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Methods and systems for reactively compensating magnetic current loops

  • US 6,960,984 B1
  • Filed: 11/27/2000
  • Issued: 11/01/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A magnetic current loop system adapted to produce strong near fields and weak far fields, the magnetic current loop system comprising:

  • (a) first and second magnetic current loops for generating a local magnetic field, the magnetic current loops being divided into k sections, k being an integer, each of the k sections having a series reactance at a frequency;

    (b) k reactive compensation elements for controlling generation of the local magnetic field, each reactive compensation element being coupled to one of the k sections and having a reactance that substantially cancels the series reactance of each section at the frequency; and

    (c) a current source coupled to the first and second magnetic current loops such that current flows in a first direction in the first magnetic current loop and in a second direction, opposite the first direction, in the second magnetic current loop, the current producing a strong magnetic field near the first and second magnetic current loops and substantially canceling dipole magnetic fields produced by the magnetic current first and second loops at a distance far from the first and second magnetic current loops, the reactive compensation elements producing substantial uniformity in phase and magnitude of the current flowing through each loop and thereby enabling the cancellation of the dipole magnetic fields.

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