Parametric Power Multiplication
In various embodiments, power multipliers and associated methods are provided that employ parametric excitation. In one embodiment, a ring power multiplier is provided that has a ring. A parametric reactance is associated with the ring that negates at least a portion of a physical resistance of the ring.
1 . A power multiplication apparatus, comprising:
a ring power multiplier having a ring; and
a parametric reactance that negates at least a portion of a physical resistance of the ring.
2 . The power multiplication apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the parametric reactance comprises a parametric inductance.
3 . The power multiplication apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the parametric inductance is non-linear.
4 . The power multiplication apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the parametric inductance comprises a magnetic amplifier.
5 . The power multiplication apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the parametric reactance comprises a parametric capacitance.
6 . The power multiplication apparatus of claim 5 , wherein parametric capacitance is non-linear.
7 . The power multiplication apparatus of claim 5 , wherein parametric capacitance comprises a dielectric amplifier.
8 . The power multiplication apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the ring comprises a distributed element.
9 . The power multiplication apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the parametric reactance comprises a parametric reactance-per-unit-length.
10 . The power multiplication apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the ring comprises a power multiplying network having a multiply-connected, velocity inhibiting circuit constructed from a plurality of lumped-elements.
11 . The power multiplication apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the parametric reactance comprises a parametric lumped-element reactance.
12 . The power multiplication apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the ring power multiplier further comprises:
a launching network; and
a directional coupler coupling the launching network to the power multiplying network.
13 . The power multiplication apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising a diverter coupled to the power multiplying network.
14 . A method for power multiplication, comprising:
coupling AC power into a ring of a ring power multiplier; and
negating at least a portion of a physical resistance of the ring by driving a parametric reactance associated with the ring.
15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein driving the parametric reactance associated with the ring comprises driving a parametric inductance.
16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein driving the parametric inductance comprises driving a non-linear parametric inductance.
17 . The method of claim 15 , wherein driving the parametric inductance comprises driving a magnetic amplifier.
18 . The method of claim 14 , wherein driving the parametric reactance associated with the ring comprises driving a parametric capacitance.
19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein driving the parametric capacitance comprises driving a non-linear parametric capacitance.
20 . The method of claim 18 , wherein driving the parametric capacitance comprises driving a dielectric amplifier.
21 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising inhibiting a velocity of the AC power in the ring using a distributed element.
22 . The method of claim 21 , wherein driving the parametric reactance associated with the ring comprises driving a parametric reactance-per-unit-length.
23 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising inhibiting a velocity of the AC power in the ring using a power multiplying network having a multiply-connected circuit constructed from a plurality of lumped-elements.
24 . The method of claim 23 , wherein driving the parametric reactance associated with the ring comprises driving a parametric lumped-element reactance.
25 . The method of claim 23 , further comprising:
launching the AC power into a launching network; and
coupling the AC power from the launching network into the power multiplying network using a directional coupler.
26 . The method of claim 23 , further comprising diverting the AC power out of the ring to a load.