Synthesizer radiating systems and methods

A synthesizer radiating system, employing active control of energy transferred back and forth between an antenna reactance and a storage reactance, comprising:

• antenna means, including a radiating element having a first reactive characteristic, for radiating signals;
• energy storage means, including a storage element having a second reactive characteristic, for providing energy to and receiving energy from said radiating element;
• switching means, coupled between said antenna means and said energy storage means, for controlling the direction and rate of transfer of energy transferred back and forth between said storage element and said radiating element;
• signal input means for coupling input signals representative of a waveform to be radiated;
• controller means, coupled to said switching and signal input means, for providing control signals to said switching means in response to said input signals for controlling the direction of transfer of energy transfer between said storage element and said radiating element in response to changes in polarity of a signal representative of said input signals and for controlling the rate of transfer of said energy transferred back and forth in response to the magnitude of a derivative of an input signal current value over time, in order to synthesize said waveform to be radiated;
• whereby, signals having a variety of waveforms may be radiated with reduced power dissipation as a result of said transfer of energy back and forth between said radiating and storage elements.

A synthesizer radiating system, employing bipolar active control of energy transferred back and forth between an antenna reactance and a storage reactance, comprising:

• antenna means, including a radiating element having a first reactive characteristic, for radiating signals;
• energy storage means, including a storage element having a second reactive characteristic, for providing energy to and receiving energy from said radiating element;
• first switching means, coupled between said energy storage means and said antenna means, for controlling at least one of rate and direction of transfer of energy transferred from said radiating element to said storage element;
• second switching means, coupled between said antenna means and said energy storage means, for controlling at least one of rate and direction of transfer of energy transferred from said radiating element to said storage element;
• signal input means for coupling input signals representative of a waveform to be radiated;
• controller means, coupled to said first and second switching means and said signal input means, for providing control signals to said first switching means in response to said input signals for controlling at least one of rate and direction of transfer of said energy transferred from said storage element to said radiating element, and for providing control signals to said second switching means in response to said input signals for controlling at least one of rate and direction of transfer of said energy transferred from said radiating element to said storage element.

A synthesizer energy transfer system, employing active control of energy transferred back and forth between a high-Q load and a storage reactance, comprising:

• a high-Q load having a first reactive characteristic;
• energy storage means, including a storage element having a second reactive characteristic, for providing energy to and receiving energy from said high-Q load;
• switching means, coupled between said high-Q load and said energy storage means, for controlling the rate of transfer of energy transferred back and forth between said storage element and said high-Q load;
• signal input means for coupling input signals representative of control signals;
• controller means, coupled to said switching and signal input means, for providing control signals to said switching means in response to said input signals for controlling the rate of transfer of said energy transferred back and forth between said storage element and said high-Q load.

A method for coupling signals to an antenna reactance, employing signal synthesis using energy transferred back and forth between said antenna reactance and a storage reactance, comprising the steps of:

• (a) storing energy in said storage reactance;
• (b) transferring a portion of said energy stored in step (a) to said antenna reactance via an actively controlled switching device;
• (c) controlling the rate of transfer of energy in step (b) by controlling said switching device in response to an input signal in order to synthesize a signal to be radiated;
• (d) transferring back to said storage reactance, via said switching device, a portion of said energy transferred to said antenna reactance in step (b);
• (e) controlling the rate of transfer of energy in step (d) by controlling said switching device;
• (f) repeating steps (b) through (e) as desired;
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• (g) storing additional energy in said storage device to provide replenishment of energy dissipated.

A method for bipolar coupling of signals to an antenna reactance, employing signal synthesis using energy transferred back and forth between said antenna reactance and a storage reactance, comprising the steps of:

• (a) storing energy in said storage reactance;
• (b) transferring a portion of said energy stored in step (a) to said antenna reactance via a first actively controlled switching device;
• (c) controlling the rate of transfer of energy in step (b) by controlling said first switching device in response to an input signal in order to synthesize a signal to be radiated;
• (d) transferring back to said storage reactance, via a second actively controlled switching device, a portion of said energy transferred to said antenna reactance in step (b);
• (e) controlling the rate of transfer of energy in step (d) by controlling said second switching device;
• (f) repeating steps (b) through (e) as desired;
• and
• (g) storing additional energy in said storage device to provide replenishment of energy dissipated.