Patent ID: 6650117
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
An RF coil having a generally flat planar shape and comprising:a first group of conductive wires consisting of a first plurality of straight conductive wires disposed generally on first planar surface in parallel with one another; a second group of conductive wires consisting of a second plurality of straight conductive wires equal in number to said first plurality and being disposed in parallel to one another and generally on said first planar surface so as to have a mirror image parallel to said first group of conductive wires; a third group of conductive wires consisting of a third plurality of circular conductive wires equal in number to a sum of said first plurality and said second plurality, each circular conductive wire of said third plurality being separately connected, respectively, by one end to a respective one end of each separate straight conductive wire of said first and second pluralities; and means for serially connecting said first, second and third group of conductive wires so that current applied to said first, second and third group of conductive wires results in identical current flow directions through both said straight conductive wires of said first and second conductive groups of wires.