Excitation and use of guided surface wave modes on lossy media
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a polyphase waveguide probe configured to create a plurality of resultant fields that are substantially mode-matched to a Zenneck surface wave mode on a surface of a terrestrial medium, wherein a radial surface current density of the Zenneck surface wave mode is substantially expressed by
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Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments for transmitting energy conveyed in the form of a guided surface-waveguide mode along the surface of a terrestrial medium by exciting a polyphase waveguide probe.
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27 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
a polyphase waveguide probe configured to create a plurality of resultant fields that are substantially mode-matched to a Zenneck surface wave mode on a surface of a terrestrial medium, wherein a radial surface current density of the Zenneck surface wave mode is substantially expressed by - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus, comprising:
a polyphase waveguide probe configured to create a plurality of resultant fields that are substantially mode-matched to a Zenneck surface wave mode on a surface of a terrestrial medium, wherein the Zenneck surface wave mode is substantially expressed as - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus, comprising:
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a polyphase waveguide probe configured to create a plurality of resultant fields that are substantially mode-matched to a Zenneck surface wave mode on a surface of a terrestrial medium, the polyphase waveguide probe comprising a plurality of charge terminals, the polyphase waveguide probe being further configured to impose a plurality of voltage magnitudes and a plurality of phases on the charge terminals; and wherein both the voltage magnitudes and the phases vary as a function of a geometrical position of the charge terminals relative to each other.
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11. An apparatus, comprising:
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a polyphase waveguide probe configured to create a plurality of resultant fields that are substantially mode-matched to a Zenneck surface wave mode on a surface of a terrestrial medium, the polyphase waveguide probe comprising a plurality of charge terminals, the polyphase waveguide probe being further configured to impose a plurality of voltage magnitudes and a plurality of phases on the charge terminals; and wherein both the voltage magnitudes and the phases vary as a function of a geometrical position of each of the charge terminals relative to the terrestrial medium.
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12. An apparatus, comprising:
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a polyphase waveguide probe configured to create a plurality of resultant fields that are substantially mode-matched to a Zenneck surface wave mode on a surface of a terrestrial medium, the polyphase waveguide probe comprising a plurality of charge terminals, the polyphase waveguide probe being further configured to impose a plurality of voltage magnitudes and a plurality of phases on the charge terminals; and wherein both the voltage magnitudes and the phases vary as a function of a physical size of the charge terminals.
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13. An apparatus, comprising:
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a polyphase waveguide probe configured to create a plurality of resultant fields; and wherein the resultant fields are substantially mode-matched to a Zenneck surface wave mode on a surface of a terrestrial medium and a radial surface current density of the Zenneck surface wave mode is substantially expressed by - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus, comprising:
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a polyphase waveguide probe configured to create a plurality of resultant fields; and wherein the resultant fields are substantially mode-matched to a Zenneck surface wave mode on a surface of a terrestrial medium and the Zenneck surface wave mode is substantially expressed as - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An apparatus, comprising:
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a polyphase waveguide probe configured to create a plurality of resultant fields; and the resultant fields being substantially mode-matched to a Zenneck surface wave mode on a surface of a terrestrial medium; the polyphase waveguide probe further comprising a pair of charge terminals, the polyphase waveguide probe being further configured to impose a plurality of voltage magnitudes and a plurality of phases on the charge terminals; and wherein both the voltage magnitudes and the phases vary as a function of a geometrical position of the charge terminals relative to each other.
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26. An apparatus, comprising:
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a polyphase waveguide probe configured to create a plurality of resultant fields; and the resultant fields being substantially mode-matched to a Zenneck surface wave mode on a surface of a terrestrial medium; the polyphase waveguide probe further comprising a pair of charge terminals, the polyphase waveguide probe being further configured to impose a plurality of voltage magnitudes and a plurality of phases on the charge terminals; and wherein both the voltage magnitudes and the phases vary as a function of a geometrical position of each of the charge terminals relative to the terrestrial medium.
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27. An apparatus, comprising:
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a polyphase waveguide probe configured to create a plurality of resultant fields; and the resultant fields being substantially mode-matched to a Zenneck surface wave mode on a surface of a terrestrial medium; the polyphase waveguide probe further comprising a pair of charge terminals, the polyphase waveguide probe being further configured to impose a plurality of voltage magnitudes and a plurality of phases on the charge terminals; and wherein both the voltage magnitudes and the phases vary as a function of a physical size of the charge terminals.
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