SG11201807695RA - Site specification for directional guided surface wave transmission in a lossy media - Google Patents

Abstract

INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property -, Organization IIIM141101110101011111 HO 111110111011101101111111101111101111 III International Bureau ... ...... ..... ...,/ (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date WO 2017/156305 Al 14 September 2017 (14.09.2017) WIP0 I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: (72) Inventors: CORUM, James, F.; 100 Chambers Circle, HO1P 3/00 (2006.01) GO1S 17/02 (2006.01) Suite 1010, Waxahachie, TX 75165 (US). CORUM, Ken- GO1S 13/02 (2006.01) neth, L.; 100 Chambers Circle, Suite 1010, Waxahachie, TX 75165 (US). ROSS, John, E.; 100 Chambers Circle, (21) International Application Number: Suite 1010, Waxahachie, TX 75165 (US). PCT/US2017/021627 (74) Agents: SCHOEN, Randy, R. et al.; Thomas / Horstemey- (22) International Filing Date: er LLP, 400 Interstate North Parkway, SE, Suite 1500, At- 9 March 2017 (09.03.2017) lanta, GA 30339 (US). (25) Filing Language: English (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (26) Publication Language: English kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, (30) Priority Data: BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, 62/305,910 9 March 2016 (09.03.2016) US DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, (71) Applicant: CPG TECHNOLOGIES, LLC [US/US]; 100 HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, Chambers Circle, Suite 1010, Waxahachie, TX 75165 KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, (US). MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. [Continued on next page] (54) Title: SITE SPECIFICATION - 200a = \ - = = = = z T t Q C , o FOR DIRECTIONAL GUIDED SURFACE WAVE TRANSMISSION IN A LOSSY MEDIA (57) : Various examples are provided for site specification for directional guided surface wave transmission in a lossy media. In one example, a probe site includes a propagation interface including first and second regions comprising different lossy conducting medi- ums. A guided surface waveguide probe positioned adjacent to the FIG. 3 first and second regions can generate at least one electric field to launch a guided surface wave along the propagation interface in a ra- dial direction defined by the first region and restricted by the second region. The propagation interface can also include additional regions comprising the same or different lossy conducting mediums. One or more of the regions can be prepared regions. In some cases, the re- = = Probe Control System 230 gions can correspond to a terrestrial medium (e.g., a shoreline) and water (e.g., seawater along the shoreline). k I 206 Region 2 - Excitation Source 212 Feed Network 209 to j, J2 _ - d/2 1 = 11 kin © en ,tD kin ,—, IN ,—, © ei fr/ 2 . 03 // Region 1 7 ' - - 130 D, =F11 - F d/2 +d/2 = FI, + d O WO 2017/156305 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIR0101311110110TIMOVOIMIE (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every Declarations under Rule 4.17: kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). GH, SZ, DE, — LT, SE, GA, as to applicant's entitlement to apply for and be granted a patent (Rule 4.17(ii)) as to the applicant's entitlement to claim the priority of the earlier application (Rule 4.17(iii)) Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))