: ''For the common use of RF induction process of heating a metal object by electromagnetic induction, see
induction heating
Induction heating is the process of heating electrically conductive materials, namely metals or semi-conductors, by electromagnetic induction, through heat transfer passing through an induction coil that creates an electromagnetic field within th ...
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Radio-frequency induction or RF induction is the use of a
radio frequency
Radio frequency (RF) is the oscillation rate of an alternating electric current or voltage or of a magnetic, electric or electromagnetic field or mechanical system in the frequency range from around to around . This is roughly between the ...
magnetic field to transfer
energy
In physics, energy (from Ancient Greek: ἐνέργεια, ''enérgeia'', “activity”) is the quantitative property that is transferred to a body or to a physical system, recognizable in the performance of work and in the form of hea ...
by means of
electromagnetic induction in the
near field. A radio-frequency
alternating current
Alternating current (AC) is an electric current which periodically reverses direction and changes its magnitude continuously with time in contrast to direct current (DC) which flows only in one direction. Alternating current is the form in whic ...
is passed through a coil of wire that acts as the
transmitter
In electronics and telecommunications, a radio transmitter or just transmitter is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which is applied to the ...
, and a second coil or conducting object,
magnetically coupled to the first coil, acts as the
receiver.
See also
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Radio-frequency identification (RFID)
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Radio antenna
In radio engineering, an antenna or aerial is the interface between radio waves propagating through space and electric currents moving in metal conductors, used with a transmitter or receiver. In transmission, a radio transmitter supplies an ...
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Electromagnetic radiation
In physics, electromagnetic radiation (EMR) consists of waves of the electromagnetic (EM) field, which propagate through space and carry momentum and electromagnetic radiant energy. It includes radio waves, microwaves, infrared, (visible) li ...
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Electromagnetic induction
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Induction plasma technology
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List of electronics topics
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
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List of radiation topics
* absorbed dose
* Electromagnetic radiation
* equivalent dose
* hormesis
* Ionizing radiation
* Louis Harold Gray (British physicist)
* rad (unit)
* radar
* radar astronomy
* radar cross section
* radar detector
* radar gun
* radar jamming
* (rad ...
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Transformer
A transformer is a passive component that transfers electrical energy from one electrical circuit to another circuit, or multiple circuits. A varying current in any coil of the transformer produces a varying magnetic flux in the transformer' ...
External articles
* Budyansky, A. and A. Zykov, "
Static current-voltage characteristics for radio-frequencyinduction discharge'". Plasma Science, 1995. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts., 1995 Page(s):146
* IBM Research Division, T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598.
* Maurizio Vignati and Livio Giuliani "
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* Tenforde, T. S., and W. T. Kaune, "''Interaction of extremely low frequency electric and magnetic fields with humans''". Health Phys 53(6):585-606 (1987).
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