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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2019
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Paul Shala Henry, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Giovanni Vannucci, Middletown, NJ (US);
Thomas M. Willis, III, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
Shikik Johnson, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
Robert Bennett, Southold, NY (US);
Farhad Barzegar, Branchburg, NJ (US);
Irwin Gerszberg, Kendall Park, NJ (US);
Donald J. Barnickel, Flemington, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, generating, by a first hollow waveguide coupled to a first dielectric coupler, a first electromagnetic wave that couples onto a transmission medium, generating, by a second hollow waveguide coupled to a second dielectric coupler, a second electromagnetic wave that couples onto the transmission medium, combining 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 adjusting a first phase of the first electromagnetic wave, a second phase of the second electromagnetic wave, or both to adjust a wave mode of the combined electromagnetic wave. Other embodiments are disclosed.