公开(公告)号：US20180159197A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-07

申请号：US15786034

申请日：2017-10-17

Applicant: AT& T Intellectual Property I, LP.

Inventor： Paul Shala Henry ,  Giovanni Vannucci ,  Thomas M. Willis, III ,  Shikik Johnson ,  Robert Bennett ,  Farhad Barzegar ,  Irwin Gerszberg ,  Donald J. Barnickel

IPC: H01P5/19 ,  H01P3/10

CPC classification number: H01P5/19 ,  H01P3/10 ,  H01P3/122 ,  H01P5/024 ,  H01Q13/24

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.