According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a control circuitry and a transmitter. The control circuitry is configured to select a first frequency band based on channel information on at least one communication channel included in a communication frequency band of a wireless communication standard. The transmitter transmits power via an electromagnetic wave in the first frequency band.

A transformer assembly including a transformer that is part of an underground residential power distribution circuit and that provides fault isolation and restoration. The transformer assembly includes an enclosure enclosing a primary winding and a secondary winding. The transformer assembly also includes first and second switching devices mounted to a panel of the enclosure, where each switching device includes an outer housing, a transformer interface electrically coupled to the primary winding, a connector interface electrically coupled to a first connector and a vacuum interrupter having a fixed contact and a movable contact. The fixed contact is electrically coupled to the connector interface or the transformer interface and the movable terminal is electrically coupled to the other connector interface or the transformer interface.

Embodiments disclosed herein include modular transformers that comprise a plurality of interconnected transformer modules. In an embodiment a transformer module comprises a first core, where the first core is conductive, and a second core adjacent to the first core, where the second core is conductive. In an embodiment, the transformer module further comprises a magnetic layer around the first core and the second core. In an embodiment, a first via through the magnetic layer is connected to the first core, and a second via through the magnetic layer is connected to the first core. In an embodiment, a third via through the magnetic layer is connected to the second core, and a fourth via through the magnetic layer is connected to the second core.

A wireless power transfer system includes: (a) an annular first substrate, a first coil, a second coil, and an annular second substrate that are stacked such that central axes of those substantially coincide with each other; (b) a power transmission circuit, implemented on the first substrate, for applying a voltage to the first coil; and (c) a power reception circuit, implemented on the second substrate, for rectifying an electric current that is generated at the second coil through electromagnetic induction and/or magnetic resonance. The second substrate is a multilayer substrate that includes a first layer provided with a ground pattern and a second layer provided with a power supply pattern, and includes slit portions where the patterns are not present as viewed from a direction of the central axes.

Techniques are provided for a multiple-layer planar transformer having center taps of a segmented winding. In an example, a multiple-layer planar transformer can be a coupled inductor circuit including a first winding comprising a conductive coil having an electrical path defining and encircling the central axis, a second winding configured to magnetically couple with the first winding, the second winding having a plurality of individual segments, wherein each individual segment forms a fraction of one turn of the second winding, and a first output inductor coupled to a first common node of the second winding. The first common node can directly couple a first node of a first individual segment of the plurality of individual segments with a first node of a second individual segment of the plurality of individual segments.

Various embodiments of inductor coils, antennas, and transmission bases configured for wireless electrical energy transmission are provided. These embodiments are configured to wirelessly transmit or receive electrical energy or data via near field magnetic coupling. The embodiments of inductor coils comprise a figure eight configuration that improve efficiency of wireless transmission efficiency. The embodiments of the transmission base are configured with at least one transmitting antenna and a transmitting electrical circuit positioned within the transmission base. The transmission base is configured so that at least one electronic device can be wirelessly electrically charged or powered by positioning the at least one device in contact with or adjacent to the transmission base.

A method for controlling a non-contact electric power supply system in which an electric power receiving coil mounted on a host vehicle is opposed to an electric power transmitting coil set on a ground, the non-contact electric power supply system supplying electric power from the electric power transmitting coil to the electric power receiving coil in a non-contact manner and, when a moving object is detected in a detection region around the electric power receiving coil or the electric power transmitting coil during the electric power supply, stopping or reducing the electric power supply, the method including: determining whether another vehicle is parked around the host vehicle; and expanding, when determining that the other vehicle is parked, the detection region as compared to when not determining that the other vehicle is parked.

A device for harvesting electrical energy includes a rectifier and a control device. The rectifier includes a first charging circuit for harvesting energy from a positive voltage of an energy harvester, and a second charging circuit for harvesting energy from a negative voltage of the energy harvester. The charging circuits include a common coil and a common electronic switch. Furthermore, each of the charging circuits includes a capacitor and a blocking element. Because the charging circuits use the coil jointly, the device is designed in a simple and compact manner. In addition, the energy harvesting is efficient, due to the one-stage AC-DC conversion and due to a maximum power point tracking function of the control device.

A device comprises a first current sense apparatus coupled to a first switching element of a power conversion apparatus, a second current sense apparatus coupled to a second switching element of the power conversion apparatus and a current sense processing apparatus configured to receive detected current signals from the first current sense apparatus and the second current sense apparatus, and generate an average current signal and a peak current signal.

In one embodiment of a wireless power transmitter, two coils are magnetically coupled together by placing both coils on a magnetic layer. A power circuit generates an AC signal of a defined voltage magnitude that causes a current to flow through the first coil, which generates a magnetic field having a first polarity. The second coil is coupled to the first coil. Current flows through the second coil and generates a magnetic field having a second polarity that is opposite from the first polarity. Because the magnetic field generated by each coil has a different polarity, the magnetic fields attract and form a strong magnetic field that flows from the first coil to the second coil. The strong magnetic field can transfer greater amounts of power to a receiver in comparison to coil configurations that emit magnetic fields in the same direction that repel one another.