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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`SCRAMOGE TECHNOLOGY LTD.,
`Patent Owner
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`IPR2022-00117
`Patent No. 9,843,215
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`DECLARATION OF DR. DAVID S. RICKETTS IN SUPPORT OF
`PATENT OWNER’S RESPONSE
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`I.
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`II.
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`INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................... 1
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`BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS ............................................... 2
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`LEGAL PRINCIPLES ................................................................................... 6
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`III.
`A. Claim construction ......................................................................................... 6
`B. Burden of Proof ............................................................................................. 7
`C. Anticipation ................................................................................................... 7
`D. Obviousness ................................................................................................... 7
`PERSON OF ORDINARY SKILL IN THE ART ........................................ 9
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`IV.
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`V.
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`BACKGROUND ........................................................................................... 9
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`A. Wireless Power Transfer .............................................................................. 10
`B. Magnetic Permeability and Reluctance ....................................................... 15
`C. Magnetostriction, Stress and Increased Saturation Magnetization .............. 23
`OVERVIEW OF THE ’215 PATENT ........................................................ 25
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`VI.
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`SUMMARY OF SAWA .............................................................................. 28
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`VII.
`VIII. GROUND 1: CLAIMS 1, 8-11, 13, 17, AND 19-21 ARE NOT OBVIOUS
`OVER SAWA AND PARK .................................................................................... 39
`GROUND 2: CLAIMS 5, 12, 18, AND 22 ARE ADDITIONALLY NOT
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`OBVIOUS OVER SAWA, PARK, AND INOUE .................................................. 47
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`I, David S. Ricketts, PhD, hereby declare as follows:
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`I.
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`I am over the age of eighteen (18) years and otherwise competent to
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`make this declaration.
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`I have been retained as an expert witness on behalf of Scramoge
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`Technology Limited (“Scramoge”) for the above-captioned inter partes review
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`(“IPR”). I understand that the petition for inter partes review involves U.S. Patent
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`No. 9,843,215 (“the ’215 Patent”).
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`3.
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`I make this declaration based on my personal knowledge, educational
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`background and training, consideration of the materials I discuss herein, and my
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`expert opinions.
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`4.
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`I am being compensated at a rate of $650 per hour for my time in this
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`matter. My compensation does not depend on the outcome of this proceeding, and I
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`have no financial interest in its outcome.
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`5.
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`In preparing this Declaration, I have reviewed and considered the ’215
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`Patent, the ’215 Patent’s prosecution history, the Petition, the declaration of Dr.
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`Joshua Phinney submitted in this proceeding, the deposition testimony of Dr.
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`Phinney, and each document cited in my declaration.
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`II.
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`BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS
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`My qualifications for forming the opinions given in this declaration
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`are summarized here and are addressed more fully in my curriculum vitae, which is
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`submitted as Exhibit 2017. That exhibit also includes a list of my publications.
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`7.
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`I am currently Full Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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`at the North Carolina State University. In my position I conduct research and teach
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`undergraduate and graduate students in the area of electrical and computer
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`engineering. The courses I teach include Advanced Analog Integrated Circuit
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`(“IC”) Design, Radio System Design, Analog Circuit Laboratory and Power
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`Management IC Design. I also lead a research group that conducts research and
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`design of electrical and electronic circuits, including millimeter wave and
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`microwave circuits and systems, radio frequency identification (“RFID”) circuits,
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`wireless power transfer circuits, antenna and inductor design, analog circuits, and
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`radio frequency (“RF”) circuits. I lead research in power electronics and power
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`conversion integrated circuits. I also conduct research in mixed signal RF/digital
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`systems. I have served in my current position since 2012.
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`Prior to my current position, I served as an Assistant Professor of
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`Electrical and Computer Engineering and held a courtesy appointment in the
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`Materials Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University from 2006 to 2012.
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`I received my B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1995 and
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`1997, respectively, from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester,
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`Massachusetts. I received my Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Harvard
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`University in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2006.
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`10.
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`Prior to entering academia, I worked as an engineer in private industry
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`holding several engineering and managerial positions where I developed and
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`oversaw the development of electrical and electronic circuits, including those
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`related to power transfer, power conversion, and semiconductor design in wired
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`and wireless circuits and systems.
