Excitation and use of guided surface wave modes on lossy media
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1. A method, comprising:
- positioning a receive circuit relative to a terrestrial medium; and
receiving, via the receive circuit, energy conveyed in a form of a Zenneck surface wave propagating on a surface of the terrestrial medium in a guided transmission line mode, the Zenneck surface wave launched by electromagnetic fields generated by a polyphase waveguide probe, where the electromagnetic fields are substantially mode-matched to a guided surface wave mode of the terrestrial medium, wherein the guided surface wave mode is substantially expressed as
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Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments systems and methods for transmission and reception of electrical energy along a surface of a terrestrial medium. A polyphase waveguide probe that transmits electrical energy in the form of a guided surface wave along a surface of a terrestrial medium. A receive circuit is used to receive the electrical energy.
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23 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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positioning a receive circuit relative to a terrestrial medium; and receiving, via the receive circuit, energy conveyed in a form of a Zenneck surface wave propagating on a surface of the terrestrial medium in a guided transmission line mode, the Zenneck surface wave launched by electromagnetic fields generated by a polyphase waveguide probe, where the electromagnetic fields are substantially mode-matched to a guided surface wave mode of the terrestrial medium, wherein the guided surface wave mode is substantially expressed as - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus, comprising:
a receive circuit that receives energy conveyed in a form of a Zenneck surface wave propagating along a surface of a terrestrial medium in a guided transmission line mode, the Zenneck surface wave launched by electromagnetic fields generated by a polyphase waveguide probe, where the electromagnetic fields are substantially mode-matched to a guided surface wave mode of the terrestrial medium, wherein the guided surface wave mode is substantially expressed as - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A power transmission system, comprising:
a polyphase waveguide probe that transmits electrical energy in a form of a guided surface wave along a surface of a terrestrial medium, where the polyphase waveguide probe generates electromagnetic fields that are substantially mode-matched to a guided surface wave mode of the terrestrial medium, wherein the guided surface wave mode is substantially expressed as - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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