GB2549993A - System and method for generating an electrical standing wave in the earth between a transmitter and a reciever and an electrical field polarisation of gas - Google Patents
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Abstract
A system and method for generating a standing electrical wave in the earth between a transmitter 2 and a receiver 3 comprising a power supply 4 such as a DC power supply, a capacitor 5 and a signal generator 6 used to discharge the capacitor into an electrostatic charge generator 7. The electrostatic charge generator is connected to a primary coil 9 of a transformer 8, to a resonant secondary coil 10, to earth 19 and to an end section 11. The receiver 3 comprises a resonant coil 16 with an identical length to resonant coil 10, which is connected to the earth 13 and to a second end section in the air 14. Electrostatic oscillations of air molecules of the atmosphere between the two end sections 11 and 14 and the standing wave generated between the transmitted and receiver via earth cause oscillations of electrons and therefore a current in the receiver 3.
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System and method for generating an electrical standing wave in the earth between a transmitter and a receiver and an electrical field polarisation of gas molecules above the earth
The present invention relates to transmitting electrical energy or data from a transmitter wirelessly via the earth and the atmosphere or via the earth and a single wire to a receiver, and more particularly to a system and method for generating a standing electrical wave in the earth between a transmitter and a receiver.
BACKGROUND ART
Electricity distribution and data networks comprise generally a large number of system components, such as power switches, distribution transformers and transmission wires.
Especially the transmission of electricity via transmission lines at high Voltages causes losses up to 10% of the electrical energy, depending on the Voltage level, distance and material of the transmission wire. For reducing these energy losses different types of transmission line systems, such as underground transmission lines, or different methods of electrical energy transmission, such as High-Voltage Direct-Current (HVDC) transmission techniques, are proposed in the state of the art.
Also in wired data networks, the transmission range and speed of broadband internet data is also very severely limited, a quality broadband signal is only available within a few miles of a telephone exchange. The UK countryside only receives a speed of on average of 2Mbps, compared to cities averaging 30-80Mbps.
Wireless energy transmission methods between a transmitter and a receiver are known in the state of the art, which are based on electromagnetic induction. WO 2014/149861 A2 discloses a wireless power system including a power source coupled to a source resonator. A receiver resonator is configured to receive electromagnetic energy from the source resonator; and one repeater resonator, arranged between the source resonator and the receiver resonator, is configured to couple power wirelessly from the source resonator to the receiver resonator. The power source is configured to provide power to the source resonator at a first frequency different from at least one of the resonant frequencies corresponding to the resonators. WO 2010/036980 A1 discloses near-field wireless energy transfer schemes over mid-range distances and alignment offsets. Coupled electromagnetic resonators with long-lived oscillatory resonant modes are used to transfer power from a power supply to a power drain. The distance of the electromagnetic energy transfer is enhanced by resonators arranged between the transmitter and the receiver. The electromagnetic field, and therefore the wireless electrical energy, is transmitted by the transmitter and is primarily confined within the region surrounding the resonators.
However, major disadvantages of these wireless energy transfer systems are the limited distances usable for the wireless electrical energy transfer between the transmitter and the receiver and the low energy efficiency due to the exponential decrease of the field intensity of the electromagnetic field with the distance from the transmitter.
There are also some known academic approaches of transmitting wireless electrical energy in the state of the art, such as the system of Nikola Tesla (US Pat. No. 645,576), but these proposed systems never found their way into practice.
In view of the foregoing, it is clear that there is a need in the art to provide an improved technique to transmit data and/or electrical energy via a wire or a non-wire transmitting system with high energy efficiency.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
From a first aspect the present invention provides a system for generating a standing electrical wave in the earth between a transmitter and a receiver according to the appended independent claim 1. Further preferable aspects are provided in the appended dependent claims.
In particular, the transmitter comprises a high Voltage power supply connected to a capacitor and a signal generator, and the signal generator is used to discharge the capacitor into an electrostatic charge generator, or to discharge the capacitor into a self-resonant signal generator based on a feedback loop, or to discharge the capacitor into a resonant signal generator.
The electrostatic charge generator is connected to a primary coil and to a resonant secondary coil of the transmitter transformer and in addition to the earth. The resonant secondary coil of the transmitter transformer is also connected to a free first end section in the air.