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`From 1995 to 1999, I held a position as an engineer and senior
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`engineer at American Power Conversion, where I designed AC-DC and DC-DC
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`converters. In 1996 I did completed my Master’s Thesis with Analog Devices on
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`the design of a 622 MHz Frequency Synthesizer.
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`12.
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`From 1999 to 2001, I held a position as a Principal Consultant at
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`Renaissance Design, Inc., where I designed power management ICs.
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`From 2000 to 2002, I held a position as a Manager of New Product
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`Development at ON Semiconductor Corp., where I was responsible for six product
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`development teams including market analysis, business development, system
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`design, integrated circuit design and testing. In that role I oversaw the
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`development of over twenty power management ICs in bipolar, CMOS, and
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`BiCMOS technologies.
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`14. From 2002 to 2003, I held the position of Advanced System
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`Engineering Manager at ON Semiconductor Corp., where I directed a team of
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`system engineers to develop multi-phase power management ICs for Intel and
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`AMD microprocessors.
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`15.
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`In 2006 I received my PhD on the topic of advanced oscillator
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`topologies. My work on integrated circuit oscillators was included in the 2008
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`McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology and discussed in Nature, the
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`pre-eminent science journal. In addition, my work on advanced materials for
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`circuits included the first Si-Ge shell-core nanowire oscillator on plastic.
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`16.
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`I have published at least 49 academic journal papers, as shown in my
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`curriculum vitae, relating to various topics related to millimeter wave and
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`microwave circuits and systems, RFID circuits, wireless power transfer circuits,
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`magnetic circuits and materials, analog circuits, and RF circuits.
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`17.
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`I have been the author of at least 78 conference articles, as shown in
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`my curriculum vitae, relating to various topics related to millimeter wave and
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`microwave circuits and systems, RFID circuits, wireless power transfer circuits,
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`magnetic circuits and materials, analog circuits, and RF circuits.
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`18. More particularly, I have published more than twenty journal and
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`conference papers on wireless power transfer in leading publications for wireless
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`power, such as the Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Applied
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`Physics Letters, Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, as well as United
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`States, European, and Asia-Pacific wireless conferences. Several of these papers
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`were on the role of magnetic materials and their effect on wireless power transfer. I
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`was an invited speaker to the 2014 Wireless Power Summit, San Francisco, a
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`leading annual conference for wireless power industry providers in the United
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`States. At that conference, I presented advances in wireless power transfer from
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`my research. I have served on the technical committee for the International
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`Microwave Symposium, where I co-chaired the committee on wireless power
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`transfer. I have also served on the technical committee for the Institute of Electrical
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`and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Wireless Power Transfer Conference (WPTC),
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`the premier global conference dedicated to wireless power transfer. In addition, I
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`have developed multiple commercial solutions in wireless power for companies
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`such as General Motors (detailed in my publications).
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`19.
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`I am the recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER
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`award for work in emerging magnetic devices known as spin-torque oscillators. I
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`also received the Defense Advanced Research Projects Young Faculty Award for
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`my work in emerging magnetic devices.
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`20. My current curriculum vitae, provided in Exhibit 2017, contains more
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`information on my background and experience, as well as the cases in which I have
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`served as an expert witness the past four years.
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`21. No part of my compensation is contingent upon the outcome of this
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`inter partes review or any district court litigation between the parties. I have no
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`other interests in this inter partes review, any litigation between the parties, or with
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`any of the parties.
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`III. LEGAL PRINCIPLES
`A.
`Claim construction
`22.
`I understand that the first step in performing a validity analysis of the
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`patent claims is to interpret the meaning and scope of the claims by construing the
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`terms and phrases found in those claims. I understand that the appropriate
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`construction of a claim term is its ordinary and accustomed meaning as understood
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`by one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention in the context of the
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`entire patent.
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`23.
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`I understand that standard for claim construction in an inter partes
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`review is the same standard as is applied in district court proceedings.
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`24.
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`I understand that a determination of the meaning and scope of the
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`claims is a matter of law. I have been informed that to determine the meaning of
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`the claims, one should consider the intrinsic evidence, which includes the patent’s
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`claims, written description, and prosecution history.
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`B.
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`Burden of Proof
`25.
`I understand that in an inter partes review, the petitioner has the
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`burden of proving unpatentability by a preponderance of the evidence.
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`C.
`26.
