Patent classifications
H02J50/502
Receiving coil and foreign object detecting apparatus in multiple charging condition using plurality of transmitting coils
An apparatus is provided in which electromagnetic field components generated by a transmitting coil is induced to other transmitting coils based on plurality of transmitting coils being driven for multiple wireless charging, for example, wirelessly charging two or more receivers to prevent degradation in performance of detecting a receiving coil and a foreign object during multiple wireless charging. According to the present disclosure, the receiving coil and foreign object detecting apparatus in multiple charging conditions using the plurality of transmitting coils includes an induced signal processor. The induced signal processor can control an amount of voltage and an operation frequency corresponding to the wireless charging coil and can detect a peak and can include a filter to thereby prevent interference of a signal induced from other neighboring transmitting coils.
Wireless power transmission antenna with internal repeater and in-coil tuning
An antenna for wireless power transmission includes a source coil comprised of a first conductive wire, the source coil including a first outer turn and a first inner turn, the source coil configured to connect to one or more electronic components for wireless power transfer. The antenna further includes an internal repeater coil comprised of a second conductive wire, the internal repeater coil including a second outer turn and a second inner turn, the internal repeater coil configured to have a repeater current induced in the second outer turn and the second inner turn. The antenna further includes a repeater tuning system in electrical connection with a beginning of the second outer turn and an ending of the second inner turn, the repeater tuning system positioned inward of the second outer turn.
Wireless power receiver with repeater for enhanced power harvesting
An antenna for a wireless power receiver system includes a receiver coil, the receiver coil configured to receive one or both of wireless power signals and repeated wireless power signals and provide the wireless power signals to a rectifier of the wireless power receiver system. The antenna further includes an internal repeater coil, the internal repeater coil configured to receive the wireless power signals and transmit the wireless power signals to the receiver coil as the repeated wireless power signals.
CONTACTLESS POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS
A contactless power transmission apparatus includes a receiver that includes a resonant circuit including a receiver coil that receives electric power from a transmitter coil included in a transmitter and a resonant capacitor connected in parallel to the receiver coil. The receiver outputs, through an output coil having fewer turns than the receiver coil and a coil connected to the output coil, electric power received by the resonant circuit and rectifies the output power with a rectifier circuit. The transmitter includes a control circuit that controls a voltage and a switching frequency of alternating current power to be supplied to the transmitter coil from a power supply circuit to allow the contactless power transmission apparatus to continuously perform a constant voltage output operation.
LOOP ANTENNA, LOOP ANTENNA UNIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
A loop antenna unit including two loop antennas having a same number of turns and different winding directions, the two loop antennas being positioned in line symmetry and not superposed on each other in a plan view. Each of the two loop antennas includes a loop conductive line wound continuously in one direction with n turns, where n is an integer of 3 or more, forming loops from a start point to an end point on the outermost loop or the innermost loop, the loop conductive line being bent in a transitional region in a direction from an outer loop toward an inner loop such that the loops have bent portions positioned side by side from an outermost first loop to an (n1)th loop in the transitional region, and a jumper wire positioned on the insulating layer to cross the transitional region in a plan view.
POWER RECEIVER, POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND POWER RECEIVING METHOD
A power receiver includes: a secondary-side resonant coil that includes a resonant coil circuit and receives power from a primary-side resonant coil; a capacitor inserted into the resonant coil circuit; a series circuit including a first switch and a second switch; a first rectifying element having a first rectification direction; a second rectifying element having a second rectification direction; a detection circuit that detects a voltage or a current; a binarization processing circuit that outputs a rectangular wave obtained by binarizing the voltage or the current; a rectangular wave detection circuit that detects a rising or falling timing and a cycle of the rectangular wave; a reference clock generation circuit that generates a reference clock based on the rising or falling timing and the cycle; and a control circuit that generates a control clock used to switch on and off by adjusting a phase or a duty ratio.
RECEIVING COIL AND FOREIGN OBJECT DETECTING APPARATUS IN MULTIPLE CHARGING CONDITION USING PLURALITY OF TRANSMITTING COILS
An apparatus is provided in which electromagnetic field components generated by a transmitting coil is induced to other transmitting coils based on plurality of transmitting coils being driven for multiple wireless charging, for example, wirelessly charging two or more receivers to prevent degradation in performance of detecting a receiving coil and a foreign object during multiple wireless charging. According to the present disclosure, the receiving coil and foreign object detecting apparatus in multiple charging conditions using the plurality of transmitting coils includes an induced signal processor. The induced signal processor can control an amount of voltage and an operation frequency corresponding to the wireless charging coil and can detect a peak and can include a filter to thereby prevent interference of a signal induced from other neighboring transmitting coils.
Power Reception Unit, Power Transmission Unit, and Wireless Power Transfer Device
Provided is a power reception unit that receives electric power transmitted from a power transmission unit, in which variation in power transmission efficiency is prevented. The power reception unit includes: a plurality of power reception coils that are configured to receive electric power by magnetic coupling with a power transmission coil of the power transmission unit; and a load coil that is disposed close to the power reception coils, in which a plurality of series resonant circuits that resonate at a frequency equal to a power transmission frequency are constituted by each of the plurality of power reception coils and a resonance capacity, the plurality of series resonant circuits are connected in series in a loop shape, and the load coil extracts received electric power from the series resonant circuits.
Wireless Power System
A battery case has first and second coils on opposing sides of a battery and has switching circuitry that is coupled between the first and second coils. The battery case has a battery that provides supplemental battery power wirelessly to a wireless power receiving device via the second coil when the switching circuitry is in an open state. The case can also receive power wirelessly with the first coil from a wireless charging mat when the switching circuitry is in the open state. In a closed state, the switching circuitry shorts the first and second coils together so that current flowing through the first coil flows through the second coil in series and so that wireless power from the wireless charging mat that is received with the first coil is transmitted wirelessly to the wireless power receiving device using the second coil.
WIRELESS ELECTRIC FIELD POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM, TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER
A resonator is provided. The resonator comprises at least two inductors and at least four capacitive electrodes electrically connected to the inductors. The capacitive electrodes and the inductors are configured to resonate and generate or couple with an electric field. The electrodes have either four fold mirror or rotational symmetry.