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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2025
The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research, Valencia, CA (US);
Glen A. Griffith, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Ricardo M. Matias, Castaic, CA (US);
Leslie Farkas, Ventura, CA (US);
THE ALFRED E. MANN FOUNDATION FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, Valencia, CA (US);
Abstract
An inductive wireless power transfer and communication system includes an electrostatic shield for one of the coils. The electrostatic shield is inductively coupled with the coil and is configured as an open circuit. A signal processing element or elements, especially a modulator or a demodulator, are connected across the electrical discontinuity in the electrostatic shield. Because the electrostatic shield is inductively coupled to the coil, the modulator or demodulator can operate on the signal on the coil. An electronically controlled variable inductor is connected across the electrical discontinuity in the electrostatic shield. Because the electrostatic shield is inductively coupled to the coil, the variable inductor can tune the impedance of the system.