Portable Magnetic Field Generator for Schumann Resonance Simulation
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Solution Overview
Problem
In metropolitan areas, especially in high-rise buildings, natural alternating magnetic fields such as Schumann resonances and weather sferics are significantly weakened due to interference from electrical systems, making it impossible to conduct experimental investigations or determine their effects on humans.
Innovation Solution
A portable magnetic field generator with an electrical circuit that includes a battery, field coil, switching transistor, clock generator, capacitor, and diodes to simulate Schumann resonances and sferics, allowing for the generation of alternating magnetic fields with specific frequencies, including a diode to prevent energy depletion and protect the transistor.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a magnetic field generator is designed to simulate natural alternating fields (Schumann resonances and sferics), then the ability to generate these fields is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions into a single integrated circuit: the field coil serves both as the primary magnetic field generator and as part of the resonant circuit for sferics generation. The switching transistor controls both the Schumann resonance frequency generation and triggers the sferics pulses. This merging reduces component count and overall device complexity while maintaining the ability to simulate both natural field types.
Solution Approach 2:
The field coil is designed to perform multiple functions: generating the fundamental Schumann resonance frequency when activated by the clock generator, and simultaneously serving as the inductive element for generating higher frequency sferics pulses through the resonant circuit. This multi-functionality allows a single component to address multiple simulation requirements, reducing the need for separate dedicated components for each field type.
2Measurement precision
If the field coil is switched on and off at battery voltage to generate Schumann resonances, then the oscillation frequency accuracy is improved, but energy loss increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs periodic switching of the field coil at the fundamental Schumann resonance frequency (7.83 Hz) using a clock generator. This periodic action maintains precise frequency accuracy by consistently activating the field coil at the correct interval. The regular on-off cycling ensures that the magnetic field builds up and decays in a controlled manner, preserving frequency precision while minimizing energy waste through efficient duty cycle management.
3Measurement precision
If a resonant circuit is added to generate sferics impulses, then the simulation accuracy of natural fields is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The resonant circuit is integrated with the existing field coil rather than being a separate independent circuit. The field coil's inductance is combined with a capacitor to form the resonant circuit, eliminating the need for a separate inductor component. This merging approach enables accurate sferics impulse generation while minimizing the increase in device complexity by reusing existing components in a dual-function configuration.
4Measurement precision
If the transistor is used to switch the field coil, then the switching control precision is improved, but the transistor is damaged by negative collector voltage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a protective diode as an intermediary element between the resonant circuit and the transistor's collector. This diode acts as a voltage clamp, preventing negative voltage spikes from reaching the transistor's collector during the resonant circuit's oscillation cycle. The diode conducts when the collector voltage attempts to go negative, effectively isolating the transistor from damaging voltage conditions while allowing precise switching control to remain intact.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables the near-natural simulation of Schumann resonances and sferics, making these fields available for influencing the human body and overcoming the limitations of weakened natural field penetration in urban environments.
Implementation Method 1
The base of the switching transistor is connected to a clock generator for a clock frequency of 6 Hz to 10 Hz, preferably 8 Hz, to generate corresponding square wave pulses. This allows the field coil, acting as an inductor, to be switched on and off at the battery voltage in sync with the clock generator, thereby generating an alternating magnetic field with an oscillation frequency of 6 to 10 Hz
Implementation Method 2
Furthermore, a capacitor is arranged in a parallel circuit to the field coil to form a resonant circuit with a resonant frequency of 5 to 30 kHz, preferably 10 kHz. This would allow the generation of pulsed, damped electromagnetic oscillations of 5 to 30 kHz, preferably 10 kHz
Implementation Method 3
According to the invention, the insertion of the diode (D1) prevents energy loss from the resonant circuit. This allows the resonant circuit, consisting of the field coil and capacitor, to oscillate freely with a damped oscillation after the transistor is switched off
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AI summary
The invention relates to a magnetic field generator as a portable natural field simulator, comprising an electrical circuit having a circuit in which a battery (+UB), a field coil (F) connected thereto and a downstream switching transistor (T) are arranged in series, the base (B) of the switching transistor being connected to a clock generator for a clock rate of 6 Hz to 10 Hz, preferably 8 Hz, so that the field coil (F) can be switched on and off as an inductance at the battery voltage (+UB) at the clock rate of the clock generator, as a result of which an alternating magnetic field having an oscillation of 6 Hz to 10 Hz, preferably 8 Hz, can be generated for near-natural simulation of the fundamental frequency of the "Schumann resonances". According to the invention, a capacitor (K) is arranged in a parallel circuit to the field coil (F) in order to form a resonant circuit (S) having a resonant frequency of 5 to 30 kHz, preferably 10 kHz. Furthermore, a diode (D1) is connected in the current flow between the battery (+UB) and the resonant circuit (S) and/or between the resonant circuit (S) and the switching transistor (T), as a result of which, after the field coil (F) has been switched off in a clocked manner, clocked electromagnetic oscillations of 5 to 30 kHz, preferably 10 kHz, which decay in an attenuated manner, can be generated from the dissipation of the magnetic field of the field coil (F) at the frequency of the simulated fundamental frequency of the "Schumann resonances", for near-natural simulation of sferics pulses as so-called "fair-weather sferics".