Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Analog surface wave multipoint repeater and methods for use therewith
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Application No.: US16238888Application Date: 2019-01-03
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Publication No.: US10536212B2Publication Date: 2020-01-14
- Inventor: Farhad Barzegar , Irwin Gerszberg , Thomas M. Willis, III , Paul Shala Henry , Robert Bennett , Donald J. Barnickel , Giovanni Vannucci
- Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agent Ed Guntin; Bruce E. Stuckman
- Main IPC: H04B1/40
- IPC: H04B1/40 ; H04B7/15 ; H04B1/00 ; H04B3/54

Abstract:
In accordance with one or more embodiments, an analog surface wave multi-point repeater includes a first launcher configured to transmit and receive first guided electromagnetic waves that propagate on an outer surface of a first segment of a transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path. A transceiver includes a splitter coupled to a second launcher and the third launcher and a low noise amplifier configured to receive a second microwave signal from the second launcher and the third launcher via the splitter. A directional coupler is configured to couple the second microwave signal from the second launcher and the first microwave signal to the splitter to facilitate transmission of the second guided electromagnetic waves by the second launcher on the second segment of the transmission medium and to further facilitate transmission of the third guided electromagnetic waves by the third launcher on the third segment of the transmission medium.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190296823A1 ANALOG SURFACE WAVE MULTIPOINT REPEATER AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH Public/Granted day:2019-09-26
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