Apparatus and methods for transmitting wireless signals
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1. A communication device, comprising:
- a dielectric antenna including a feed point, wherein the dielectric antenna facilitates receiving a wireless signal, wherein, responsive to the receiving the wireless signal, the dielectric antenna generates electromagnetic waves at the feed point, wherein the dielectric antenna has substantially or entirely no conductive external surfaces;
a cable comprising a dielectric core covered by a dielectric layer, wherein the dielectric core is coupled to the feed point of the dielectric antenna, and wherein the dielectric core guides the electromagnetic waves; and
a receiver coupled to the cable, wherein the receiver facilitates receiving the electromagnetic waves guided by the dielectric core and supplied to the dielectric core by the feed point of the dielectric antenna.
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an antenna structure having a feed point for coupling to a dielectric core of a cable that propagates electromagnetic waves without an electrical return path, and a dielectric antenna, substantially or entirely devoid of conductive external surfaces, coupled to the feed point, the dielectric antenna facilitating receipt, at the feed point, the electromagnetic waves for propagating the electromagnetic waves to an aperture of the dielectric antenna for radiating a wireless signal. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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1. A communication device, comprising:
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a dielectric antenna including a feed point, wherein the dielectric antenna facilitates receiving a wireless signal, wherein, responsive to the receiving the wireless signal, the dielectric antenna generates electromagnetic waves at the feed point, wherein the dielectric antenna has substantially or entirely no conductive external surfaces; a cable comprising a dielectric core covered by a dielectric layer, wherein the dielectric core is coupled to the feed point of the dielectric antenna, and wherein the dielectric core guides the electromagnetic waves; and a receiver coupled to the cable, wherein the receiver facilitates receiving the electromagnetic waves guided by the dielectric core and supplied to the dielectric core by the feed point of the dielectric antenna. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method, comprising:
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receiving, via an aperture of a dielectric antenna, a wireless signal, wherein external surfaces of the dielectric antenna are non-conductive; converting, by the dielectric antenna, the wireless signal to electromagnetic waves that propagate along a feed point of the dielectric antenna; and coupling the electromagnetic waves from the feed point to a dielectric core, wherein the dielectric core facilitates guiding the electromagnetic waves to a receiver. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. An antenna structure, comprising:
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a dielectric core that propagates electromagnetic waves without requiring an electrical return path; and a dielectric antenna coupled to the dielectric core, wherein the dielectric antenna has substantially or entirely no conductive external surfaces, wherein the dielectric antenna facilitates receiving, via an aperture of the dielectric antenna, a wireless signal, and wherein, responsive to the wireless signal, the dielectric antenna facilitates generating the electromagnetic waves that propagate along the dielectric core for processing by a receiver. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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