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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2016
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Talha Ahmed Khan, Austin, TX (US);
Ali Yazdan Panah, San Francisco, CA (US);
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses, methods, and systems for jointly selecting a plurality of antennas and a transmission power level, for transmitting a wireless energy transfer (WET) signal from a base station to a device are disclosed. One apparatus includes a base station, wherein the base station includes a plurality of N antennas configured to transmit and receive electromagnetic signals, and a controller connected to the plurality of N antennas through a plurality of RF (radio frequency) chains. The controller is configured to jointly select a plurality of M of the plurality of N antennas and a transmission power level, for transmitting a wireless energy transfer (WET) signal from the base station to a device based on an activation threshold of the device and a saturation level of the device.