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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
May. 05, 2020
Hrl Laboratories, Llc, Malibu, CA (US);
Carson R. White, Agoura Hills, CA (US);
Walter S. Wall, Calabasas, CA (US);
Christopher P. Henry, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Christopher S. Roper, Santa Monica, CA (US);
James H. Schaffner, Chatsworth, CA (US);
Ignacio Ramos, Santa Monica, CA (US);
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC, Malibu, CA (US);
Abstract
An energy conversion device disposed in series with an RF driver circuit and an RF antenna, the energy conversion device being arranged to convert a portion of available RF power from the RF driver circuit into a different form of energy (direct current, thermal, or higher frequency electromagnetic waves such as light) which is converted, if needed, to DC and stored in an energy storage device coupled with the RF driver circuit for supplying recycled electrical energy thereto. The RF antenna may be an electrically small antenna and thus a antenna matching network may be provided between the RF driver circuit and the RF antenna. The energy conversion device may comprise, for example, (i) a transformer in combination with a rectifying circuit, (ii) a full wave rectifier, (iii) a half wave rectifier, (iv) a heat and/or light producing device, an energy converter (such as a generator) or a combination of the foregoing.