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WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND METHOD

  • US 20100259447A1
  • Filed: 04/10/2009
  • Published: 10/14/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A switched-beam wireless power transmission system, comprising:

  • at least one electromagnetic radiation source;

    a plurality of wireless power receivers each collocated with a beacon that radiates a pilot signal when the beacon is in an active state; and

    an array of transmitting antennas that receives the pilot signal from the active beacon and radiates the electromagnetic radiation from the at least one electromagnetic radiation source in the direction of the wireless power receiver collocated with the beacon in the active state,wherein the direction of the radiated electromagnetic radiation is switched among the wireless power receivers based upon which beacon is in an active state.

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