Patent ID: 9749017
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: H04B

Claim:
1. A master unit for wirelessly charging at least one slave device, said master unit comprising: a plurality of radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) modules, each of said plurality of RFIC modules including an antenna array; said master unit having at least three charging modes comprising a single beam mode, a multi-beam mode, and a customized beam pattern mode; said master unit using all or substantially all antenna arrays in said plurality of RFIC modules to form a single beam in said single beam mode; said master unit using each respective antenna array in each of said plurality of RFIC modules to form separate beams from each of said plurality of RFIC modules in said multi-beam mode; said master unit using a customized combination of antennas in selected ones of said plurality of RFIC modules to form a customized beam pattern in said customized beam pattern mode.