- Patent Title: Non-Gaussian beamforming for wireless power transfer optimization
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Application No.: US16846973Application Date: 2020-04-13
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Publication No.: US11183887B2Publication Date: 2021-11-23
- Inventor: Daniel Arnitz , Jeffrey A. Bowers , Joseph A. Hagerty , Russell J. Hannigan , Guy S. Lipworth , David R. Nash , Matthew S. Reynolds , Clarence T. Tegreene , Yaroslav A. Urzhumov
- Applicant: Searete LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Bellevue
- Assignee: Searete LLC
- Current Assignee: Searete LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Bellevue
- Agency: Phillips Winchester
- Agent Justin K. Flanagan
- Main IPC: H02J50/70
- IPC: H02J50/70 ; H02J50/23 ; H04W52/28 ; H02J50/27 ; H02J50/90 ; H02J50/80 ; H01Q3/24 ; B64C39/02 ; H01Q1/24 ; H01Q1/28 ; H01Q15/00 ; H01Q5/335

Abstract:
System and methods are described herein for providing wireless power to a target device, such as a laptop computer, a mobile phone, a vehicle, robot, or an unmanned aerial vehicle or system (UAV) or (UAS). A tunable multi-element transmitter may transmit electromagnetic radiation (EMR) to the target device using any of a wide variety of frequency bands. A location determination subsystem and/or range determination subsystem may determine a relative location, orientation, and/or rotation of the target device. For a target device within a distance range for which a smallest achievable waist of the Gaussian beam of the EMR at an operational frequency is smaller than the multi-element EMR receiver of the target device, a non-Gaussian beamform may be determined to increase efficiency, decrease overheating, reduce spillover, increase total power output of rectenna receivers on the target device, or achieve another target power delivery goal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200313466A1 NON-GAUSSIAN BEAMFORMING FOR WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER OPTIMIZATION Public/Granted day:2020-10-01
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