| US 7,567,824 B2 | ||
| Recharging method and apparatus | ||
| Marlin H. Mickle, Pittsburgh, Pa. (US); Christopher C. Capelli, Houston, Tex. (US); Harold Swift, Gibsonia, Pa. (US); Leonid Matts, Pittsburgh, Pa. (US); Minhong Mi, Pittsburgh, Pa. (US); and Charles E. Greene, Pittsburgh, Pa. (US) | ||
| Assigned to University of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, Pa. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 03, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/265,832. | ||
| Application 11/265832 is a division of application No. 11/021978, filed on Dec. 23, 2004. | ||
| Application 11/021978 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/459051, filed on Jun. 11, 2003. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/411825, filed on Sep. 18, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0063568 A1, Mar. 23, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04B 1/38 (2006.01); H04B 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 455—573 [455/343.1; 320/101; 343/701] | 28 Claims |
| 1. A method of energizing a power storage device, comprising:
providing a base station and a remote station having said power storage device,
transmitting from said base station in space to said remote station energy employing ultra-wide band frequency,
employing on said remote station at least one antenna for receiving said ultra-wide band frequency transmitted energy to energize
power storage devices on said remote station, wherein said at least one antenna has an effective antenna area greater than
its physical area,
employing an LC tank circuit in said at least one antenna to establish said effective area of said at least one antenna greater
than said physical area, said LC tank circuit being formed by providing said at least one antenna with specific electrode
and interlectode dimensions and depositing said at least one antenna on a substrate having a specific capacitance,
converting said ultra-wide band frequency transmitted energy on said remote station into DC power, and
delivering said DC power to said power storage device.
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