Abstract: A communication method comprising a transmitting method that creates a series of repeated pieces of a time-spaced pattern that contains no repeated spacing sizes or patterns; creating a plurality of non-resonant step wave shapes spaced according to the repeated pieces of the time-spacing pattern; converting the step wave shapes into a plurality of electromagnetic waves; a receiving method comprising converting said electromagnetic waves into an electrical signal; wherein the step wave shape is recognized in the signal; wherein the time-spacing pattern is recognized in the sequence of the step wave shapes; whereby data can be encoded by introducing variation into the step wave shapes, to change one or more properties of the time-spacing pattern, or change the amplitude of portions of the step waves.

Abstract: A communication apparatus using electromagnetic pulses comprising a signal generating means for generating and transmitting data in at least one non-oscillating electromagnetic pulse as a communication signal; a signal processing means for receiving at least one non-oscillating electromagnetic pulse, and processing the one or more pulses to derive useful information; at least one antenna for sending and/or receiving signals; a time keeping means for providing time spacing variation for transmitting said pulses; a time spacing pattern library for providing known spacing patterns; a comparator for comparing a received signal with signals from said spacing pattern library to thereby identify the communication pulse, whereby the communication pulse can be distinguished from sparks, radio, and background noise.

Abstract: A dielectric barrier discharge actuator comprising a first electrode disposed adjacent on a surface of a dielectric; a second electrode disposed under the surface and downstream of the first electrode, relative to a flow direction of an ionized layer; an electrical ballast, a third electrode disposed on the surface of the dielectric downstream from the second electrode, connected to the second electrode through the ballast; a series of equal potential strips disposed across the surface of the dielectric and aligned perpendicular to the flow direction of the ionized layer; and a voltage source for applying a voltage across the first and second electrodes, to cause ionization of air between the first electrode and the surface of the dielectric, and to accelerate the ions across the surface of the dielectric; whereby an ionized layer is created when the first electrode is energized by the voltage source.

Abstract: A high-voltage waveform generator comprising a power source, a transformer unit comprising a magnetic core, attached to the power source, a plurality of power switch cards, each having an aperture that allows said magnetic core to pass therethrough, one or more control switches located on each power card, and a control means for actuating the control switches, a power output; wherein the power switch cards are connected in series, wherein each of the apertures in the power switch cards is surrounded by conductive windings, whereby when the power source is activated, the magnetic core induces a current in each of the conductive windings, and wherein the control means activates the control switches simultaneously in under 100 nanoseconds to generate a pulse.

Abstract: A dielectric barrier discharge actuator comprising a first electrode disposed adjacent on a surface of a dielectric; a second electrode disposed under the surface and downstream of the first electrode, relative to a flow direction of an ionized layer; an electrical ballast, a third electrode disposed on the surface of the dielectric downstream from the second electrode, connected to the second electrode through the ballast; a series of equal potential strips disposed across the surface of the dielectric and aligned perpendicular to the flow direction of the ionized layer; and a voltage source for applying a voltage across the first and second electrodes, to cause ionization of air between the first electrode and the surface of the dielectric, and to accelerate the ions across the surface of the dielectric; whereby an ionized layer is created when the first electrode is energized by the voltage source.

Abstract: A high-voltage waveform generator comprising a power source, a transformer unit comprising a magnetic core, attached to the power source, a plurality of power switch cards, each having an aperture that allows said magnetic core to pass therethrough, one or more control switches located on each power card, and a control means for actuating the control switches, a power output; wherein the power switch cards are connected in series, wherein each of the apertures in the power switch cards is surrounded by conductive windings, whereby when the power source is activated, the magnetic core induces a current in each of the conductive windings, and wherein the control means activates the control switches simultaneously in under 100 nanoseconds to generate a pulse.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for communication and the detection of objects comprising signal generating means for generating and transmitting at least one electromagnetic pulse having an asymmetrical shape; signal processing means for receiving a signal or a reflected return signal, and processing the return signal to derive useful information; and at least one antenna for sending and/or receiving signals.

Abstract: Systems and methodologies that regulate a transformer's magnetic field (and attributes dependent thereupon, such as voltage, current, impedance and the like), via employing a control component(s) that affect the magnetic path between the primary and secondary winding of the transformer. Such control component can include ferric material and wire winding component(s) that can decouple the magnetic flux between the primary and secondary winding, wherein the path of the magnetic field thru the transformer is affected via a selective short of the voltage that is induced in the wire winding component associated with the control component.