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`Anticipation
`I have been instructed by counsel and understand that a reference is
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`anticipated if a single prior art reference discloses each and every claim element,
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`either explicitly or inherently, as arranged in the same way as in the claim. I
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`understand that where even one claim element is not disclosed in a reference, a
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`contention of anticipation fails.
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`27.
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`I further understand that when a reference fails to explicitly disclose a
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`claim element, that reference inherently discloses that element only if the reference
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`must necessarily include the undisclosed claim element.
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`D.
`28.
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`Obviousness
`I have been instructed by counsel and understand that a combination
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`of prior art references may render a claim obvious if, at the time of the invention, a
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`person of ordinary skill in the art would have selected and combined those prior-art
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`elements in the normal course of research and development to yield the claimed
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`invention.
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`29.
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`I understand that in an obviousness analysis, one should consider the
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`Graham factors: the scope and content of the prior art; the differences between the
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`claimed inventions and the prior art; the level of ordinary skill in the art; and
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`certain secondary considerations, identified below. I further understand the
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`obviousness analysis is to be performed on a claim-by-claim basis. I understand
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`that a person of ordinary skill in the art is a person of ordinary creativity, not an
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`automaton.
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`30.
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`I have been instructed by counsel and understand that obviousness
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`requires more than a mere showing that the prior art includes separate references
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`covering each separate limitation in a claim under examination. I understand
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`obviousness requires the additional showing that a person of ordinary skill at the
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`time of the invention would have been motivated to combine those references in a
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`manner that would include all limitations of the challenged claim, and, in making
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`that combination, a person of ordinary skill in the art would have had a reasonable
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`expectation of success.
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`31.
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`I also understand that an obviousness analysis must be conducted with
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`awareness of the distortion caused by hindsight bias and with caution of arguments
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`reliant upon ex post reasoning. For instance, I understand that when considering
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`obviousness, I should put myself in the position of a person of ordinary skill in the
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`field at the time of the invention, rather than considering new information that is
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`known today but was not known before the priority date of the challenged patent.
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`32.
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`In particular, I understand that it is improper to use the challenged
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`patent’s disclosure or invention as a roadmap to find its prior-art components,
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`because such an approach discounts the value of combining various existing
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`features or principles in a new way to achieve a new result.
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`IV.
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`Person of ordinary skill in the art
`33. Dr. Phinney states that a person of ordinary skill in the art “would
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`have a master’s degree in electrical engineering, or equivalent training, and
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`approximately two years of experience working in the electrical engineering field.
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`Lack of work experience can be remedied by additional education, and vice versa.”
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`Ex. 1003 at ¶ 19. For purposes of this declaration, I apply the level of skill in the
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`art described above.
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`V.
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`Background
`34. Wireless charging as contemplated by the ’215 Patent involves
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`various technical principles related to electromagnetic radiation and the magnetic
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`behavior of materials. Thus, I start with a basic explanation of those principles and
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`add more detail as is relevant.
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`A. Wireless Power Transfer
`35. Wireless power transfer (“WPT”) is a method to transfer energy from
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`a source to a load through the air with no direct connection. In the context of the
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`’215, the wireless power transfer method uses a source coil that generates a time-
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`varying magnetic field that is sensed by a second coil in a receiver, or load. The
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`two coils form a transformer. A transformer is a basic electromagnetic device that
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`transfers energy from one circuit to another. The operating principles of a
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`transformer are based on the law of induction by Michael Faraday (Faraday’s Law)
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`and Ampere’s Law, which states that a current in a wire will generate a magnetic
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`field.
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`36. A basic magnetic transformer consists of two coils of wire that are in
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`close proximity to each other (but not in direct contact). When the transformer is
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`operated under the (proper) conditions, an electric current is applied to one coil as
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`an energy input; that energy is transferred (via a magnetic field) to the second
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`coil—across a gap between them. Direct electrical contact is unnecessary for this
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`energy transfer. For convenience and general convention, we will call the coil
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`supplying the energy the primary coil and the coil receiving the energy as the
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`secondary coil.
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`37. Specifically, in a magnetic transformer a current in one coil generates
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`a magnetic field (Ampere’s Law). If that magnetic field varies with time, i.e., is an
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`alternating current (AC) field created by an AC current in the primary coil, it will
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`generate a voltage on the secondary coil (Faraday’s Law) placed within the
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`primary coil’s AC magnetic field. The voltage on the secondary coil can then be
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`used to supply energy to a second circuit/device/system. Thus, in a magnetic
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`transformer, energy from the first coil can be transferred to the second coil even
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`though the two coils are not in direct contact.
