Field emission system and method

• US 7,800,471 B2
• Filed: 05/20/2008
• Issued: 09/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Correlated Magnetics Research, LLC
• Original Assignee: Cedar Ridge Research LLC
• Inventors: Fullerton, Larry W., Roberts, Mark D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Barrera, Ramon M
• Application Number:
  US12/123,718
• Publication Number:
  US 20090251242A1
• Time in Patent Office: 854 Days
• Field of Search: 335/285, 335302-306, 243/03, 310/90.5, 2102-103, 231/2, 231/5, 231/9, 232/1, 232/2, 233/8, 242/2, 246/2, 291/3
• US Class Current: 335/306
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 41/02 for manufacturing cores, coils, or magnets H01F41/14 takes precedence; for dynamo-electric machines H02K15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 7/0278 for generating uniform fields, focusing, deflecting electrically charged particles for magnetic separation by Lorentz force B03C1/023; specially adapted for NMR applications G01R33/383
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 7/0284 using a trimmable or adjustable magnetic circuit, e.g. for a symmetric dipole or quadrupole magnetic field
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 27/0266 using field effect transistors as protective elements
• CPC Class Codes: H01P 11/00 Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing waveguides or resonators, lines, or other devices of the waveguide type
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/32 having magnetic fastener
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49016 Antenna or wave energy "plumbing" making
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/4902 Electromagnet, transformer or inductor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49073 by assembling coil and core
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49075 including permanent magnet or core
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49904 Assembling a subassembly, then assembling with a second subassembly
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/53091 for work-holder for assembly or disassembly
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/5313 Means to assemble electrical device
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/53265 with work-holder for assembly

Abstract

An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties correspond to a desired spatial force function where spatial forces between field emission structures correspond to relative alignment, separation distance, and the spatial force function.

Claims

1. A field emission system, comprising:

a first field emission structure; and

a second field emission structure, said first and second field emission structures each comprising an array of field emission sources each having positions and polarities relating to a spatial force function that corresponds to the relative alignment of the first and second field emission structures within a field domain, said spatial force function being in accordance with a code, said code corresponding to a code modulo of said first field emission structure and a code modulo of said second field emission structure, said code defining a peak spatial force corresponding to substantial alignment of said code modulo of said first field emission structure with said code modulo of said second field emission structure, said code also defining a plurality of off peak spatial forces corresponding to a plurality of different misalignments of said code modulo of said first field emission structure and said code modulo of said second field emission structure, said plurality of off peak spatial forces having a largest off peak spatial force, said largest off peak spatial force being less than half of said peak spatial force.

2. The field emission system of claim 1, wherein said positions and said polarities of each field emission source of each said array of field emission sources are determined in accordance with at least one correlation function.

3. The field emission system of claim 2, wherein said at least one correlation function is in accordance with said code.

4. The field emission system of claim 1, wherein said code is at least one of a pseudorandom code, a deterministic code, or a designed code.

6. The field emission system of claim 1, wherein each field emission source of each said array of field emission sources has a corresponding field emission amplitude and vector direction determined in accordance with the spatial force function, wherein a separation distance between the first and second field emission structures and the relative alignment of the first and second field emission structures creates a spatial force in accordance the spatial force function.

7. The field emission system of claim 6, wherein said spatial force comprises at least one of an attractive spatial force or a repellant spatial force.

8. The field emission system of claim 6, wherein said spatial force corresponds to a peak spatial force of said spatial force function when said first and second field emission structures are substantially aligned such that each field emission source of said first field emission structure substantially aligns with a corresponding field emission source of said second field emission structure.

9. The field emission system of claim 6, wherein said spatial force is at least one of used to produce energy, used to transfer energy, used to move an object, use to affix an object, used as part of an automation function, used to control a tool, used to make sound, used to heat an environment, used to cool an environment, used to affect pressure of an environment, used to control flow of a fluid, used to control flow of a gas, or used to control centrifugal forces.

10. The field emission system of claim 8, wherein the spatial force is at least an order of magnitude less than the peak spatial force when said first and second field emission structures are not substantially aligned such that field emission source of said first field emission structure substantially aligns with a corresponding field emission source of said second field emission structure.