The receiver comprises an inductor or a resonant transformer coil with an identical or harmonic frequency coil length when compared to the resonant secondary coil of the transmitter transformer, and the resonant receiver coil or inductor is connected to the earth and to a second end section in the air.
Electrostatic oscillations of electrically polarised air molecules of the atmosphere between the end section of the transmitter and the end section of the receiver, and also oscillations of the standing electrical wave, generated between the end sections of the transmitter and of the receiver via the earth, cause oscillations of electrons within the receiver with the tuned resonant coil and therefore a current to flow within a tuning circuit of the receiver.
Preferably, a direct connection of the electrostatic charge generator to the primary coil and to the secondary coil of the transformer forms a resonance circuit with a specific resonance frequency of the system.
In addition, the power supply is a direct current power supply. The power supply can be connected to a high-Voltage transformer for transforming the Voltage to a high Voltage. The power supply output is preferably connected to the primary coil of the transformer via a capacitor and transistor.
Advantageously, the capacitance of the capacitor is selected based on the power supply configuration and is not related to the resonant frequency of the secondary resonant coil of the transmitter. The capacitor acts as an energy storage system supplying high Voltage and high current within very short time periods of less than a second. If a high Voltage and high current supply power supply is provided, the capacitor is not needed. The capacitor Voltage is the supply Voltage from the high-Voltage transformer and ranges preferably between 100Volts to 1000Volts. The capacitance can store preferably a minimum of about one joule electrical energy.
In addition, the capacitor discharges periodically into the electrostatic charge generator based on the resonance frequency of the system and the electrostatic charge generator is preferably a high speed high power transistor bank.
In a self resonant embodiment of the invention, the electrostatic charge generator and the transformer convert the direct current charges of the electrostatic charge generator into a very high-Voltage-high-frequency signal output.
Each of the direct current pulses of energy, which passes through the primary coil of the transmitter transformer, creates an electromagnetic field which collapses and induces, due to the change of the electromagnetic field during the collapse, the high-Voltage-high-frequency signal within the secondary coil. A feedback loop is established between the secondary coil and the base of the high speed transistor bank and each time a feedback pulse is received via the feedback loop from the secondary coil, the transistor bank fires a pulse into the primary coil again. In the self resonant embodiment of the invention, the length of wire in the secondary coil determines how long it takes for the feedback signal to travel the length of the wire and thus when the transistor fires again.
In the case of a non self resonant embodiment of the present invention, the signal generator generates a clock signal which is used for discharging periodically the capacitor based on the resonance frequency of the system.
The high frequency is generated directly by a signal generator and a clock signal. In this embodiment the secondary coil is only connected to the air and to the earth it has no feedback connection into the circuit. However, within a non-self-resonant resonating system, the resonant frequency needs to be calculated in advance and is calculated by dividing the speed of light by the length of the wire in the secondary coil in meters. For example, in case the wire length of the secondary coil is 1000m, the additional signal generator must ensure the generation of signals with a frequency of 299kHz (resonance frequency = (299,748km*1/sec)/1 km = 299khz).
The speed of an electrical wave signal in a standard conducting transmission wire is up to 99% of the speed of light.
The height of the transmitting antenna from the ground is directly related to the distance that the electrostatic effect propagates, for example when the transmitter antenna is raised from 4 meters to 5 meters high, the transmission range increases from 10 meters to more than 20 meters. This effect is related to the fact that the atmosphere has an electric field with a density of 100 Volts per meter near the earth’s surface; which causes the antenna capacitance to increase with each meter of height.
The surface area size of the transmitter’s antenna is important and it should be sized according to the output capacity of the transmitter. If any visible electrical discharges occur from the antenna then its surface area is either too small or the antenna height is too low. i.e. 100Watt transmitter requires a minimum antenna surface area of about 1000 square centimetres, including both sides of a metal plate antenna, at a minimum antenna height of 3 meters. If a metal plate is used as the transmitter antenna then its edges should be curved and insulated to prevent discharges
In conventional electronic resonant systems, a capacitor is placed across a self inductor coil (LC) and the energy transfers between the magnetic field of the coil and the charged plates of a capacitor and vice versa. Such systems are driven by external energy sources at a frequency w at which the inductive and capacitive energy levels are equal. The frequency at which this equality holds stable for a particular circuit is called the resonant frequency.
