Patent ID: 9692101
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: H01P,H04B

Claim:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a waveguide that facilitates propagation of a first electromagnetic wave at least in part on a waveguide surface, wherein the waveguide surface does not surround, in whole or in substantial part, a wire surface of a wire, and, in response to the waveguide being positioned with respect to the wire, the first electromagnetic wave couples, at least in part, to the wire surface and travels at least partially around the wire surface as a second electromagnetic wave, wherein the wire surface is an outer surface of the wire, and the second electromagnetic wave is a surface wave that travels along the outer surface of the wire, wherein an electromagnetic field of the surface wave is substantially outside of the wire, wherein the waveguide comprises a material that is not electrically conductive, and wherein the second electromagnetic wave has a wave propagation mode.