Simultaneous multifrequency receive circuits

• US 10,355,481 B2
• Filed: 11/05/2018
• Issued: 07/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cpg Technologies, LLC
• Original Assignee: Cpg Technologies, LLC
• Inventors: Corum, James F., Corum, Kenneth L., Pinzone, Joseph F., Lilly, James D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Skibinski, Tomi
• Application Number:
  US16/180,296
• Publication Number:
  US 20190089154A1
• Time in Patent Office: 253 Days
• Field of Search: 307104, 307149, 333240, 343785, 343719, 343739, 343749, 324335
• CPC Class Codes: H01P 3/00 Waveguides; Transmission lines of the waveguide type
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/00 Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas arrangements for varying orientation of directional pattern H01Q3/00
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/00 Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/40 using two or more transmitting or receiving devices H02J50/50 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/402 the two or more transmitting or the two or more receiving devices being integrated in the same unit, e.g. power mats with several coils or antennas with several sub-antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/80 involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/00 Line transmission systems combined with near-field transmission systems H04B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/52 Systems for transmission between fixed stations via waveguides
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/00 Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive or capacitive transmission systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer

Abstract

Disclosed are various receive circuits by which to receive a plurality of guided surface waves transmitted by a plurality of guided surface waveguide probes over a surface of a terrestrial medium according to various embodiments.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a first guided surface waveguide receive structure configured to receive energy in a form of a first guided surface wave transmitted by a first guided surface waveguide probe on a surface of a terrestrial medium at a first frequency;

a second guided surface waveguide receive structure configured to receive energy in a form of a second guided surface wave transmitted by a second guided surface waveguide probe on the surface of the terrestrial medium at a second frequency;

a first impedance matching network coupled to the first guided surface waveguide receive structure;

a second impedance matching network coupled to the second guided surface waveguide receive structure; and

an electrical load coupled to the first impedance matching network and the second impedance matching network, the electrical load being experienced as a load at a first excitation source coupled to the first guided surface waveguide probe generating the first guided surface wave or at a second excitation source coupled to the second guided surface waveguide probe generating the second guided surface wave.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first guided surface waveguide probe or the second guided surface waveguide probe comprises a charge terminal elevated over the terrestrial medium configured to generate at least one resultant field that synthesizes a wave front incident at a complex Brewster angle of incidence (θ

_i,B) of the terrestrial medium.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the electrical load is coupled to the first impedance matching network via a first waver rectifier, and the electrical load is coupled to the second impedance matching network via a second waver rectifier.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein a first output of the first waver rectifier is coupled to a first voltage regulator, and a second output of the second waver rectifier is coupled to a second voltage regulator.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein a first regulator output of the first voltage regulator is coupled in parallel to a second regulator output of the second voltage regulator to provide a DC voltage to the electrical load.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein a first regulator output of the first voltage regulator is coupled in series to a second regulator output of the second voltage regulator to provide a DC voltage to the electrical load.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first guided surface waveguide probe or the second guided surface waveguide probe comprises a feed network electrically coupled to a charge terminal, the feed network providing 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 terrestrial medium in a vicinity of the first guided surface waveguide probe or the second guided surface waveguide probe.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first impedance matching network or the first impedance matching network comprises a transformer.

9. An apparatus comprising:

a tuned resonator comprising a resonator coil and configured to receive power in a form of a first guided surface wave at a first frequency transmitted by a first guided surface waveguide probe on a surface of a terrestrial medium, the tuned resonator being configured to receive power in a form of a second guided surface wave at a second frequency transmitted by a second guided surface waveguide probe on the surface of the terrestrial medium;

a first coil and a second coil that are coupled to the resonator coil;

a first isolation circuit coupled via a first direct tap to the resonator coil;

a second isolation circuit coupled via a second direct tap to the resonator coil;

a first impedance matching network coupled to the first coil;

a second impedance matching network coupled to the second coil; and

an electrical load coupled to the first impedance matching network and the second impedance matching network, the electrical load being experienced as a load at a first excitation source coupled to the first guided surface waveguide probe generating the first guided surface wave or at a second excitation source coupled to the second guided surface waveguide probe generating the second guided surface wave.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein at least one of the first isolation circuit and the second isolation circuit comprises at least one low-pass filter and at least one high-pass filter.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the first direct tap of the first isolation circuit is positioned along the resonator coil in order for the resonator coil to resonate at the first frequency.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the electrical load is coupled to the first impedance matching network via a first waver rectifier, and the electrical load is coupled to the second impedance matching network via a second waver rectifier.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein a first output of the first waver rectifier is coupled to a first voltage regulator, and a second output of the second waver rectifier is coupled to a second voltage regulator.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein a first regulator output of the first voltage regulator is coupled in parallel to a second regulator output of the second voltage regulator to provide a DC voltage to the electrical load.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein a first regulator output of the first voltage regulator is coupled in series to a second regulator output of the second voltage regulator to provide a DC voltage to the electrical load.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein at least one of the first impedance matching network or the first impedance matching network comprises a transformer.

17. An apparatus comprising:

a first magnetic coil configured to receive energy in a form of a first guided surface wave transmitted by a first guided surface waveguide probe on a surface of a terrestrial medium at a first frequency;

a second magnetic coil configured to receive energy in a form of a second guided surface wave transmitted by a second guided surface waveguide probe on the surface of the terrestrial medium at a second frequency;

a first wave rectifier coupled to the first magnetic coil;

a second wave rectifier coupled to the second magnetic coil; and

an electrical load coupled to the first wave rectifier and the second wave rectifier, the electrical load being experienced as a load at a first excitation source coupled to the first guided surface waveguide probe generating the first guided surface wave or at a second excitation source coupled to the second guided surface waveguide probe generating the second guided surface wave.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the first wave rectifier is coupled to the first magnetic coil via a first impedance matching network tuned at the first frequency, and the second wave rectifier is coupled to the second magnetic coil via a second impedance matching network tuned at the second frequency.

19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein at least one of the first guided surface waveguide probe or the second guided surface waveguide probe comprises a charge terminal elevated over the terrestrial medium configured to generate at least one resultant field that synthesizes a wave front incident at a complex Brewster angle of incidence (θ

_i,B) of the terrestrial medium.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the charge terminal is one of a plurality of charge terminals.