According to the present invention, a resonant standing waveform oscillator generates an electrical standing waveform that is based on length of medium and signal reflection and interference, and is not based directly on electrical or inductive and capacitive levels like a conventional resonant LC circuit. Compared to the known technologies, a key difference of the present invention is that the resonant waveform in the circuit does not collapse back into a capacitor; it is instead reflected and maintained in constant oscillation.
An electrical waveform of 1 kilometre in wavelength will electrically oscillate on a 1 kilometre length of wire approx 300,000 times per second if the conditions are appropriate (i.e. if strong reflection occurs at both ends). It is this type of sustained ringing which is known as resonance. The equation is the standard model for calculating frequency from wavelength, f=cA, and all frequencies are associated to a specific wavelength which is the main harmonic and so is ideal to stimulate oscillations. Sub-harmonics also stimulate resonance oscillations but the amplitude of the wave is not as high.
Electrons only move very slowly in a conductor, and only if DC power is used, in AC power there is no overall net movement of electrons. According to the present invention, because the output is by independent single terminals, and not via two conducting cables that are laid parallel to each other, it is not restricted by the inductance and capacitance effect of two such cables.
In another embodiment of the present invention the system can also be used as a single line transmission system simply by connecting the transmitter and receiver antennas together with a single thin wire. In single line transmission mode the energy is transferred with a very high efficiency and very high Voltage is no longer required.
In single line transmission mode the wavelength of the standing wave AC power and thus the length of the secondary coil should be preferably a specific sub harmonic of the length of the actual transmission line.
In single line transmission mode the energy which is transmitted can be used directly or converted back to normal two polarity electricity with a simple rectifying circuit at a distant location. These types of waves do not seem to follow accepted notions of electrical energy usage, and this is the reason why the known technologies still cannot transmit a high quality digital broadband data signal much farther than a few miles using a conventional telephone line.
In single line transmission mode, broadband internet data could be transmitted down a single copper wire to a far greater distance and much more effectively than previously thought with conventional methods.
It should be noted that standing waves form nodal points along the conducting medium, and that the energy is not distributed evenly down the length of the conductor. There are regions of high energy and regions of low energy on the conductor. This is unusual in electrical terms as one expects a constant Voltage on a conductor or even a Voltage that declines with the length of the conductor, whereas a standing wave can deliver nearly all of its energy to any nodal point along the entire length of the conductor.
An electrical standing wave of almost any frequency can be used to successfully transfer power, but when the standing wave is an harmonic of the length of the transmission line then, it seems that nearly all of the energy involved can be transferred across the transmission line with very little loss. The length of the conductor become irrelevant and losses normally incurred by electrical resistance and heating disappear.
In yet another embodiment, if a very long thin wire is attached to the output of the transmitter and no receiver is used, a wireless electrostatic electrical energy radiates from the entire length of the wire. An electric vehicle could be driven near this resonant wire to recharge the vehicle whilst it is moving, making possible long powered roads for electric vehicles. The same method can also be used to contain the wireless energy within a room or a defined area.
Electrical power can also be transferred through oscillations in the air molecules to an electrically powered airborne craft. The energy is received by orientating two airborne metallic plates parallel to each other and facing them in the direction of the energy transmitter.
The metallic plates should be separated by a distance using a non conductor. The plate which is nearest the transmitter will receive a greater charge than the plate which is farther away, thus creating a potential difference which flow, through a circuit or dedicated resonant energy receiver connected to the metallic plates.
It should also be noted that a receiving circuit is not actually required to receive energy; all nearby electrical devices can receive extra power and isolated metallic objects within several meters of the transmitter become electrically “live” relative to ground. A dedicated energy receiver circuit is only required at a greater distance.
Preferably, the connection of the electrostatic charge generator with the earth is ensured by a metallic plate or earth rod. The size of the transmitter’s earth plate should be at least equal to the transmitter antenna surface area size. For permanent installations, an earth rod can also be used.
In addition, the arrangement of the first end section of the transmitter and/or the second end section of the receiver in the air is provided by a metallic plate or a sphere. It will be seen as an advantage if the diameter of the sphere is long when using higher power, because charges are only located on the outer surface of the sphere and they are separated more effectively within the large surface areas of the sphere, and the charges find it difficult to discharge from a curve, they prefer to discharge from a point.