11. The field emission system of claim 1, wherein said field domain corresponds to first field emissions from said array of first field emission sources of said first field emission structure interacting with second field emissions from said array of second field emission sources of said second field emission structure.

12. The field emission system of claim 1, wherein the relative alignment of the first and second field emission structures is resulted from a respective movement path function of at least one of the first and second field emission structures.

13. The field emission system of claim 12, wherein the respective movement path function is one of one-dimensional movement path function, a two-dimensional movement path function or a three-dimensional movement path function.

14. The field emission system of claim 12, wherein the respective movement path function comprises at least one of a linear movement path function, a non-linear movement path function, a rotational movement path function, a cylindrical movement path function, or a spherical movement path function.

15. The field emission system of claim 12, wherein the respective movement path function defines movement versus time for at least one of the first and second field emission structures, said movement comprising at least one of forward movement, backward movement, upward movement, downward movement, left movement, right movement, yaw, pitch, and or roll.

16. The field emission system of claim 1, wherein each said array of field emission sources comprises one of a one-dimensional array, a two-dimensional array, or a three-dimensional array.

17. The field emission system of claim 1, wherein said polarities of the field emission sources comprise at least one of North-South polarities or positive-negative polarities.

18. The field emission system of claim 1, wherein at least one of said field emission sources comprises a magnetic field emission source or an electric field emission source.

19. The field emission system of claim 1, wherein at least one of said field emission sources comprises a permanent magnet, an electromagnet, an electret, a magnetized ferromagnetic material, a portion of a magnetized ferromagnetic material, a soft magnetic material, or a superconductive magnetic material.

20. The field emission system of claim 1, wherein at least one said first and second field emission structures comprises at least one of a back keeper layer, a front saturable layer, an active intermediate element, a passive intermediate element, a lever, a latch, a swivel, a heat source, a heat sink, an inductive loop, a plating nichrome wire, an embedded wire, or a kill mechanism.

21. The field emission system of claim 1, wherein at least one of said first and second field emission structures comprises a planer structure, a conical structure, a cylindrical structure, a curve surface, a stepped surface.

5. The field emission system of claim a 1, wherein said code is one of a one dimensional code, a two dimensional code, a three dimensional code, or a four dimensional code.

22. A method of controlling field emissions, comprising:

defining a spatial force function corresponding to the relative alignment of a first field emission structure and a second field emission structure within a field domain; and

establishing, in accordance with said spatial force function, a position and polarity of each field emission source of a first array of field emission sources corresponding to the first field emission structure and of each field emission source of a second array of field emission sources corresponding to the second field emission structure, said spatial force function being in accordance with a code, said code corresponding to a code modulo of said first field emission structure and a code modulo of said second field emission structure, said code defining a peak spatial force corresponding to substantial alignment of said code modulo of said first field emission structure with said code modulo of said second field emission structure, said code also defining a plurality of off peak spatial forces corresponding to a plurality of different misalignments of said code modulo of said first field emission structure and said code modulo of said second field emission structure, said plurality of off peak spatial forces having a largest off peak spatial force, said largest off peak spatial force being less than half of said peak spatial force.

23. A field emission system, comprising:

a first field emission structure comprising a plurality of first field emission sources having positions and polarities in accordance with a first correlation function;

a second field emission structure comprising a plurality of second field emission source having positions and polarities in accordance with a second correlation function, said first and second correlation functions corresponding to a spatial force function, said first correlation function complementing said second correlation function such that each field emission source of said plurality of first field emission sources has a corresponding counterpart field emission source of said plurality of second field emission sources and said first and second field emission structures will substantially correlate when each of said field emission source counterparts are substantially aligned, said spatial force function being in accordance with a code, said code corresponding to a code modulo of said first field emission structure and a code modulo of said second field emission structure, said code defining a peak spatial force corresponding to substantial alignment of said code modulo of said first field emission structure with said code modulo of said second field emission structure, said code also defining a plurality of off peak spatial forces corresponding to a plurality of different misalignments of said code modulo of said first field emission structure and said code modulo of said second field emission structure, said plurality of off peak spatial forces having a largest off peak spatial force, said largest off peak spatial force being less than half of said peak spatial force.