A circuit comprises a power source, an Open Loop Reactance Matching Circuit Control Signal Generator (OLRMCCSG), an Open Loop Reactance Matching (OLRM) circuit, and a load. The power source supplies an input voltage and an input current used to drive the load. The load is an inductive type load or a capacitive type load. If the power source operates as a voltage source, then the OLRMCCSG uses input voltage information to control the OLRM circuit to generate a reactance matching voltage that is phase delayed with respect to the input voltage. If the power source operates as a current source, then the OLRMCCSG uses input current information to control the OLRM circuit to generate a reactance matching current that is phase delayed with respect to the input current. The reactance matching voltage or the reactance matching current causes the input voltage and the input current to be in phase.

A wireless charging system includes a wireless power transmitter and N wireless power receivers. The wireless power transmitter includes a power input terminal for receiving an input power, and M transmission modules. Each transmission module includes a power controller, a power management unit, a bridge driver, and a transmission unit. The N wireless power receivers are for receiving N wireless power signals from N transmission units of N transmission modules respectively, and wirelessly transmitting the N communication signals to the N transmission units of the N transmission modules respectively. The M power management units of the M transmission modules are coupled to each other and transmit control signals for handshaking communication.

A vehicle includes: a controller; a power receiving device that contactlessly receives power from a power transmitting facility; a battery chargeable using the power received by the power receiving device; and a power transmitting device that contactlessly outputs, to another vehicle, the power received by the power receiving device. The other vehicle contactlessly receives power from each of the power transmitting facility and the power transmitting device. When the other vehicle is unable to contactlessly receive the power from the power transmitting facility, the controller controls the power transmitting device to contactlessly output the power received by the power receiving device to the other vehicle in accordance with a request from the other vehicle.

A transmitter coil module for inclusion in an accessory device can include a transmitter coil capable of operating at either of two different operating frequencies. The low frequency can be in a range from about 300 kHz to about 400 kHz, and the high frequency can be in a range from about 1 MHz to about 2 MHz. To provide efficient charging at both frequencies, the transmitter coil can be formed from a compound, or multi-stranded, wire. A control module can also be provided that is external to the transmitter coil module The control module can include, for example, a printed circuit board having control circuitry to generate alternating current in the transmitter coil at either the high frequency or the low frequency.

An induction cooker according to the present disclosure includes a body including a top plate on which a heating target is placed, a frame formed to surround an outer periphery of the top plate, and having a discontinuous portion being electrically discontinuous from other parts of the frame, a heating coil disposed below the top plate, and configured to inductively heat the heating target, a driver circuit configured to supply electric power to the heating coil, a power transfer coil configured to transfer electric power by magnetic resonance, and a power transfer circuit configured to supply electric power to the power transfer coil, and a power receiving device including a power receiving coil configured to receive electric power from the power transfer coil by magnetic resonance, and a load circuit configured to operate by the electric power received by the power receiving coil.

Disclosed are devices and methods for performing wireless charging of an electronic device and establishing a wireless connection with a plurality of electronic devices for data transfer. Different modes of wireless data transfer can be used to ensure that the power supply of the electronic device is charged without interruption.

A method performed by a first network node (111). The method is for handling charging of a wireless device (130). The first network node (111) and the wireless device (130) operate in a wireless communications network (100). The first network node (111) modulates (307) one or more beam forming beams (121) in an antenna array (124) controlled by the first network node (111) with a pulse width modulation. The first network node (111) then charges (308), wirelessly, the wireless device (130), with the modulated one or more beam forming beams (121).

A wireless charging device (20) and a to-be-charged device (10) are provided, to support two or more wireless charging technologies, so as to optimize a circuit design and improve power transmission efficiency. The to-be-charged device (10) includes: a first receiving coil, configured to receive an electromagnetic signal based on a first wireless charging technology, and convert the electromagnetic signal into an alternating current signal; and a second receiving coil, configured to receive an electromagnetic signal based on a second wireless charging technology, and convert the electromagnetic signal into an alternating current signal, where the first wireless charging technology and the second wireless charging technology support different resonance frequency ranges.

a wireless charger, comprising: a top cover for placing an electronic device thereon; at least one coil, disposed under the top cover; and a first magnet embedded inside the top cover for aligning with a second magnet of the electronic device for wireless charging the electronic device.

A system and method for distributed charging of mobile devices. In accordance with an embodiment, the system comprises a secondary coil or receiver associated with a mobile device. When the mobile device is placed in proximity to a base unit having one or more primary coils, each primary coil having a generally planar shape so that when a current is passed through the primary coil a magnetic field is generated in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the primary coil, the perpendicular magnetic field is used to inductively generate a current in the secondary coil or receiver associated with the mobile device, to charge or power the mobile device. In accordance with various embodiments the system can incorporate efficiency measures that improve the efficiency of power transfer between the charger and receiver.