Patent ID: 7231238

Claim:
A snake resonator, comprising: a plurality of N long runs, each one of the plurality of N long runs having two ends; and a plurality of turns connecting the plurality of N long runs to each other in a spiral snake configuration, characterized in that one end of a first long run of the plurality of N long runs is connected to one end of a second long run of the plurality of N long runs by a first turn of the plurality of turns, the other end of the second long run is connected to one end of a third long run of the plurality of N long runs by a second turn of the plurality of turns, the remaining long runs of the plurality of N long runs being by repeating the connections of the first, second and third long run for the remaining plurality of N long runs using the remaining plurality of turns starting at the other end of the third long run and terminating at one end of the Nth long run of the plurality of N long runs; wherein certain ones of the long runs are wider than certain other ones of the long runs, the wider runs being those that would have a higher current density if all runs were of equal width.