Electromagnetic systems with double-resonant spiral coil components

• US 7,973,296 B2
• Filed: 03/05/2009
• Issued: 07/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tetraheed LLC
• Original Assignee: Tetraheed LLC
• Inventors: Quick, Richard T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Johnston; Phillip A
• Application Number:
  US12/399,014
• Publication Number:
  US 20100059692A1
• Time in Patent Office: 852 Days
• Field of Search: 250/492.1
• US Class Current: 250/492.1
• CPC Class Codes: G21B 1/00 Thermonuclear fusion reactors
• CPC Class Codes: H05H 1/46 using applied electromagnetic fields, e.g. high frequency or microwave energy H05H1/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 30/10 Nuclear fusion reactors

Abstract

Spiral coils generate very powerful electromagnetic fields by operating with two different but simultaneous resonant behaviors. Quarter-wave resonance is established by adjusting the frequency (and wavelength) of a radiofrequency (RF) voltage source until the length of the spiral conductor is equal to ¼ of the wavelength of the alternating voltage. This generates an electromagnetic standing wave with at least one peak node and at least one null node. Inductive-capacitive (L/C) resonance is established by optimizing the thickness and width of the wire ribbon used to make the spiral coil. When inductance and capacitance are balanced, the current response will synchronize with the voltage input, creating in-phase behavior, minimal total impedance, and maximal power output. If two such coils are placed near each other, they will create an extremely powerful electromagnetic field between them, which can promote chemical and plasma reactions involving charged particles such as ions or plasma particles, possibly including nuclear fusion reactions.

Claims

1. A device for creating an electromagnetic field, comprising a at least two spiral coils, wherein each spiral coil is made from a segment of conductive material having a fixed length and cross-sectional shape, wherein:

a. the segment of conductive material is designed and suited to establish a standing electromagnetic field around said spiral coil when one end of the segment of conductive material is excited by an alternating voltage at an operating frequency which corresponds to the fixed length of the segment of conductive material; and

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b. said spiral coil has a wound shape and size which will create inductive-capacitive resonance within said spiral coil, when said spiral coil is excited by the operating frequency which establishes a standing electromagnetic field around said spiral coil;

and wherein said spiral coils are positioned proximate to each other in a manner which creates an electromagnetic field between said spiral coils when each of said spiral coils is excited by an operating frequency.

2. The device of claim 1, which has a power factor that is at least 80 percent of an optimal power factor that would be achieved if said alternating voltage were perfectly synchronized with an alternating current response within the segment of conductive material.

3. The device of claim 1, which has a power factor that is at least 90 percent of an optimal power factor that would be achieved if said alternating voltage were perfectly synchronized with an alternating current response within the segment of conductive material.

4. The device of claim 1, which operates as a field-generating electromechanical component within a larger assembly that contains at least two such spiral coils.

6. The reactor system of claim 1, wherein each spiral coil has a power factor that is at least 80 percent of an optimal power factor that would be achieved if said alternating voltage were perfectly synchronized with an alternating current response within the segment of conductive material.

7. The reactor system of claim 1, wherein each spiral coil has a power factor that is at least 90 percent of an optimal power factor that would be achieved if said alternating voltage were perfectly synchronized with an alternating current response within the segment of conductive material.

5. A reactor device for treating charged particles, comprising at least two spiral coils, wherein each spiral coil is made from a segment of conductive material having a fixed length and cross-sectional shape, wherein:

a. the segment of conductive material is designed and suited to establish a standing electromagnetic field around said spiral coil when one end of the segment of conductive material is excited by an alternating voltage at an operating frequency which corresponds to the fixed length of the segment of conductive material; and

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b. said spiral coil has a wound shape and size which create inductive-capacitive resonance within said spiral coil, when said coil is excited by said operating frequency which establishes a standing electromagnetic field around said spiral coil;

and wherein said spiral coils are positioned proximate to each other in a manner which creates an electromagnetic field between said spiral coils when each of said spiral coils is excited by an operating frequency.