RF receiver

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11616520-B2
Application number	US-201615273633-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 22, 2016
Priority date	Nov 9, 2012
Publication date	Mar 28, 2023
Grant date	Mar 28, 2023

Abstract

A device includes, in part, an antenna adapted to receive an RF signal that includes modulated data, a splitter/coupler adapted to split the received RF signal, a receiver adapted to demodulate the data from a first portion of the RF signal, and a power recovery unit adapted to convert to a DC power a second portion of the RF signal. The splitter/coupler is optionally adjustable to split the RF signal in accordance with a value that may be representative of a number of factors, such as the target data rate, the DC power requirement of the device, and the like. The device optionally includes a switch and/or a power combiner adapted to deliver all the received RF power to the receiver depending on any number of operation conditions of the device or the device's distance from an RF transmitting device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device configured to be charged by a radio frequency (RF) lens, the device comprising: an antenna adapted to receive an RF signal comprising modulated data; a controller; an adjustable splitter/coupler adapted to split the received RF signal into first and second portions in accordance with a value said adjustable splitter/coupler receives from the controller, wherein said value is defined by a data rate of the received RF signal; a receiver adapted to demodulate the data from the first portion of the RF signal; and a power recovery unit adapted to convert the second portion of the RF signal to a DC power to power the device.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein said device is a mobile device.

3. The device of claim 1 further comprising: a voltage regulator configured to regulate the DC power.

4. A device configured to be charged by a radio frequency (RF) lens, the device comprising: an antenna adapted to receive an RF signal comprising modulated data; a controller; an adjustable splitter/coupler adapted to split the received RF signal into first and second portions in accordance with a value said adjustable splitter/coupler receives from the controller, wherein said value is defined by a DC power requirement of the device; a receiver adapted to demodulate the data from the first portion of the RF signal; and a power recovery unit adapted to convert the second portion of the RF signal to a DC power to power the device.

5. A charging by a radio frequency (RF) lens method comprising: receiving an RF signal via an antenna; splitting, via an adjustable splitter, the received RF signal into first and second portions in accordance with a received value, wherein said value is defined by a data rate of the received RF signal; demodulating, via a receiver, the data from the first portion of the RF signal; and converting, via a power recovery unit, the second portion of the RF signal to a DC power.

6. A method of charging by a radio frequency (RF) lens comprising: receiving an RF signal via an antenna; splitting, via an adjustable splitter, the received RF signal into first and second positions in accordance with a received value, wherein said value is defined by a DC power requirement; demodulating, via a receiver, the data from the first portion of the RF signal; converting, via a power recovery unit, the second portion of the RF signal to a DC power.

7. The device of claim 4 wherein said device is a mobile device.

Assignees

• California Inst Of Techn

Inventors

• Hajimiri Seyed Ali
• Bohn Florian
• Abiri Behrooz

Classifications

• H02J50/402

  the two or more transmitting or the two or more receiving devices being integrated in the same unit, e.g. power mats with several coils or antennas with several sub-antennas · CPC title

• H04B1/1607 Primary

  Supply circuits (converters H02M; filters therefor H02M1/14; voltage stabilisers G05F1/46) · CPC title

• H02J50/40

  using two or more transmitting or receiving devices (H02J50/50 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02J50/23 Primary

  characterised by the type of transmitting antennas, e.g. directional array antennas or Yagi antennas · CPC title