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`38. The electromotive force (emf) of the secondary coil, measured in
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`Volts, is determined Faraday’s Law and is given by the cross-sectional area of the
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`coil, A, the frequency, f, the number of turns, N, and the external magnetic field, B,
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`perpendicular to the coil:
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`N j
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`where the magnetic flux, f, is the integral of the magnetic field over a surface, in
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`this case the area A in the figure below. Stated generally, voltage on the secondary
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`coil is directly related to the voltage on the primary coils, the turns (N), and area
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`(A).
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`39.
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`It is important to note that Faraday’s Law explicitly recognizes that an
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`AC current and AC flux are required to transfer energy, hence the frequency term
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`(f) in the above equations. A static current and flux (e.g., f = 0) do not transfer
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`energy. There is no voltage induced on the secondary coil if the current through
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`primary coil is static or a direct current (DC) (again, f = 0). Thus the transformer
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`does not function for DC, but rather only for AC.
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`40. To increase the energy transferred across a transformer, it is desirable
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`to couple the maximum amount of magnetic flux inside the primary coil and
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`secondary coil. Under Faraday’s Law , the induced voltage is proportional to the
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`amount of magnetic flux in the coils area, A. The figure below illustrates this
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`coupling of magnetic flux (shown in the below figure in red) in an air-gap (or air-
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`core) transformer (the material between and surrounding the coils is air):
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`41.
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`If the flux generated by the current in the primary coil changes with
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`time, i.e. is AC, then a voltage proportional to the flux passing through the
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`secondary coil will be induced and energy can be transferred. A DC (non-time
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`varying) current in the primary coil will generate a DC magnetic flux (Ampere’s
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`Law), but per Faraday’s Law, no voltage appears on the secondary coil as there is
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`no AC flux and thus no energy is transferred. In other words, a magnetic
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`transformer only functions for AC.
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`42. The amount of coupled magnetic field is affected by the shape and
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`proximity of the coils. Since the magnetic field decreases by approximately one
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`over the cube of the distance, the closer the proximity, the higher the coupled
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`magnetic field. Shape will also aid in concentrating the magnetic field. The
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`coupled flux is shown and is highest in the center of the coil.
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`43. While an air-gap transformer enables important functionality, such as
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`in wireless power transfer, it has significant limitations as a substantial amount of
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`flux is not coupled between primary coil and secondary coil.
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`44. Because of this, transformers may incorporate a magnetic core or
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`sheet to aid in concentrating of the magnetic flux to increase the coupling between
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`coils. The purpose of the core or sheet is to provide a more desirable path for the
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`magnetic field between the coils. This more desirable path is quantified by the
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`magnetic reluctance, which is a direct analogy to electrical resistance. A higher
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`reluctance means that it is a less desirable path for magnetic flux, just like a higher
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`electrical resistance is a less desirable path for current to flow. For magnetic
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`circuits one considers the flux and the reluctance; for electrical circuits one
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`considers the current and resistance.
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`45. The magnetic reluctance is inversely proportional to the permeability
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`of a magnetic material, with air having a much higher reluctance, or resistance, to
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`flux than a material with high permeability.
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`46. To increase the amount of coupled AC flux between primary coil and
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`secondary coil, a magnetic core or sheet can be used. When the reluctance is very
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`low (flux prefers to be concentrated in the core), the majority of the magnetic flux
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`will be concentrated in the core.
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`47. Magnetic cores or sheets also have a number of ancillary effects that
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`may be considered drawbacks in certain applications. The magnetic flux inside of
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`a magnetic core can cause a phenomenon known as eddy currents within the
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`magnetic core. Eddy currents are circular currents that flow inside the magnetic
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`core material that are induced by the AC flux in the core. If the magnetic core
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`material is electrically conductive, the AC magnetic field from the primary coil
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`will induce small voltages inside the core and cause current to flow inside the core,
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`just like it induces a larger voltage on the secondary coil and causes current to flow
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`in the device connected to the secondary coil. The eddy currents will cause energy
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`loss.
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`48. Additionally, there is a phenomenon known as core loss. This occurs
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`because microscopic magnetic domains within material will switch back and forth
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`as they follow the AC current.
