Resonator comprising a coil formed of multiple layer alternately arranged conductive turns

• US 4,638,270 A
• Filed: 02/17/1984
• Issued: 01/20/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/1984
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: George A. Machamer
• Original Assignee: George A. Machamer
• Inventors: Machamer, George A.
• Primary Examiner(s): LaRoche, Eugene R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lee, Benny
• Application Number:
  US06/581,912
• Time in Patent Office: 1,068 Days
• Field of Search: 333/219, 333/220, 333/221, 333/175, 333/176, 333/185, 334/41, 334/38, 334/40, 334/64, 334/71, 334/74, 334/75, 343/722, 343/749, 343/750, 343/895, 343/868, 343/867, 336/69, 336/84 R, 336/170, 336/180, 336/183, 336/186, 336/188, 336/189, 336/190, 336/70
• US Class Current: 333/175
• CPC Class Codes: H03H 5/00 One-port networks comprising only passive electrical elements as network components

Abstract

An electric resonator includes first and second pluralities of conductors which are disposed in side-by-side relationship to form a first layer of alternating first and second conductors. Additional layers of alternating first and second conductors are disposed atop the first layer such that each conductor of one of the pluralities is horizontally and/or vertically adjacent to conductors of the other plurality. The resulting resonator reduces undesirable capacitance between various conductors thereby increasing the quality factor, or Q, of the resonator.

Claims

1. A resonator, comprising:

a first plurality of five spaced-apart conductors disposed in three layers and three rows wherein first and second pairs of conductors are disposed in a first and a third layer, respectively, and a single conductor is disposed in a second layer between the first and third layers and wherein one conductor of each of the first and second pairs is disposed in a first row, the other conductor of each pair is disposed in a third row and the single conductor is disposed in a second row between the first and third rows; and

a second plurality of four spaced-apart conductors separate from and interspaced between the conductors of the first plurality, a first conductor of the second plurality being disposed in the first layer and the second row between the conductors of the first pair, a second conductor of the second plurality being disposed in the third layer and the second row between the conductors of the second pair and third and fourth conductors of the second plurality being disposed in the second layer, first row and the second layer, third row, respectively.

2. The resonator of claim 1, wherein the conductors form at least one loop.

3. The resonator of claim 1, wherein the conductors form at least two loops wherein all of the loops are spaced from one another.

4. The resonator of claim 2, wherein the conductors have a certain cross-sectional size and at least two loops are disposed adjacent to one another so that the space between conductors is small compared to the cross-sectional size of the conductors.

5. A resonator, comprising:

first and second conductors formed into a coil and having turns disposed in side-by-side relationship to form a first layer of alternating first and second conductor turns;

third and fourth conductors formed into a coil and having turns atop the first layer to form a second layer wherein a turn of the third conductor overlies a turn of the second conductor and a turn of the fourth conductor overlies a turn of the first conductor;

fifth and sixth conductors formed into a coil and having turns atop the second layer to form a third layer wherein a turn of the fifth conductor overlies a turn of the fourth conductor and a turn of the sixth conductor overlies a turn of the third conductor; and

means for connecting separate conductors together in parallel to form a plurality of terminals.

6. The resonator of claim 5, wherein the connecting means includes means for connecting the first, third and fifth conductors together to form a first terminal and means for connecting the second, fourth and sixth conductors together to form a second terminal.

7. The resonator of claim 5, wherein the connecting means includes means for connecting the first conductor to the second conductor, the third conductor to the fourth conductor and the fifth conductor to the sixth conductor.

8. The resonator of claim 5, wherein the conductors have a certain cross-sectional size and the turns of the conductors are disposed adjacent to one another so that the space between conductors is small compared to the cross-sectional size of the conductors.

9. A resonator, comprising:

a bundle of conductors including first and second sets of conductors, each set having at least two conductors, the conductors of the first set being disposed in side-by-side relationship with the conductors of the second set and the conductors of the sets being arranged in multiple layers whereby each layer comprises an alternating series of conductors of the first and second sets and each conductor of the first set in one layer is in alignment with conductors of the second set in adjacent layers in a direction perpendicular to the layers.

10. The resonator of claim 9, wherein each conductor of the first set is uniformly spaced from adjacent conductors of the second set.

11. The resonator of claim 9, wherein the bundle of conductors includes a plurality of loops spaced from one another by gaps.

12. The resonator of claim 9, wherein the bundle of conductors are arranged such that they define a bundle axis at the center of the bundle and a plurality of bundle loops with the conductors being twisted so that the conductors of the bundle occupy differing positions relative to the bundle axis.

13. The resonator of claim 9, further including a plurality of additional bundles of additional conductors, each additional bundle of conductors including first and second sets of conductors, each set having at least two conductors and each bundle being arranged such that it defines a bundle axis and being arranged in a plurality of loops, the conductors of each bundle being twisted with one another and all of the bundles being twisted with one another along the length of the bundles of conductors.

14. The resonator of claim 9, further including a plurality of additional bundles of additional conductors, each additional bundle of conductors including first and second sets of conductors, each set having at least two conductors and each bundle being arranged such that it defines a bundle axis, the conductors of each bundle being twisted with one another and all of the bundles being twisted with one another along the length of the bundles of conductors.

15. The resonator of claim 11, wherein the loops are disposed in concentric fashion to form a helix.

16. The resonator of claim 11, wherein the loops are disposed in radial fashion to form a spiral.