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Planar surface wave launcher and methods for use therewith

  • US 10,714,824 B2
  • Filed: 03/26/2018
  • Issued: 07/14/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2018
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A planar surface wave launcher comprising:

  • a substrate having a planar substrate surface;

    a planar antenna having first and second antenna elements on the planar substrate surface, the first and second antenna elements having edges on an aperture side of the planar surface wave launcher and opposing edges, wherein the planar antenna is configured to transmit and receive first guided electromagnetic waves on a surface of a transmission medium; and

    a conductive ground plane on the planar substrate surface and coplanar to the planar antenna, the conductive ground plane having a mating edge with a shape conforming to the opposing edges of the first and second antenna elements, the mating edge electrically isolated from the opposing edges of the first and second antenna elements, wherein the transmission medium is spaced a distance apart from, and parallel to, the conductive ground plane.

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