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Apparatus and methods for generating an electromagnetic wave along a transmission medium

US10135145B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

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

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 6, 2016
Grant date	Nov 20, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 15, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01Q21/205
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, generating, by a plurality of dielectric antennas of a waveguide system, a plurality of instances of electromagnetic waves that combines to form a combined electromagnetic wave, and directing, by the waveguide system, the combined electromagnetic wave to an interface of a transmission medium for guiding propagation of the combined electromagnetic wave along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path. Other embodiments are disclosed.

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