Wireless energy transfer for computer peripheral applications
View Patent ↗Described herein are improved configurations for wireless power transfer for computer peripherals, including a source magnetic resonator, integrated into a source station and connected to a power source and power and control circuitry; a device magnetic resonator, integrated into a computer peripheral; wherein power is transferred non-radiatively from the source magnetic resonator to the device magnetic resonator, and where the quality factors of the source and device resonators, Q s and Q d , satisfy the relationship, √{square root over (Q s Q d )}>100.
1. A wireless power transfer system for computer peripherals, comprising:
a source magnetic resonator, integrated into a source station and connected to a power source and power and control circuitry;
a device magnetic resonator, integrated into a computer peripheral;
at least one additional device magnetic resonator, integrated into at least one additional computer peripheral;
at least one additional source magnetic resonator integrated into the source station and connected to the power and control circuitry;
wherein power is transferred non-radiatively from the source magnetic resonator to the device magnetic resonator, and the quality factors of the source and device resonators, Q s and Q d , satisfy the relationship, √{square root over (Q s Q d )}>100.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one computer peripheral is powered directly by the energy transferred to its device magnetic resonator.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one computer peripheral includes at least one rechargeable battery that is charged by the wireless power transfer system.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one computer peripheral includes at least one energy storage unit that is energized by the wireless power transfer system.
5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the said power transfer is configured to be active when the computer peripherals are not in use.
6. The system of claim 4 , wherein the said power transfer is configured to be active when the source station computer is inactive.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one computer peripheral includes at least one super capacitor that is charged by the wireless power transfer system.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the said magnetic resonators is a planar resonator comprising at least one electrical conductor wrapped around a core of magnetic material.
9. The system of clam 1 , further comprising at least one passive magnetic resonator used to enhance the power transfer of the system.
10. The system of claim 1 , further comprising at least one passive magnetic resonator used to extend the distance of power transfer of the system.
11. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the computer peripherals is a computer keyboard.
12. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the computer peripherals is a computer mouse.
13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the source station is an all-in-one computer.
14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the power source of the source power and control circuitry is powered from the USB port of the computer.
15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the power source of the source power and control circuitry is powered from an internal connection in the computer.
16. The system of claim 13 , further comprising a wireless data communication link between the source and the computer peripherals, wherein power status and control information is transmitted through the said communication link.
17. The system of claim 13 , further comprising a means for wireless configuration and monitoring of power levels and active times on the computer.
18. The system of claim 13 , wherein the power and control circuitry is integrated into the said computer.
19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the said source resonators are attached to the bottom portion of the computer monitor.
20. The system of claim 1 , wherein the source station is a computer monitor.