The electrical signal which goes into the earth via the earth plate disperses in a radial fashion through the surface electrons of the earth.
The tuning circuit of the receiver ideally comprises the resonant coil and a capacitive element. In addition, the resonant coil and the capacitive element of the tuning circuit of the receiver form a resonance circuit to the specific resonance frequency of the system. Advantageously, other inductors which have the correct capacitance connected across them can also be made to oscillate strongly.
Distant electrical devices can be supplied power by a connection with the tuning circuit.
According to a second broad aspect of the invention there is provided a method for generating a standing electrical wave in the earth between a transmitter and a receiver, wherein the method comprises using a generated Voltage signal to discharge periodically charges of a power supply unit (PSU) or capacitor into a self resonating feedback loop or resonant frequency generator of the transmitter and converting a generated high-Voltage-high-frequency into an electrostatic charge signal. The high-Voltage-high-frequency signal is pulsed into the primary coil of the transformer and the collapsing magnetic field in the primary coil induces a magnetic field within the resonant secondary coil of the transformer of the transmitter with a specific resonance frequency of the system. In addition, a very high Voltage high frequency electron wave is oscillating in the secondary coil between the sphere and the earth.
The method further comprises, discharging periodically the self resonating or the generated resonant frequency Voltage signal for increasing the electrical energy of the oscillating Very high-Voltage-high-frequency signal within the second coil of the transformer of the transmitter, charging a first end section of the transmitter by the oscillating Very high-Voltage-high-frequency signal, generating an electrical standing wave in the earth between the charged first end section of the transmitter in the air and a second end section of the receiver in the air, whereas the second end section of the receiver in the air is electrically induced by air molecules acting as independent polarised dielectric field charges of resonant frequency of the first end section of the transmitter in the air with the resonance frequency of the system and causing electrons in a tuning circuit of the receiver to oscillate with the specific resonance frequency and generating an electrical current output at the tuning circuit based on the electrostatic oscillations of the air molecules of the atmosphere between the end section of the transmitter and the end section of the receiver, and based on the standing electrical wave, generated between the end sections of the transmitter and of the receiver via the earth. A person skilled in the arts would understand that the air/gas molecules are only polarised charges, whereas the molecules are not conducting or carrying electrons and they are only acting as a dielectric material within an individual polarised electric field. Work is transferred by the oscillating electric field.
The very high Voltage according to the present invention is created by the reduced self-induction loose coupled air core resonant transformer. The very high Voltage output is directly proportional to the number of turns in the primary and secondary coil, for example if the primary coil comprises only one winding of the wire, and assuming that the secondary coil comprises 1000 windings of wire, then 1 Volt passed into the primary coil will give up to 1000 Volts on the secondary output. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a minimum Voltage of 100 Volts is used within the primary coil, giving up to 100,000 Volts on the secondary coil, with very low current.
In the self-resonant embodiment of the invention, comprising a feedback loop from the secondary coil to the base of the high speed transistor bank, the high frequency is generated by the feedback loop configuration.
In this self-resonant embodiment of the present invention, the periodic discharging is ensured by a feedback loop. It increases the electrical energy within the oscillating very high Voltage high frequency signal because standing waves do not dissipate energy easily and neither does resonance. The wave therefore grows larger and larger with each pulse of energy, because of the self reinforcing interference pattern within the harmonic resonant frequencies of the standing waves.
The very high Voltage high frequency signal increases the electrical charges on the sphere or pole antenna because each pulse on the primary coil creates an electromagnetic wave which collapses onto the secondary coil. This collapsed wave causes very high Voltage electrons in the secondary coil to momentarily rush up towards the antenna which increases the intensity of the electric field surrounding the antenna.
All known types of waves reflect when the conduction medium is abruptly altered. The electrical standing wave is generated by reflection. Electron waves reflect even from an open end of the wire. The electron wave reflects from the end of the secondary wire - the sphere antenna. The reflected electron wave is out of phase with the source wave. The combination of the source wave and the reflected wave generates the standing wave form.
The distance of transmission between the transmitter and receiver is directly proportional to the intensity of the electrostatic field, which is directly proportional to the primary coil drive Voltage. However, the resonant frequency is not important for the electrostatic induction effect to propagate and the electrostatic induction of gas molecules is a separate phenomenon that can occur at any frequency. Resonance is only important to achieve a much greater transmission distance, by taking advantage of an electrically tuned resonant receiver. The electrostatic effect is powerful at any frequency; however resonance sustains the effect with greater power and at many cycles per second.
