Patent ID: 8200151

Claim:
A method of communicating, comprising: generating a data signal to be communicated; generating a high frequency carrier signal; combining the high frequency carrier signal with the data signal to create a modulated RF signal; transmitting the modulated RF signal to at least one directional antenna that is oriented in a principal plane; amplifying the modulated RF signal to a high enough voltage such that ionic fields are created at the edge of the directional antenna; increasing the voltage further to induce discharge arcing on at least one edge of the directional antenna, thereby creating a modulated particle beam that is oriented in the principal plane of the directional antenna; providing a particle generator comprising a magnetron, a waveguide and a covering member; powering the magnetron by a non-sinusoidal excitation signal to produce plural energized particles including broad band radio frequencies below, above and including the typical 2.45 GHz frequency of a magnetron; directing the plural energized particles down the waveguide toward the covering member; directing the modulated particle beam from the directional antenna down the waveguide toward the covering member; inducing the creation of radiated modulated EM waves by combining the modulated particle beam from the directional antenna and the plural energized particles from the magnetron; and emitting the modulated EM waves so that they can be received in a receiver for demodulating the modulated EM waves in the receiver, and extracting the data signal.