# US 2013/0159956 A1 · Wireless energy transfer modeling tool

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- Number: US 2013/0159956 A1
- Document ID: US20130159956A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/668,756
- Filed: 2012-11-05
- Published: 2013-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2011-11-04
- Assignees: WiTricity Corporation
- Inventors: Simon Verghese; Volkan Efe; Morris P. Kesler; Andre B. Kurs; Aristeidis Karalis; Alexander Patrick McCauley; Maria Empar Rollano Hijarrubia
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130159956A1

## CPC

- H02J 50/12: of the resonant type
- G06F 30/00: Computer-aided design [CAD]
- G06F 30/20: Design optimisation, verification or simulation (optimisation, verification or simulation of circuit designs G06F30/30)
- G06F 30/367: Design verification, e.g. using simulation, simulation program with integrated circuit emphasis [SPICE], direct methods or relaxation methods
- G06F 2119/06: Power analysis or power optimisation
- H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

A method includes defining and storing one or more attributes of a source resonator and a device resonator forming a system, defining and storing the interaction between the source resonator and the device resonator, modeling the electromagnetic performance of the system to derive one or more modeled values and utilizing the derived one or more modeled values to design an impedance matching network.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method comprising:
a) defining and storing one or more attributes of a source resonator and a device resonator forming a system;
b) defining and storing the interaction between the source resonator and the device resonator;
c) modeling the electromagnetic performance of the system to derive one or more modeled values; and
d) utilizing the derived one or more modeled values to design an impedance matching network.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein defining the one or more attributes of the source resonator comprises defining at least one source resonator parameter selected from the group consisting of source resonator wire type, source resonator length, source resonator width, source resonator coil winding direction, source resonator coil number of turns and source resonator coil spacing between turns.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein defining the one or more attributes of the source resonator comprises defining the one or more attributes of the source resonator via a user interface.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein defining the one or more attributes of the source resonator comprises receiving alerts indicative of one or more logical or physical incompatibilities between the defined one or more attributes.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein defining the one or more attributes of the source resonator comprises retrieving a previously defined source resonator.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein defining the one or more attributes of the device resonator comprises defining at least one device resonator parameter selected from the group consisting of device resonator wire type, device resonator length, device resonator width, device resonator coil winding direction, device resonator coil number of turns and device resonator coil spacing between turns.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein defining the one or more attributes of the device resonator comprises defining the one or more attributes of the device resonator via a user interface.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein defining the one or more attributes of the device resonator comprises receiving alerts indicative of one or more logical or physical incompatibilities between the defined one or more attributes.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein defining the one or more attributes of the device resonator comprises retrieving a previously defined device resonator.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein defining the interaction between the source resonator and the device resonator comprises defining at least one system parameter selected from the group consisting of a sweep parameter and source/device resonator separation distance.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 further comprising:
e) building a physical system based, at least in part, upon the impedance matching network;
f) measuring at least one attribute of the physical system; and
g) repeating step c wherein the at least one measured attribute of the physical system is utilized to model the electromagnetic performance of the system.

### Claim 12

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing a set of instructions that causes a computer to:
enable the defining of one or more attributes of a source resonator and a device resonator forming a system;
enable the defining of an interaction between the source resonator and the device resonator;
model the electromagnetic performance of the system to derive one or more modeled values; and
utilize the derived one or more modeled values to design an impedance matching network.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The computer-readable medium of claim 12 wherein the defining of the one or more attributes of the source resonator comprises defining at least one source resonator parameter selected from the group consisting of source resonator wire type, source resonator length, source resonator width, source resonator coil winding direction, source resonator coil number of turns and source resonator coil spacing between turns.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

The computer-readable medium of claim 12 wherein the defining of the one or more attributes of the source resonator comprises defining the one or more attributes of the source resonator via a user interface.

### Claim 15 (depends on 12)

The computer-readable medium of claim 12 wherein the defining of the one or more attributes of the source resonator comprises receiving alerts indicative of one or more logical or physical incompatibilities between the defined one or more attributes.

### Claim 16 (depends on 12)

The computer-readable medium of claim 12 wherein the defining of the one or more attributes of the source resonator comprises retrieving a previously defined source resonator.

### Claim 17 (depends on 12)

The computer-readable medium of claim 12 wherein the defining the one or more attributes of the device resonator comprises defining at least one device resonator parameter selected from the group consisting of device resonator wire type, device resonator length, device resonator width, device resonator coil winding direction, device resonator coil number of turns and device resonator coil spacing between turns.

### Claim 18 (depends on 12)

The computer-readable medium of claim 12 wherein the defining of the one or more attributes of the device resonator comprises defining the one or more attributes of the device resonator via a user interface.

### Claim 19 (depends on 12)

The computer-readable medium of claim 12 wherein the defining of the one or more attributes of the device resonator comprises receiving alerts indicative of one or more logical or physical incompatibilities between the defined one or more attributes.

### Claim 20 (depends on 12)

The computer-readable medium of claim 12 wherein the defining of the one or more attributes of the device resonator comprises retrieving a previously defined device resonator.

### Claim 21 (depends on 12)

The computer-readable medium of claim 12 wherein the defining of the interaction between the source resonator and the device resonator comprises defining at least one system parameter selected from the group consisting of a sweep parameter and source/device resonator separation distance.

### Claim 22 (depends on 12)

The computer-readable medium of claim 12 further comprising causing the computer to model the electromagnetic performance of the system utilizing at least one measured attribute of a physical system built based, at least in part, upon the impedance matching network.