The electrons in the tuning circuit begin to oscillate because of the electric field interaction between the electrically polarised air/gas molecules and the electrons on the surface of the receiving antenna, and also the simultaneous opposing electron flow in the standing wave in the earth plate. The electrons in the receiver oscillate at the specific resonance frequency of the coil in the receiver. A very small capacitor is placed across the receiving coil, this capacitor ideally should match the small inductance of the receiving coil.
Preferably, data or electrical energy are transmitted between the transmitter and the receiver by using the electrostatic oscillations between the end section of the transmitter and the end section of the receiver, and/or by using the standing electrical wave between the end sections of the transmitter and of the receiver and via the earth.
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Embodiments of the invention are described below in more detail, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
Figure 1 shows a circuit diagram of the important components of the self resonant system.
Figure 2 shows a circuit diagram including a variable frequency electrostatic transmitter 2, which is not self-resonant, the signal generator varies frequency and duty cycle.
Figure 3 shows a circuit diagram including a variable frequency electrostatic transmitter 2, which is not self-resonant, in combination with a single line transmission mode between transmitter 2 and a receiver 3.
Figure 4 shows a special arrangement of the receiver 3.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments will now be described with reference to Fig. 1 to 4, which show a system 1 for generating a standing electrical wave in the earth 19 between a transmitter 2 and a receiver 3.
Fig. 1 shows a power supply 4 of the transmitter 2 connected to a capacitor 5 and a signal generator 6. The signal generator 6 is used to discharge the capacitor 5 into a self resonant electrostatic charge generator 7, and the self resonant electrostatic charge generator 7 is connected to a primary coil 9 of a transformer 8, to a resonant secondary coil 10 of the transformer 8 and to the earth 19, whereas the resonant secondary coil 10 of the transformer 8 is also connected to a first end section 11 in the air.
The power supply 4 is a direct current power supply. However, the direct current power supply 4 can be also connected to a high-Voltage transformer for transforming the Voltage to a higher Voltage level compared to the original Voltage level of the direct current power supply 4. The power supply 4 is preferably connected to the primary coil 9 of the transformer 8.
The signal generator 6 generates a clock signal used for discharging periodically the capacitor 5 based on the resonance frequency of the system.
The generated Voltage signal is to discharge periodically charges of the capacitor 5 into the self resonant electrostatic charge generator 7 of the transmitter 2, whereas the generated electrostatic charge Voltage is converted into a high-Voltage-high-frequency signal by the combination of the electrostatic charge generator 7 and the transformer 8. The high-Voltage-high-frequency signal is oscillating between the primary coil 9 of the transformer 8 and the resonant secondary coil 10 of the transformer 8 of the transmitter 2 with a specific resonance frequency of the system 1. The periodically discharging of the generated electrostatic charge Voltage is used for increasing the electrical energy of the oscillating high-Voltage-high-frequency signal within the second coil 10 of the transformer 8 of the transmitter 2, which charges the first end section 11 in the air of the transmitter 2 by the oscillating high-Voltage-high-frequency signal.
The self resonant electrostatic charge generator 7 is directly connected to the primary coil 9 and to the secondary coil 10 of the transformer 8 and forms a resonance circuit with the specific resonance frequency of the system 1.
The receiver 3 comprises a resonant coil 16 with an identical length compared to the resonant secondary coil 10 of the transformer 8, and the resonant coil 16 is connected to the earth 19 and to a second end section 14 in the air. Electrostatic oscillations of air molecules of the atmosphere between the end section 11 of the transmitter 2 and the end section 14 of the receiver 3, and the standing electrical wave, generated between the end sections 11,14 of the transmitter 2 and of the receiver 3 via the earth 19, cause oscillations of electrons and therefore a current within a tuning circuit 15 of the receiver 2.
