; a feed network configured to provide a voltage to the charge terminal with a phase delay (Φ
) that matches a wave tilt angle (Ψ
) associated with a complex Brewster angle of incidence (θ
i,B) associated with the lossy conducting medium;an excitation source located within a substructure; and a primary coil coupled to the excitation source, the primary coil configured to inductively couple with a secondary coil in the feed network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system comprising:
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a charge terminal elevated over a lossy conducting medium by a support structure; a substructure comprising an excitation source; a feed network comprising at least one phasing coil configured to provide a voltage to the charge terminal with a phase delay (Φ
) that matches a wave tilt angle (Ψ
) associated with a complex Brewster angle of incidence (θ
i,B) associated with the lossy conducting medium; anda primary coil coupled to the excitation source and configured to inductively couple with a coil of the feed network to excite the charge terminal. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An arrangement comprising:
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a charge terminal elevated by a support structure over a lossy conducting medium; an excitation source located within a substructure below the support structure; a primary coil coupled to the excitation source; and a feed network configured to provide a voltage to the charge terminal with a phase delay (Φ
) that matches a wave tilt angle (Ψ
) associated with a complex Brewster angle of incidence (θ
i,B) associated with the lossy conducting medium, the feed network comprising an external phasing coil and an internal phasing coil, the external phasing coil being inductively coupled to the primary coil. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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