TRANSMITTERS AND RECEIVERS FOR WIRELESS ENERGY TRANSFER
First Claim
1. A system for receiving magnetic transmission of power from at least a first high-Q resonator, comprising:
- a wire loop high-Q resonator, having a wire formed into at least one loop forming an inductance and having a capacitance, said wire loop resonator having an LC value tuned for receiving a magnetic field of a first specified frequency, and producing an output based on receiving said magnetic field that includes electrical power; and
said wire loop resonator including a first-part associated with said wire loop resonator which increases the coupling between said first high-Q resonator and said wire loop portion of said resonator without increasing the radius of said wire loop resonator.
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Abstract
In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for receiving magnetic transmission of power from at least a first high-Q resonator, comprising a wire loop high-Q resonator, having a wire formed into at least one loop forming an inductance and having a capacitance, the wire loop resonator having an LC value tuned for receiving a magnetic field of a first specified frequency, and producing an output based on receiving the magnetic field that includes electrical power. The wire loop resonator may include a first part associated with the wire loop resonator which increases the coupling between the first high-Q resonator and the wire loop portion of said resonator without increasing the radius of the wire loop resonator.
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58 Claims
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1. A system for receiving magnetic transmission of power from at least a first high-Q resonator, comprising:
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a wire loop high-Q resonator, having a wire formed into at least one loop forming an inductance and having a capacitance, said wire loop resonator having an LC value tuned for receiving a magnetic field of a first specified frequency, and producing an output based on receiving said magnetic field that includes electrical power; and said wire loop resonator including a first-part associated with said wire loop resonator which increases the coupling between said first high-Q resonator and said wire loop portion of said resonator without increasing the radius of said wire loop resonator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 58)
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20. A method for receiving a magnetic transmission of power from at least one high-Q resonator, comprising:
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using a high-Q resonator with an LC value formed by a wire loop tuned to a value that is resonant with a frequency of a magnetic field, said resonator having a wire loop forming an inductance, and having a capacitance; said using comprising increasing a coupling to said wire loop portion of said resonator without increasing the radius of the wire loop resonator; receiving said magnetic field and producing usable power based thereon; applying said power to a load, to power said load based on receiving said magnetic field that includes electrical power. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A system for magnetic power transfer between at least two coupled high-Q resonators, comprising:
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a first high-Q resonator formed of an inductive loop and a capacitor element; and a first compensating structure, which compensates for effects of extraneous objects on the resonator. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method for wireless power transfer between at least two coupled high-Q resonators, comprising:
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determining if an environment perturbs the mode of any of the at least two coupled high-Q resonators; selecting a high-Q resonator design that is robust to said perturbation based on said determining; and using said selected resonator as part of a system to retrieve electrical power from a magnetic power transmission. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38)
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39. A system for receiving wireless power from at least a first high-Q resonator, comprising:
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a housing, adapted for housing mobile electronics; a high-Q loop resonator portion, oriented near at least one area of said housing; and a connection to a wireless power circuit. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A system for receiving wireless power from at least one high-Q resonator, comprising:
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a housing, adapted for housing mobile electronics; a coil winding form, extending across said housing from at least a first side of said housing to a second side of said housing; a high-Q coil, wound around said form; and at least one opening in said housing, such that κ
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49. A system for magnetic transmission of power between at least two high-Q resonators, comprising:
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a first high-Q wire loop resonator, having a wire formed into at least one loop forming an inductance, and having a capacitance, said wire loop having an LC value tuned for transmitting a magnetic field of a first specified frequency, and producing a magnetic transmission of a magnetic field; and said resonator including a first part associated with said wire loop resonator which increases the coupling between said first wire loop portion of said resonator, and another resonator, without increasing the radius of said first wire loop resonator. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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