Under these circumstances a standing electrical wave is generated in the earth 19 between the charged first end section 11 of the transmitter 2 and the second end section 14 of the receiver 2, whereas the second end section 14 of the receiver 2 is induced by air molecules as independent carriers of charge of resonant charges of the first end section 11 in the air of the transmitter 2 with the resonance frequency of the system 1. This causes electrons in the tuning circuit 15 of the receiver 2 to oscillate with the specific resonance frequency and to generate an electrical current output 18 at the tuning circuit 15 based on the electrostatic oscillations of the air molecules of the atmosphere between the end section 11 of the transmitter 2 and the end section 14 of the receiver 3, and based on the standing electrical wave, generated between the end sections 11,14 of the transmitter 2 and of the receiver 2 via the earth 19.
The electrical connection of the self resonant electrostatic charge generator 7 to the earth 19 is ensured by a metallic plate. In addition, the connection of the first end section 11 of the transmitter 2 and/or the second end section 14 of the receiver 3 in the air is ensured by a metallic plate or a sphere, whereas the diameter of the sphere should be sufficiently long when using high energy levels, because charges are only located on the outer surface of the sphere 11,14 and are separated more effectively if a large surface areas of the sphere 11,14 are provided.
The tuning circuit 15 of the receiver 3 comprises the resonant coil 16 and a capacitive element 17, which form in combination as a tuning circuit 15 a resonance circuit to the specific resonance frequency of the system 1.
Fig. 2 shows a variable frequency electrostatic transmitter 2, which is not self-resonant. The signal generator 6 is used to discharge the capacitor 5 directly into the primary coil 9 of the transformer 8. The receiver 3 comprises preferably the resonant coil 16 with an identical length compared to the resonant secondary coil 10 of the transformer 8, and the resonant coil 16 is connected to the earth 19 and to the second end section 14 in the air. Electrostatic oscillations of air molecules of the atmosphere between the end section 11 of the transmitter 2 and the end section 14 of the receiver 3, and the standing electrical wave, generated between the end sections 11,14 of the transmitter 2 and of the receiver 3 via the earth 19, cause oscillations of electrons and therefore a current within the tuning circuit 15 of the receiver 2.
Figure 3 shows a circuit diagram including a variable frequency electrostatic transmitter 2, which is not self-resonant, in combination with a single line transmission mode between the transmitter 2 and the receiver 3. A wired transmission line connects the end sections 11,14 of the transmitter 2 and of the receiver 3 and ensures an improved electrostatic connection between the end sections 11 and 14. The tuning circuit 15 of the receiver 3 is inductively coupled via the coils 16a,16b to the end section 14 and to the earth 19.
Figure 4 shows an arrangement of metal plate antennas of the receiver 3 used to receive energy without an electrical connection to the surface of the earth, for example the receiver can be mounted within an airborne craft or attached to a balloon. The energy is received by orientating two airborne metallic plates of the receiver 3 parallel to each other and orientated in a general direction to the energy transmitter 2.
The metallic plates of the receiver 3 are separated by a distance using a non conductor. The plate of the receiver 3 which is nearest the transmitter 2 receives a greater charge (+Q) than the plate of the receiver 3 which is farther away (-Q), thus creating a potential difference between the two plates of the receiver 3. At a greater distance from the energy transmitter 2 a resonant energy receiving circuit 20 is installed between the two metal plate antennas of the receiver 3.
In addition to the embodiments of the invention described in detail above, the skilled person will recognize that various features described herein can be modified and/or combined with additional features, and the resulting additional embodiments of the invention are also within the scope of the accompanying claims.
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1. System for generating a standing electrical wave in the earth between a transmitter and a receiver, wherein • the transmitter comprises a power supply connected to a capacitor and a signal generator, and the signal generator is used to discharge the capacitor into a electrostatic charge generator, and the electrostatic charge generator is connected to a primary coil of a transformer, to a resonant secondary coil of the transformer and to the earth, whereas the resonant secondary coil of the transformer is also connected to a first end section in the air; and • the receiver comprises an inductor or a resonant coil with an identical length compared to the resonant secondary coil of the transformer, and the resonant coil or inductor is connected to the earth and to a second end section in the air, and electrostatic oscillations of air molecules of the atmosphere between the end section of the transmitter and the end section of the receiver, and the standing electrical wave, generated between the end sections of the transmitter and of the receiver via the earth, cause oscillations of electrons and therefore a current within a tuning circuit of the receiver.
2. System for generating a standing electrical wave according to claim 1, wherein direct connection of the electrostatic charge generator to the primary coil and to the secondary coil of the transformer forms a resonance circuit with a specific resonance frequency of the system.
