Methods and apparatus for adjusting a wavelength electromagnetic waves

US10096883B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Paul Shala Henry · Holmdel, US
• Giovanni Vannucci · Middletown, US
• Thomas M. Willis, III · Tinton Falls, US
• Shikik Johnson · Tinton Falls, US
• Robert Bennett · Southold, US
• Farhad Barzegar · Readington, US
• Irwin Gerszberg · Kendall Park, US
• Donald J. Barnickel · Flemington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 17, 2017
• Grant date: Oct 9, 2018
• Expiry date: Oct 17, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01Q13/24
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, generating, a first hollow waveguide that facilitates coupling, via the first dielectric coupler, a first electromagnetic wave onto a transmission medium, and a second hollow waveguide that facilitates coupling, via the second dielectric coupler, a second electromagnetic wave onto the transmission medium, where the first electromagnetic wave and the second electromagnetic wave combine to form a combined electromagnetic wave that propagates along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, and where the first dielectric coupler has an adjustable length that facilitates an adjustment of a wave mode of the combined electromagnetic wave. Other embodiments are disclosed.