US Patent 8400017 Wireless energy transfer for computer peripheral applications

Described herein are improved configurations for wireless power transfer for computer peripherals, including a source magnetic resonator, integrated into a source station and connected to a power source and power and control circuitry; a device magnetic resonator, integrated into a computer peripheral; wherein power is transferred non-radiatively from the source magnetic resonator to the device magnetic resonator, and where the quality factors of the source and device resonators, Qs and Qd, satisfy the relationship, √{square root over (QsQd)}>100.