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`49. Thus, the use of a magnetic core or sheet may provide increased flux
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`coupling between the primary and secondary coils of a transformer, but may add
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`some additional loss.
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`B. Magnetic Permeability and Reluctance
`50. Properties that underlie magnetic cores or sheets used in WPT are
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`known as magnetic permeability and its inverse, magnetic reluctance, are
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`important to understanding the ’215 Patent.
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`51. The magnetic flux in a vacuum created by a current flowing through a
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`coil can be calculated. When a material other than vacuum is present, the magnetic
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`flux in that material may be different than in a vacuum. The ratio between the two
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`magnetic fields or fluxes is characterized by the relative permeability, µr, of a
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`material:
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`𝜇!"#$%&"’= 𝜇% ∙ 𝜇(
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`where permeability of a vacuum has a value of 4π×10-7 H/m (Henrys per meter)
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`and is represented by the symbol µo.
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`52. As an example, a material with a relative permeability of 10 would
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`have a magnetic flux 10 times the flux value if the material was not present (in a
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`vacuum). Thus, permeability characterizes the change in magnetic flux when a
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`coil is not in a vacuum. Air has a permeability of 1.00000037, and thus the
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`magnetic flux in air is almost identical to that of a vacuum.
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`53. Materials can have a permeability different from 1. The most notable
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`are magnetic cores or sheets in WPT, which typically have a permeability much
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`greater than 1. Some materials, like water have a permeability less than 1, which
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`means the flux is lower in water than it would be in a vacuum or air.
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`54. Magnetic permeability can be understood by looking at the
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`microscopic composition of many magnetic materials. Many magnetic materials
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`are composed of microscopic (1-30 micrometer) domains that act like a small
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`magnet. They are randomly arranged in a magnetic material, as shown below.
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`55. A domain is like a microscopic bar magnet, with a North and South
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`pole and the orientation shown by the arrow. In an unmagnetized material, the
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`domains are randomly oriented. Because of their random orientation, the fields
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`from each domain cancel one another and the net magnetic field is zero. When an
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`external magnetic field, H, is applied some domains will align with the external
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`field. Now the domains aren’t all random, some point in the direction of the
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`applied field, H. Because of this, their magnetic fields do not cancel, but rather add
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`to the applied magnetic field, H, such that the effective magnetic field, B, is greater
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`than the applied magnetic field, H.
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`56. The relation between them is the permeability:
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`𝐵= 𝜇!"#$%&"’∙ 𝐻
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`57. As stated above, the permeability is often decomposed into the
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`permeability of a vacuum and then the relative permeability of the material (the
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`multiplier between the external field and the effective field due to the alignment of
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`magnetic domains):
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`𝜇!"#$%&"’= 𝜇% ∙ 𝜇(
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`58. As the external field is increased, more and more domains will align.
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`Once all of the magnetic domains are aligned, the effective magnetic field, B,
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`cannot increase at the same rate and the material is said to be saturated. A common
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`representation of this is the relationship between B and H, as shown below in what
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`is often referred to as a B-H curve:
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`This example displays the difference between a soft magnetic material and hard
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`magnetic material in the presence of an applied magnetic field, H. When H=0, the
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`domains of each of the materials are random.
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`59. The slope of the curve is the effective permeability. The curve has
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`hysteresis because once domains are aligned they tend to stay aligned, it takes a
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`reduced or opposing external field to get them to return to a random orientation or
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`to be oriented in the opposite direction. The saturation occurs when all domains are
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`aligned.
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`60. A soft magnetic material is one in which the domains align easily with
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`the external field, H, and return to their random orientation easily when the
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`external field is removed. It can be thought of as responsive to the external field
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`and requires little energy to change.
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`61. A hard magnetic material is one in which the domains stay in place
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`and it takes a large magnetic field to change their orientation. The orientation of
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`the domains is hard to change and they are not as responsive to changes in external
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`fields, H, unless it is a large magnitude. The magnitude of the external field needed
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`to change all domains from one direction to the other is called the coercivity.
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`62. The difference between hard and soft materials can be seen in the
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`diagram above. For a soft material, a small change in H causes a small change in B.
