Method for designing magnetic field emissions structures
An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties correspond to a desired spatial force function where spatial forces between field emission structures correspond to relative alignment, separation distance, and the spatial force function.
1. A magnetic field emission system, comprising:
a first magnetic field structure having a number of first magnetic field emission sources, said number of first magnetic field emission sources having corresponding polarities and positions in accordance with a desired spatial force function, said desired spatial force function having a desired peak attractive spatial force; and
a second magnetic field structure having a number of second magnetic field emission sources, said number of second magnetic field emission sources having corresponding polarities and positions in accordance with said desired spatial force function, said number of first magnetic field emission sources and said number of second magnetic field emission sources producing said desired peak attractive spatial force at a desired engagement distance at which said first magnetic field emission structure will engage with said second magnetic field emission structure when substantially aligned, said number of first magnetic field emission sources and said number of second magnetic field emission sources having at least one magnetic field emission source strength and at least one magnetic field emission source size selected based upon said desired engagement distance and said desired peak attractive spatial force, said spatial force function being in accordance with a code, said code corresponding to a code modulo of said first magnetic field emission sources and a complementary code modulo of said second magnetic field emission sources, said code defining a peak spatial force corresponding to substantial alignment of said code modulo of said first magnetic field emission sources with said complementary code modulo of said second magnetic field emission sources, said code also defining a plurality of off peak spatial forces corresponding to a plurality of different misalignments of said code modulo of said first magnetic field emission sources, and said complementary code modulo of said second magnetic field emission sources, said plurality of off peak spatial forces having a largest off peak spatial force, said largest off peak spatial force being less than half of said peak spatial force.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein said number of first magnetic field emission sources, said number of second magnetic field emission sources, said at least one magnetic field emission source size, and said at least one magnetic field emission source strength correspond to a desired magnetic strength per unit area attribute.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein said number of first magnetic field emission sources and said at least one magnetic field emission source size correspond to an area.
4. The system of claim 3 , wherein said area and said corresponding polarities and positions of said number of first magnetic field emission sources correspond to a desired magnetic spatial frequency.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein said code comprises at least one of a Barker code, a Gold code, a Kasami sequence, a hyperbolic congruential code, a quadratic congruential code, a linear congruential code, a Welch-Costas array code, a Golumb-Costas array code, a pseudorandom code, a chaotic code, an Optimal Golomb Ruler code, a deterministic code, or a designed code.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of said number of first magnetic field emission structures comprises one of a permanent magnet, an electromagnet, an electret, a magnetized ferromagnetic material, a portion of a magnetized ferromagnetic material, a magnetized antiferromagnetic material, a portion of a magnetized antiferromagnetic material, a soft magnetic material, or a superconductive magnetic material.
7. A magnetic field emission system, comprising
a first field emission structure; and
a second field emission structure, said first field emission structure and said second field emission structure being in accordance with a desired peak attractive spatial force of a desired spatial force function, said first field emission structure and said second field emission structure having a desired engagement distance at which said first magnetic field emission structure and said second magnetic field structure will engage when substantially aligned, said desired engagement distance corresponding to at least one magnetic field emission strength of a number of first magnetic field emission sources and a number of second magnetic field emission sources, said number of first magnetic field emission sources and said number of second magnetic field sources corresponding to at least one magnetic field emission source size, said number of first magnetic field emission structures and said number of second magnetic field emission sources being selected based upon said desired peak attractive spatial force, said at least one magnetic field emission source strength, and said at least one magnetic field emission source size, said number of first magnetic field emission sources and said number of second magnetic field emission sources having corresponding polarities and positions in accordance with said desired spatial force function, said spatial force function being in accordance with a code, said code corresponding to a code modulo of said first magnetic field emission sources and a complementary code modulo of said second magnetic field emission sources, said code defining a peak spatial force corresponding to substantial alignment of said code modulo of said first magnetic field emission sources with said complementary code modulo of said second magnetic field emission sources, said code also defining a plurality of off peak spatial forces corresponding to a plurality of different misalignments of said code modulo of said first magnetic field emission sources and said complementary code modulo of said second magnetic field emission sources, said plurality of off peak spatial forces having a largest off peak spatial force, said largest off peak spatial force being less than half of said peak spatial force.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein said number of first magnetic field emission sources, said number of second magnetic field emission sources, said at least one magnetic field emission source size, and said at least one magnetic field emission source strength correspond to a desired magnetic strength per unit area attribute.