3. System for generating a standing electrical wave according to one of the preceding claims 1 or 2, wherein the power supply is a direct current power supply.
4. System for generating a standing electrical wave according to claim 4, wherein the direct current power supply is connected to a high-Voltage transformer for transforming the Voltage to a high Voltage level.
5. System for generating a standing electrical wave according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 4, wherein the power supply is connected to the primary coil of the transformer.
6. System for generating a standing electrical wave according to one of the preceding claims 2 to 5, wherein the capacitance of the capacitor is selected based on the resonance frequency of the system.
7. System for generating a standing electrical wave according to one of the preceding claims 2 to 6, wherein the signal generator generates a clock signal used for discharging periodically the capacitor based on the resonance frequency of the system without any connection to the secondary coil.
8. System for generating a standing electrical wave according to one of the preceding claims 2 to 7, wherein the capacitor discharges periodically into the electrostatic charge generator based on the resonance frequency of the system.
9. System for generating a standing electrical wave according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 8, wherein the electrostatic charge generator is a high speed transistor bank.
10. System for generating a standing electrical wave according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 9, wherein the electrostatic charge generator and the transformer convert the direct current charges of the electrostatic charge generator into a very high-Voltage-high-frequency signal output.
11. System for generating a standing electrical wave according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 10, wherein the connection of the electrostatic charge generator the earth is ensured by a metallic plate or earth rod.
12. System for generating a standing electrical wave according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 11, wherein the connection of the first end section of the transmitter and/or the second end section of the receiver in the air is ensured by a metallic plate or a sphere.
13. System for generating a standing electrical wave according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 12, wherein the tuning circuit of the receiver comprises the resonant coil or inductor and a capacitive element.
14. System for generating a standing electrical wave according to claim 13, wherein the resonant coil or inductor and the capacitive element of the tuning circuit of the receiver form a resonance circuit to the specific resonance frequency of the system.
15. System for generating a standing electrical wave according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 14, wherein the tuning circuit comprises an output current connection for electrical devices.
16. System for generating a standing electrical wave in the earth between a transmitter and a receiver, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
17. Method for generating a standing electrical wave in the earth between a transmitter and a receiver, wherein the method comprises: • using a generated Voltage signal to discharge periodically charges of a capacitor into a electrostatic charge generator of the transmitter, • converting a generated electrostatic charge Voltage into a high-Voltage-high-frequency signal, whereas the high-Voltage-high-frequency signal is oscillating between a primary coil of a transformer and a resonant secondary coil of a transformer of the transmitter with a specific resonance frequency of the system; • discharging periodically the generated electrostatic charge Voltage for increasing the electrical energy of the oscillating high-Voltage-high-frequency signal within the second coil of the transformer of the transmitter; • charging a first end section of the transmitter in the air by the oscillating very high-Voltage-high-frequency signal; • generating a standing electrical wave in the earth between the charged first end section of the transmitter in the air and a second end section of the receiver in the air, whereas the second end section of the receiver in the air is induced by air molecules as independent carriers of charges of the first end section of the transmitter in the air with the resonance frequency of the system; • causing electrons in a tuning circuit of the receiver to oscillate with the specific resonance frequency and generating an electrical current output at the tuning circuit based on the electrostatic oscillations of the air molecules of the atmosphere between the end section of the transmitter and the end section of the receiver, and based on the standing electrical wave, generated between the end sections of the transmitter and of the receiver via the earth.
18. Method for generating a standing electrical wave according to claim 17, wherein transmitting data or electrical energy between the transmitter and the receiver by using the electrostatic oscillations between the end section of the transmitter and the end section of the receiver, and/or by using the standing electrical wave between the end sections of the transmitter and of the receiver and via the earth.
19. Method for generating a standing electrical wave according to one of the preceding claims 17 or 18, wherein selecting the capacitance of the capacitor of the transmitter based on the resonance frequency of the system.
20. Method for generating a standing electrical wave according to one of the preceding claims 17 to 19, wherein generating a clock signal used for discharging the capacitor of the transmitter based on the resonance frequency of the system.
21. Method for generating a standing electrical wave according to one of the preceding claims 17 to 20, wherein discharging the capacitor into the electrostatic charge generator of the transmitter based on the resonance frequency of the system.
22. Method for generating a standing electrical wave in the earth between a transmitter and a receiver, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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