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US 12,241,923 · App. 17/511,464 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Electrically small self-resonant electro-quasistatic exciter and detector with canceled magnetic field

Inventors: Darmindra D. Arumugam (Pasadena, CA); Jack D. Bush (Pasadena, CA)
Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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Patent No.
US 12,241,923
App. No.
17/511,464
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrically small electroquasistatic antenna having a structure that reduces radiated magnetic fields and maintains suitable radiated electrical fields. The electroquasistatic antenna is a dipole antenna that is electrically short, which presents as a capacitor for use as an electroquasistatic antenna, with one or multiple counterposed inductive elements to resonate the antenna and provide high efficiency while simultaneously canceling the external magnetic fields. The electroquasistatic antenna may be configured for operation as an electroquasistatic exciter or electroquasistatic detector.

Claims (42)

1. A method for electroquasistatic excitation comprising:

generating electrical energy from a radio-frequency generator;

electrically coupling the electrical energy to a plurality of inductive elements, whereby the plurality of inductive elements generate a radiated magnetic field and a radiated electric field, the plurality of inductive elements comprising a first helix of conductive elements wound around a first arm of an antenna and a second helix of conductive elements wound around a second arm of the antenna, the first arm being opposite the second arm, the first helix being wound in a direction opposite a winding of the second helix; and

configuring the plurality of inductive elements to reduce the radiated magnetic field by driving the first arm differentially from the second arm by a differential center feed between the first arm and the second arm;

wherein electrically coupling the electrical energy to the plurality of inductive elements comprises:

coupling the electrical energy to a first plurality of inductive elements, whereby the first plurality of inductive elements generate a first magnetic dipole moment and a first electric dipole moment;

coupling the electrical energy to a second plurality of inductive elements, whereby the second plurality of inductive elements generate a second magnetic dipole moment and a second electric dipole moment; and

wherein configuring the plurality of inductive elements comprises:

configuring the first plurality of inductive elements and the second plurality of inductive elements to reduce a magnetic field resulting from a combination of the first magnetic dipole moment and the second magnetic dipole moment.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of inductive elements comprises a first helix of conductive material; and wherein the second plurality of inductive elements comprises a second helix of conductive material; and wherein

configuring the first plurality of inductive elements and the second plurality of inductive elements comprises:

winding the conductive material of the first helix in a first direction;

winding the conductive material of the second helix in a second direction opposite the first direction; and

disposing the first helix and the second helix around a common center axis;

and wherein electrically exciting the first helix and the second helix further comprises:

coupling electrical energy having a first phase to a first end of the first helix; and

coupling electrical energy having a second phase to a first end of the second helix, wherein the second phase has a phase 180 degrees different than the first phase, and

wherein the first end of the first helix and the first end of the second helix are positioned next to each other.

3. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising disposing the first helix and the second helix around a common magnetic core.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the first helix and the second helix each comprise windings of conductive material having a winding count and a winding spacing and the common magnetic core has a diameter and wherein the method further comprises:

selecting lengths of the conductive material for a selected frequency of operation;

selecting a diameter for the common magnetic core for the selected frequency of operation;

selecting the winding count for the selected frequency of operation; and

selecting the winding spacing for the selected frequency of operation.

5. A method of electroquasistatic detection comprising:

electrically coupling electrical energy from a plurality of inductive elements to a radio frequency detector, whereby the plurality of inductive elements are configured to receive an electromagnetic field having a received magnetic field and a received electric field, the plurality of inductive elements comprise a first helix of conductive elements wound around a first arm of an antenna and a second helix of conductive elements wound around a second arm of the antenna, the first helix being wound in a direction opposite a winding of the second helix and the first arm being opposite the second arm; and

configuring the plurality of inductive elements to reduce the received magnetic field by driving the first arm differentially from the second arm by a differential center feed between the first arm and the second arm;

and generating or detecting an electric dipole moment on the radio frequency detector;

wherein electrically coupling electrical energy from the plurality of inductive elements to the radio frequency detector comprises:

coupling electrical energy from a first plurality of inductive elements, whereby the first plurality of inductive elements receive the electromagnetic field having a first magnetic moment component and a first electric moment component;

coupling electrical energy from a second plurality of inductive elements; whereby the second plurality of inductive elements receive the electromagnetic field having a second magnetic moment component and a second electric moment component; and

wherein configuring the plurality of inductive elements to reduce the received magnetic field comprises:

configuring the first plurality of inductive elements and the second plurality of inductive elements to reduce a received magnetic moment resulting from a combination of the first magnetic moment component and the second magnetic moment component.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the first plurality of inductive elements comprises a first helix of conductive material, wherein the conductive material of the first helix is wound in a first direction; and wherein the second plurality of inductive elements comprises a second helix of conductive material, and wherein configuring the first plurality of inductive elements and the second plurality of inductive elements to reduce the received magnetic moment comprises winding the conductive material of the second helix in a second direction opposite the first direction; and the method further comprises:

disposing the first helix and the second helix around a common center axis; and wherein coupling electrical energy from the first plurality of inductive elements comprises coupling electrical energy from a first end of the first helix to a first side of a differential input to a radio-frequency detection element; and wherein coupling electrical energy from the second plurality of inductive elements comprises coupling electrical energy from a first end of the second helix to a second side of the differential input to the radio-frequency detection element; and wherein the first end of the first helix and the first end of the second helix are positioned next to each other.

7. The method according to claim 6 further comprising magnetically loading the first helix and the second helix.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein magnetically loading the first helix and the second helix comprises disposing the first helix and the second helix around a common magnetic core.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the first helix and the second helix comprise windings of conductive material having a winding count and a winding spacing, and wherein the method further comprises:

selecting lengths for the conductive material of the first helix and the second helix for a selected frequency of operation;

selecting a diameter for the common magnetic core for the selected frequency of operation;

selecting the winding count for the selected frequency of operation; and

selecting the winding spacing for the selected frequency of operation.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2021
From: ARUMUGAM, DARMINDRA D.; BUSH, JACK D.
To: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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Continuity (4)
Continuation PCTUS2020031939 · May 7, 2020
Provisional Application 62914017 · Oct 11, 2019
Provisional Application 62846451 · May 10, 2019
Related Publication 20220052457A1 · Feb 17, 2022
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