Embedded or deposited surface antennas for integrated wireless power facilities
First Claim
1. A system having integrated wireless power facilities, the system comprising:
- a base apparatus configured to perform a primary non-wireless power related function, the base apparatus including;
a display layer;
an optically transparent glass substrate layer deposited on the display layer; and
an antenna layer deposited on the glass substrate layer, the antenna layer having multiple antennas that are spatially-arrayed, adaptively phased antennas, and comprised of an optically transparent conductor,wherein a design of the antenna layer is dependent on an impedance of the optically transparent conductor and comprises a one-to-one antenna density versus a printed circuit board (PCB) within a margin of error; and
a wireless power control system operatively coupled to the multiple antennas,wherein the control system is configured to independently control phases of the multiple antennas in a wireless power delivery environment.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe various techniques for integrating wireless power facilities or functionality into an existing object or device via embedded or deposited surface antennas. More specifically, the techniques described herein provide for the ability to embed and/or otherwise deposit spatially-arrayed adaptively-phased antennas on the surface of an existing object or device such that the antennas are exposed to air and/or otherwise lacking significant interference. In some embodiments, a wireless power control system is operatively coupled to the antennas to independently control phases of the phased of the antennas in a wireless power delivery environment.
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1. A system having integrated wireless power facilities, the system comprising:
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a base apparatus configured to perform a primary non-wireless power related function, the base apparatus including; a display layer; an optically transparent glass substrate layer deposited on the display layer; and an antenna layer deposited on the glass substrate layer, the antenna layer having multiple antennas that are spatially-arrayed, adaptively phased antennas, and comprised of an optically transparent conductor, wherein a design of the antenna layer is dependent on an impedance of the optically transparent conductor and comprises a one-to-one antenna density versus a printed circuit board (PCB) within a margin of error; and a wireless power control system operatively coupled to the multiple antennas, wherein the control system is configured to independently control phases of the multiple antennas in a wireless power delivery environment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system having integrated wireless power facilities, the system comprising:
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a base apparatus; multiple adaptively phased antennas deposited onto a surface of the base apparatus, wherein the multiple antennas are comprised of an optically transparent conductor, and a design of the multiple antennas is dependent on an impedance of the optically transparent conductor, and wherein the design comprises a one-to-one antenna density versus a printed circuit board (PCB) within a margin of error; control circuitry operatively coupled to the multiple antennas, the control circuitry configured to independently control phases of the multiple adaptively phased antennas for delivering wireless power to client devices in a wireless power delivery environment; wherein the base apparatus is configured to perform a primary non-wireless power related function. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of forming a phased antenna array on an existing base apparatus, the method comprising:
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providing the base apparatus, wherein the base apparatus is configured to perform a primary non-wireless power related function; depositing, onto a surface of the base apparatus, an antenna layer comprising multiple antenna elements consisting of at least one transparent conductor, wherein the antenna layer comprises the phased antenna array, wherein a design of the antenna layer is dependent on an impedance of the transparent conductor, and wherein the design comprises a one-to-one antenna density versus a printed circuit board (PCB) within a margin of error; and depositing a transparent protective layer onto the antenna layer; wherein the phased antenna array integrates wireless power facilities onto a base apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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