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`As shown in the figure above, when a large H is applied in the positive direction,
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`all of the domains align and the soft material is saturated. Soft materials can be
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`easily saturated. Hard materials require a greater external field to saturate. In his
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`deposition, Dr. Phinney noted that there is “a somewhat arbitrary dividing line
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`coercivity.” Phinney Tr. at 38:23 – 39:4 (discussing whether stainless steels can be
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`a soft magnetic material); see also Phinney Tr. at 43:9-17 (the width of the
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`hysteresis loop in the B-H curve will, along a continuum, dictate the transition
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`from soft magnetic properties to hard magnetic properties). Dr. Phinney also noted
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`an anisotropy to the shape of the domains, such that they prefer only being in one
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`direction or the other, e.g. a bar magnet that only wants to be N side up or S side
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`up, with no other possible orientation. Another method is to create crystal grains
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`that are on the order of the magnetic domains. When this happens, the magnetic
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`domains are “pinned” by the grain dimension and hard to change. In other words,
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`while the elemental components will have an effect on the magnetic characteristics
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`of a composition, the crystal structure and size, dependent on the processing of the
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`composition, plays a significant role in whether the material exhibits soft magnetic
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`characteristics or hard magnetic characteristics. In his deposition testimony, Dr.
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`Phinney Tr. at 12:2-23, 38:14-22, 54:4-14. The example below shows the B-H
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`curve of each of silicon steel, configured as a hard magnetic material, and
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`permalloy, configured as a soft magnetic material. In addition it can be seen that
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`the Permalloy is easily saturated by an external magnetic field, as only a small H is
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`64. As Sawa explains, “The Fe alloy of the Fe--Cr system, the Fe--Ni
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`system, and the Fe--Si system is easy to be adjusted in plate thickness by rolling.
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`Further, it is easy to form an inner strain in a stressing process step such as rolling
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`and to generate a magnetic anisotropy by an interaction with a magnetostriction.
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`Therefore, it is possible to make the first magnetic thin plate 2 hard to be magnetic-
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`saturated.” Ex. 1005, 9:4-11.
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`65. As discussed above, magnetic reluctance is the measurement of a
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`material’s resistance to magnetic flux, with lower reluctances being a more
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`desirable path for magnetic flux. This is a direct analog to electrical resistance,
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`where a lower resistance is a more desirable path for current to flow. Magnetic
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`reluctance is inversely proportional to a material’s permeability and thus two
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`properties are directly related. Magnetic flux will choose to flow in the least
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`reluctance path and thus will be concentrated by low reluctance paths in a magnetic
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`circuit.
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`66. To illustrate this, consider the magnetic flux in two materials:
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`Aluminum with a relative permeability of 1.0002 and 1018 Steel with a relative
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`permeability of approximately 100. Aluminum has approximately the reluctance of
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`air (around 1) and thus is no more a desirable path than air and it does not
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`concentrate magnetic flux as can be seen in the illustration below. 1018 Steel,
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`however, has a reluctance 1/100 (inverse of relative permeability) that of air and is
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`a more desirable path and thus concentrates magnetic flux. The below illustrations
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`shows clearly how the flux is more concentrated inside of the 1018 steel (on right
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`dimension during magnetization. One example is an ultrasonic transducer where a
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`current carrying coil generates a magnetic field which then causes a magnetic
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`material with magnetostriction properties to expand/contract. Thus the current
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`carrying coil can cause a mechanical vibration through the magnetostriction
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`properties of the magnetic material.
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`68.
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`In materials with magnetostriction, a magnetic field causes a strain
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`that may lead to displacement or dimensional change of the material. Likewise, a
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`mechanical pressure can cause a magnetic field.
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`Yoon Young Kim, Young Eui Kwon, Review of magnetostrictive patch
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`transducers and applications in ultrasonic nondestructive testing of waveguides,
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`Ultrasonics, Volume 62, 2015, Pages 3-19, ISSN 0041-624X,
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`https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultras.2015.05.015.
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`69. The saturation magnetization of a material can be changed by
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`inducing stress during manufacturing or by stress induced during operation where
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`the strain impedes the alignment of the small magnetic domains, resulting in a
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`higher magnetic field needed to overcome the induced strain. This may be thought
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`of as a magnet with magnetostriction in a fixed box. When a magnetic field is
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`applied, it cannot lengthen and thus the domains cannot align. The fixed box can
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`be a physical dimension limitation, e.g. an actual box, or ca