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US 10,411,520 · App. 15/688,049 · Granted Sep 10, 2019

System and method for wireless energy transfer with non-sinusoidal waves

Inventors: Alfred W. Hubler (Urbana, IL); Thomas Kirsh (Urbana, IL); Juehang Qin (Lafayette, IN)
Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
H02J50/27H02J50/12H02J50/40H04B5/0031H04B5/0037
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Patent No.
US 10,411,520
App. No.
15/688,049
Granted
Sep 10, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a communication and power transfer system, the system comprising a transmitter capable of emitting a signal (e.g. microwaves) and comprising a means for modulating the frequency of a signal to a frequency modulated signal, and a receiver, the receiver synchronized to be in resonance with the frequency modulated signal so as to be able to receive signal. Methods for using carrier wave for communication and power transfer are also provided. The present disclosure provides a secure communication and power transfer systems utilizing frequency modulated microwaves that are minimally absorbed by organic matter and can move through aqueous media.

Claims (40)

1. A communication system, comprising:

a transmitter, the transmitter configured to emit a signal;

a means for modulating a frequency of the signal to form a frequency modulated signal; and

a receiver, wherein the receiver is synchronized to be in resonance with the frequency modulated signal to receive the frequency modulated signal;

wherein the receiver comprises a non-linear antenna; and

wherein the non-linear antenna is selected from a time dependent resonance frequency, a quantum system with short lived intermediate states, a self-sustained nonlinear electric oscillator, and a quantum system in a rapidly changing external field.

2. The communication system of claim 1 , wherein the signal comprises a periodic signal.

3. The communication system of claim 1 , wherein the frequency modulated signal is modulated to a non-linear signal.

4. The communication system of claim 1 , wherein the receiver is synchronized to be in resonance with the frequency modulated signal to receive the signal.

5. The communication system of claim 1 , wherein the signal comprises electromagnetic radiation.

6. The communication system of claim 1 , wherein the signal comprises microwaves.

7. The communication system of claim 1 , wherein the frequency modulated signal is modulated by rapidly changing frequency control voltage of self-sustained, non-linear electric oscillator with adjustable inductance or adjustable capacitance.

8. The communication system of claim 1 , wherein the transmitter is selected from a magnetron, a Gunn oscillator; a quantum system with short lived intermediate states, a self-sustained nonlinear electric oscillator, a quantum system in a rapidly changing external field, and an electromagnetic wave emitter driven by amplified output of a function generator.

9. A communication system, comprising:

a transmitter, the transmitter configured to emit a signal;

a means for modulating a frequency of the signal to form a frequency modulated signal;

a receiver, wherein the receiver is synchronized to be in resonance with the frequency modulated signal to receive the frequency modulated signal; and

wherein the frequency modulated signal moves through dense media with non-harmful absorption.

10. A communication system, comprising

a transmitter, the transmitter configured to emit a signal;

a means for modulating a frequency of the signal to form a frequency modulated signal;

a receiver, wherein the receiver is synchronized to be in resonance with the frequency modulated signal to receive the frequency modulated signal; and

wherein the frequency modulated signal is non-harmfully absorbed by organic matter.

11. A communication system, comprising:

a transmitter, the transmitter configured to emit a signal;

a means for modulating a frequency of the signal to form a frequency modulated signal;

a receiver, wherein the receiver is synchronized to be in resonance with the frequency modulated signal to receive the frequency modulated signal, and

wherein the frequency modulated signal resists jamming.

12. A communication system, comprising:

a transmitter, the transmitter configured to emit a signal;

a means for modulating a frequency of the signal to form a frequency modulated signal; and

a receiver, wherein the receiver is synchronized to be in resonance with the frequency modulated signal to receive the frequency modulated signal; and

wherein the frequency modulated signal is modulated so that a significant fraction energy of the frequency modulated signal self-directs from the transmitter to the receiver.

13. The communication system of claim 1 further comprising:

a transmitter configured to emit a signal; and

means for modulating a frequency of the signal to form a frequency modulated signal.

14. The communication system of claim 13 , wherein the frequency modulated signal comprises electromagnetic radiation.

15. The communication system of claim 13 , wherein the frequency modulated signal comprises microwaves.

16. The communication system of claim 13 , wherein a rate of modulating the frequency depends on an amount of power of the received frequency modulated signal received by the receiver.

17. The communication system of claim 13 , wherein an energy of an electromagnetic wave of the frequency modulated signal is self-directed from the transmitter to the receiver.

Continuity (2)
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