ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,442, issued on June 23, was assigned to GaN Systems Inc. (Ottawa).

"Apparatus, systems and methods for scalable 3D wireless charging utilizing multiple coils" was invented by Tiefeng Shi (San Jose, Calif.) and Paul Wiener (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless power transfer (WPT) system is provided to drive multiple resonator coils utilizing one power amplifier. The WPT system may include a power amplifier, a differential 1:N power divider, impedance inversion circuits and multiple resonator coils. The WPT system may further include auto-tuning circuits with sensors that facilitate the efficient driving of the...