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Method and apparatus for transmitting electromagnetic waves

  • US 9,780,834 B2
  • Filed: 10/21/2014
  • Issued: 10/03/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A waveguide system, comprising:

  • a dielectric waveguide that facilitates receiving a portion of first electromagnetic waves emitted by an antenna, wherein a first portion of an outer surface of the dielectric waveguide is in proximity to a second portion of an outer surface of a transmission medium thereby forming a junction for generating second electromagnetic waves on the outer surface of the transmission medium, wherein the first electromagnetic waves propagate at least in part on the outer surface of the dielectric waveguide to generate at the junction the second electromagnetic waves that propagate along the outer surface of the transmission medium, wherein the second electromagnetic waves propagate without an electrical circuit, and wherein the dielectric waveguide is not coaxially aligned with the transmission medium;

    the antenna coupled to the dielectric waveguide that facilitates transmission of the first electromagnetic waves; and

    a circuit that facilitates modulation of a signal for emitting, by the antenna, the first electromagnetic waves, wherein the waveguide system receives power inductively from the transmission medium.

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