RESONATOR ARRAYS FOR WIRELESS ENERGY TRANSFER
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Abstract
Described herein are improved configurations for an apparatus that may include a plurality of resonators electrically interconnected and arranged in an array to form a composite resonator for wireless power transfer, each one of the plurality of resonators may include a block of a magnetic material having a conductor wire wrapped around a cross section thereof to form at least one loop enclosing an area substantially equal to the cross section, wherein the plurality of resonators are may be oriented so that a dipole moment of each one of the plurality of resonators is aligned with a dipole moment of each other one of the plurality of resonators.
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1-33. -33. (canceled)
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34. An apparatus, comprising:
a plurality of high-Q inductive structures electrically interconnected and arranged in an array to form a composite high-Q inductive structure for wireless power transfer, each one of the plurality of inductive structures including comprising a block of a magnetic material having a conductor wrapped around a cross section thereof to form at least one loop enclosing an area substantially equal to the cross section, wherein the plurality of inductive structures are oriented so that a dipole moment of each one of the plurality of inductive structures is substantially aligned with a dipole moment of each other one of the plurality of inductive structures. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. An apparatus for wireless power transfer comprising:
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a plurality of blocks of a magnetic material arranged in an array, and a plurality of conductors, each one of the plurality of conductors wrapped around at least one of the plurality of blocks to form a loop thereabout, thereby forming a plurality of inductive structures, wherein the plurality of inductive structures are electrically connected to one another and oriented with substantially parallel dipole moments. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 63, 64)
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61-1. The apparatus of claim 61, wherein the power and control circuit is adapted to independently energize each one of the plurality of inductive structures.
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