9. The system of claim 7 , wherein said number of first magnetic field emission sources and said at least one magnetic field emission source size correspond to an area.
10. The system of claim 9 , wherein said area and said corresponding polarities and positions of said number of first magnetic field emission sources correspond to a desired magnetic spatial frequency.
11. The system of claim 7 , wherein said code comprises at least one of a Barker code, a Gold code, a Kasami sequence, a hyperbolic congruential code, a quadratic congruential code, a linear congruential code, a Welch-Costas array code, a Golumb-Costas array code, a pseudorandom code, a chaotic code, an Optimal Golomb Ruler code, a deterministic code, or a designed code.
12. The system of claim 7 , wherein at least one of said number of first magnetic field emission structures comprises one of a permanent magnet, an electromagnet, an electret, a magnetized ferromagnetic material, a portion of a magnetized ferromagnetic material, a magnetized antiferromagnetic material, a portion of a magnetized antiferromagnetic material, a soft magnetic material, or a superconductive magnetic material.
13. A magnetic field emission system, comprising: a first magnetic field emission structure having a desired peak attractive spatial force in accordance with a desired spatial force function; and a second magnetic field structure that is complementary to said first magnetic field emission structure, said first magnetic field emission structure and said second magnetic field emission structure having a desired engagement distance, each of said first magnetic field emission structure and said second magnetic field emission structure having a number of magnetic field emission sources having at least one magnetic field emission source size, at least one magnetic field emission source strength corresponding to said desired engagement distance, and corresponding polarities and positions corresponding to said desired spatial force function, said spatial force function being in accordance with a code, said code corresponding to a code modulo of said first magnetic field emission sources and a complementary code modulo of said second magnetic field emission sources, said code defining a peak spatial force corresponding to substantial alignment of said code modulo of said first magnetic field emission sources with said complementary code modulo of said second magnetic field emission sources, said code also defining a plurality of off peak spatial forces corresponding to a plurality of different misalignments of said code modulo of said first magnetic field emission sources and said complementary code modulo of said second magnetic field emission sources, said plurality of off peak spatial forces having a largest off peak spatial force, said largest off peak spatial force being less than half of said peak spatial force.
14. The system of claim 13 , wherein said number of magnetic field emission sources, said at least one magnetic field emission source size, and said at least one magnetic field emission source strength correspond to a desired magnetic strength per unit area attribute.
15. The system of claim 13 , wherein said number of magnetic field emission sources and said at least one magnetic field emission source size correspond to an area.
16. The system of claim 15 , wherein said area and said corresponding polarities and positions of said number of magnetic field emission sources correspond to a desired magnetic spatial frequency.
17. The system of claim 13 , wherein said code comprises at least one of a Barker code, a Gold code, a Kasami sequence, a hyperbolic congruential code, a quadratic congruential code, a linear congruential code, a Welch-Costas array code, a Golumb-Costas array code, a pseudorandom code, a chaotic code, an Optimal Golomb Ruler code, a deterministic code, or a designed code.
18. The system of claim 13 , wherein at least one of said number of magnetic field emission structures comprises one of a permanent magnet, an electromagnet, an electret, a magnetized ferromagnetic material, a portion of a magnetized ferromagnetic material, a magnetized antiferromagnetic material, a portion of a magnetized antiferromagnetic material, a soft magnetic material, or a superconductive magnetic material.