Transparent capacitive wireless powering system
First Claim
1. A transparent capacitive powering system comprising:
- a pair of receiver electrodes connected to a load through an inductor wherein the inductor is coupled in series with the load;
a pair of coupling plates configured to receive a power signal generated by a driver;
a transparent infrastructure having at least a first layer of a non-conductive transparent material and a second layer of a conductive transparent material coupled to each other,wherein the second layer is arranged to form a pair of transmitter electrodes,wherein the pair of coupling plates are decoupled from the second layer, thereby forming a first capacitive impedance between the pair of transmitter electrodes and the pair of coupling plates,wherein the pair of receiver electrodes are decoupled from the second layer, thereby forming a second capacitive impedance between the pair of transmitter electrodes and the pair of receiver electrodes,wherein the power signal is wirelessly transferred from the pair of coupling plates to the pair of transmitter electrodes and from the pair of transmitter electrodes to the pair of receiver electrodes to power the load when a frequency of the power signal substantially matches a series-resonance frequency of the inductor, the first capacitive impedance, and the second capacitive impedance.
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Abstract
A transparent capacitive powering system (200) is disclosed. The system comprises a pair of receiver electrodes (241, 242) connected to a load (250) through an inductor (260), wherein the inductor is coupled to the load to resonate the system; and a transparent infrastructure (220) having at least a first layer (130) of a non-conductive transparent material and a second layer (120) of a conductive transparent material coupled to each other, wherein the second layer is arranged to form a pair of transmitter electrodes (221, 222), wherein the pair of receiver electrodes are decoupled from the second layer, thereby forming a capacitive impedance between the pair of transmitter electrodes and the pair of receiver electrodes, wherein a power signal generated by a driver (210) is wirelessly transferred from the pair of transmitter electrodes to the pair of receiver electrodes to power the load when a frequency of the power signal substantially matches a series-resonance frequency of the first inductor and the capacitive impedance.
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1. A transparent capacitive powering system comprising:
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a pair of receiver electrodes connected to a load through an inductor wherein the inductor is coupled in series with the load; a pair of coupling plates configured to receive a power signal generated by a driver; a transparent infrastructure having at least a first layer of a non-conductive transparent material and a second layer of a conductive transparent material coupled to each other, wherein the second layer is arranged to form a pair of transmitter electrodes, wherein the pair of coupling plates are decoupled from the second layer, thereby forming a first capacitive impedance between the pair of transmitter electrodes and the pair of coupling plates, wherein the pair of receiver electrodes are decoupled from the second layer, thereby forming a second capacitive impedance between the pair of transmitter electrodes and the pair of receiver electrodes, wherein the power signal is wirelessly transferred from the pair of coupling plates to the pair of transmitter electrodes and from the pair of transmitter electrodes to the pair of receiver electrodes to power the load when a frequency of the power signal substantially matches a series-resonance frequency of the inductor, the first capacitive impedance, and the second capacitive impedance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A transparent capacitive powering system, comprising:
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a pair of receiver electrodes connected to a lamp through an inductor wherein the inductor is coupled in series with the lamp, each receiver electrode includes a top-layer made of transparent conductive material and a bottom-layer made of transparent non-conductive material; and a pair of coupling plates configured to receive a power signal generated by a driver; a transparent infrastructure having at least a first layer of a non-conductive transparent material and a second layer of a conductive transparent material coupled to each other, wherein the second layer is arranged to form a pair of transmitter electrodes, the bottom-layers of the pair of receiver electrodes are in contact with the transparent infrastructure, the top-layers are in contact with the lamp, the pair of receiver electrodes are decoupled from the second layer, thereby forming a second capacitive impedance between the pair of transmitter electrodes and the pair of receiver electrodes, wherein the pair of coupling plates are decoupled from the second layer, thereby forming a first capacitive impedance between the pair of transmitter electrodes and the pair of coupling plates, wherein the power signal is wirelessly transferred from the pair of coupling plates to the pair of transmitter electrodes and from the pair of transmitter electrodes to the pair of receiver electrodes to power the lamp when a frequency of the power signal substantially matches a series-resonance frequency of the inductor, the first capacitive impedance, and the second capacitive impedance. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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