Wireless electric field power transfer system, method, transmitter and receiver therefor
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1. A wireless power transfer system comprising:
- a transmitter comprising a transmit electrode set configured to transfer power via resonant electric field coupling; and
a receiver comprising a receive electrode set configured to extract the transferred power via resonant electric field coupling,wherein the electrodes of at least one of the transmit and receive electrode sets are concentric, andwherein the plane defined by the electrodes of the transmit electrode set forms an angle with the plane defined by the electrodes of the receive electrode set in the range of more than 0 degrees to 90 degrees.
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Abstract
A wireless power transfer system comprises: a transmitter comprising a transmit electrode set configured to transfer power via resonant electric field coupling; and a receiver comprising a receive electrode set configured to extract the transferred power via resonant electric field coupling, wherein the electrodes of at least one of the transmit and receive electrode sets are concentric.
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21 Claims
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1. A wireless power transfer system comprising:
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a transmitter comprising a transmit electrode set configured to transfer power via resonant electric field coupling; and a receiver comprising a receive electrode set configured to extract the transferred power via resonant electric field coupling, wherein the electrodes of at least one of the transmit and receive electrode sets are concentric, and wherein the plane defined by the electrodes of the transmit electrode set forms an angle with the plane defined by the electrodes of the receive electrode set in the range of more than 0 degrees to 90 degrees. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A wireless power transfer system comprising:
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a transmitter comprising a transmit electrode set configured to transfer power via resonant electric field coupling; and a receiver comprising a receive electrode set configured to extract the transferred power via resonant electric field coupling, wherein the electrodes of at least one of the transmit and receive electrode sets are concentric, and wherein at least one electrode of at least one of the transmit and receive electrode sets is a frustum.
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20. A wireless power transfer system comprising:
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a transmitter comprising a transmit electrode set configured to transfer power via resonant electric field coupling; and a receiver comprising a receive electrode set configured to extract the transferred power via resonant electric field coupling, wherein the electrodes of at least one of the transmit and receive electrode sets are concentric, wherein the transmit electrode set comprises a tube and a rod, and wherein the receive electrode set comprises at least two tubes.
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21. A wireless power transfer system comprising:
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a transmitter comprising a transmit electrode set configured to transfer power via resonant electric field coupling; a receiver comprising a receive electrode set configured to extract the transferred power via resonant electric field coupling; and an axle circumscribed by the transmit electrode set and the receive electrode set, wherein the electrodes of at least one of the transmit and receive electrode sets are concentric.
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