Recharging method and apparatus
    1.
    发明授权
    Recharging method and apparatus 有权
    充电方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07373133B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-05-13

    申请号:US10459051

    申请日:2003-06-11

    IPC分类号: H04B1/16 H04B1/38 H04M1/00

    CPC分类号: G06K7/0008 H04M19/08

    摘要: The present invention provides apparatus and an associated method for remotely energizing power storage devices. Energization may preferably be effected through the use of RF energy from a base station, ambient energy or ultra-wide band energy. The remote station preferably has at least one antenna having an effective area greater than its physical area. The system may have an antenna and associated circuitry provided on an electronic chip such as a monolithic chip or on a printed circuit with a suitable substrate.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了用于远程激励蓄电装置的装置和相关方法。 优选地,可以通过使用来自基站的RF能量,环境能量或超宽带能量来实现通电。 远程站优选地具有至少一个具有大于其物理区域的有效面积的天线。 该系统可以具有设置在诸如单片芯片的电子芯片上的天线和相关电路,或者具有合适的基板的印刷电路上。

    RFID radio frequency identification or property monitoring method and associated apparatus
    6.
    发明授权
    RFID radio frequency identification or property monitoring method and associated apparatus 有权
    RFID射频识别或属性监控方法及相关设备

    公开(公告)号:US07283053B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-10-16

    申请号:US10731789

    申请日:2003-12-09

    IPC分类号: G08B13/14

    摘要: A method of identifying an article of interest includes providing one of a plurality of RF antennas each having a non-linear element which may be a rectifying diode and being resident at a different frequency on the article of interest. One RF antenna is interrogated with RF energy of a first frequency and converts the interrogated RF energy into a reflected energy of a different frequency. The reflected energy is sensed and on the basis of the different frequency determining if a specific antenna is present. The non-linear element may be a diode and is preferably a variable non-linear element. In another embodiment, the reflected RF energy is responsive to a change in ambient physical conditions such as pressure or temperature. Corresponding apparatus is provided.

    摘要翻译: 识别感兴趣物品的方法包括提供每个具有非线性元件的多个RF天线中的一个,其可以是整流二极管并且以不同频率驻留在感兴趣的物品上。 一个RF天线被询问具有第一频率的RF能量,并将询问的RF能量转换成不同频率的反射能量。 感测反射的能量,并且基于确定是否存在特定天线的不同频率的基础。 非线性元件可以是二极管,并且优选地是可变非线性元件。 在另一个实施例中,反射的RF能量响应于诸如压力或温度的环境物理条件的变化。 提供相应的设备。

    Energy harvesting circuits and associated methods
    7.
    发明授权
    Energy harvesting circuits and associated methods 有权
    能量收集电路及相关方法

    公开(公告)号:US06856291B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-02-15

    申请号:US10624051

    申请日:2003-07-21

    CPC分类号: H01Q1/2225 H01Q1/22 H01Q1/248

    摘要: An inherently tuned antenna has a circuit for harvesting energy transmitted in space and includes portions that are structured to provide regenerative feedback into the antenna to produce an inherently tuned antenna which has an effective area substantially greater than its physical area. The inherently tuned antenna includes inherent distributive inductive, inherent distributive capacitive and inherent distributive resistive elements which cause the antenna to resonate responsive to receipt of energy at a particular frequency and to provide feedback to regenerate the antenna. The circuit may be provided on an integrated circuit chip. An associated method is provided.

    摘要翻译: 固有调谐的天线具有用于收集在空间中传输的能量的电路,并且包括被构造为向天线提供再生反馈以产生固有调谐天线的部分,天线的有效面积显着大于其物理面积。 固有调谐天线包括固有的分布式电感性,固有的分布式电容性和固有的分布式电阻元件,其使得天线响应于在特定频率处的能量的接收而谐振并提供反馈以再生天线。 电路可以设置在集成电路芯片上。 提供了一种相关联的方法。

    Recharging method and associated apparatus
    8.
    发明授权
    Recharging method and associated apparatus 有权
    充电方法及相关设备

    公开(公告)号:US07383064B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-06-03

    申请号:US11266139

    申请日:2005-11-03

    IPC分类号: H04B1/38 H04B1/00

    CPC分类号: H02J50/20 H02J7/025 H02J17/00

    摘要: The present invention provides apparatus and an associated method for remotely energizing power storage devices. Energization may preferably be effected through the use of RF energy within frequencies of the wireless fidelity standards. The remote station preferably has at least one antenna having an effective area greater than its physical area. The invention may advantageously be used on wireless fidelity products which are energized by the power storage device.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了用于远程激励蓄电装置的装置和相关方法。 可以优选地通过在无线保真度标准的频率内使用RF能量来实现通电。 远程站优选地具有至少一个具有大于其物理区域的有效面积的天线。 本发明可有利地用于由蓄电装置通电的无线保真产品上。

    Energy harvesting circuit
    9.
    发明授权
    Energy harvesting circuit 有权
    能量收集电路

    公开(公告)号:US07084605B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-08-01

    申请号:US10967833

    申请日:2004-10-18

    IPC分类号: H01M10/44 H01Q1/26

    摘要: A station having a means for receipt of ambient energy from the environment and energizing power storage devices of objects of interest comprising one or more antennae and circuitry for converting said ambient energy into DC power for energizing said power storage devices. The circuitry for converting the ambient energy into DC power may include a rectifier/charge pump. The antenna of the station is tuned to maximize DC energy at the output of the rectifier/charge pump. The station can be used to energize power storage devices including capacitors and batteries that are used in electronic devices, such as cell phones, cameras, PDAs. Various antenna constructions may be employed.

    摘要翻译: 一种具有用于从环境接收环境能量并且激励感兴趣的物体的电力存储装置的装置的站,包括用于将所述环境能量转换成用于激励所述蓄电装置的DC电力的一个或多个天线和电路。 用于将环境能量转换为直流电力的电路可以包括整流器/电荷泵。 电台的天线被调整以使整流器/电荷泵输出端的DC能量最大化。 该电台可用于对诸如手机,相机,PDA之类的电子设备中使用的电容器和电池进行通电。 可以采用各种天线结构。

    Recharging apparatus
    10.
    发明授权
    Recharging apparatus 有权
    充电装置

    公开(公告)号:US08228194B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-07-24

    申请号:US10976751

    申请日:2004-10-28

    IPC分类号: G08B13/14

    摘要: An energy harvesting circuit has an active automatic tuning circuit to search for broadcast frequencies in a band of interest and selecting only those broadcast signals received with sufficient RF strength to be used in energy harvesting. This circuit would provide power storage devices with a circuit that has a means to select the ambient RF that can maximize or enhance the performance of an RFID circuit by increasing the amount of energy for harvesting. This automatic tuning would enable a power storage devices charger circuit to move from location to location without manual tuning of the circuit and increase the effective range of an RFID circuit.

    摘要翻译: 能量采集电路具有有源自动调谐电路,用于搜索感兴趣的频带中的广播频率,并且仅选择接收的具有足够RF强度的广播信号以用于能量采集。 该电路将为电力存储设备提供电路,该电路具有选择可以通过增加收集能量的量来最大化或增强RFID电路的性能来选择环境RF的手段。 这种自动调谐将使蓄电装置充电器电路从位置移动到位置,而无需手动调谐电路并增加RFID电路的有效范围。