Patent ID: 8686710

Claim:
An electromagnetic (EM) wave driven rotation device, comprising: an EM wave lens adapted for processing EM waves emitted from a fixed position instrumentation EM wave source; a high purity silicon waveguide surrounding the EM wave lens, the waveguide having a recess portion, the EM wave lens being disposed in the recess portion of the high purity silicon waveguide; an internal waveguide channel defined by the high purity silicon waveguide; an outboard magnetic bearing surrounding the internal waveguide channel; a 50/50 wave splitter/diverter disposed downstream from the outboard magnetic bearing; an inboard magnetic bearing; silicon support structures extending outward and downstream from the 50/50 wave splitter, and outward and upstream from the inboard magnetic bearing; a post-splitter waveguide channel formed by a gap in the silicon support structures; discharge ring polarizers disposed within the post-splitter waveguide channel, the discharge ring polarizers being retained by the silicon support structures; a rotator drive shaft defining the rotation axis of the electromagnetic wave driven rotation device, spin of the rotator drive shaft being constrained to the rotation axis by the magnetic bearings, the EM wave lens being disposed in alignment with the axis of rotation; a plurality of EM wave target paddles disposed on the rotator drive shaft; at least one power EM wave source traveling through the waveguide and targeting the target paddles to cause rotation of the rotator drive shaft, the at least one EM power wave source, target paddles and rotator drive shaft forming an ultra-high revolutions per minute (RPM) driver for causing rotation of the electromagnetic wave driven rotation device; and a rotator-to-driver magnetic coupling operably connected to the most distal (downstream) end of the inboard magnetic bearing, the rotator-to-driver magnetic coupling transferring torque to the rotator drive shaft.