GUIDED SURFACE WAVEGUIDE PROBE WITH INSULATING MATERIAL IN SUPPORT PLATFORM NEAR COIL(S)

• Main Authors: Corum, James F, Galloway, JR., Robert S, Salvitti, JR., James M, Lamon, Christopher R, Corum, Kenneth L, Pogorzelski, Wes, Lomax, Jerry A, Lougheed, JR., Timothy J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 13.09.2018
• Subjects: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTINGELECTRIC POWER; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; GENERATION; RESONATORS, LINES, OR OTHER DEVICES OF THE WAVEGUIDE TYPE; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY; TRANSMISSION; WAVEGUIDES

Embodiments of a guided surface waveguide probe are disclosed. One embodiment, among others, has a guided surface waveguide probe including a charge terminal elevated over a lossy conducting medium by way of a support structure, and a substantially planar support platform situated under the support structure and co-planar with a roof of a substructure of the guided surface waveguide probe. The platform can include an aperture of sufficient size to enable a phasing coil to be moved vertically through the aperture for installation and removal of same. The support platform can be made from or include an insulating material part that is sufficiently insulating to prevent degradation of the support platform caused by the electric fields. A primary coil associated with the guided surface waveguide probe can magnetically couple with the phasing coil to excite the charge terminal to produce a guided surface wave on the lossy conducting medium.