In described examples, a first die includes a primary LC tank oscillator having a natural frequency of oscillation to induce a forced oscillation in a secondary LC tank oscillator of a separate second die via a magnetic coupling between the primary LC tank oscillator and the secondary LC tank oscillator.

Some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a device for conveying power from a location external to a subject to a location within the subject The device may include a flexible carrier, an adhesive on a first side of the carrier, a coil of electrically conductive material associated with the flexible carrier, and a mechanical connector extending from a second side of the carrier opposite the adhesive. The mechanical connector may be configured to be received by and retained by a receiver associated with a housing configured for mounting on the carrier.

A wireless power receiving apparatus is provided. The wireless power receiving apparatus includes a resonance circuit configured to receive wireless power from a wireless power transmitting apparatus, a plurality of first capacitors, a plurality of first switches, a plurality of second capacitors, a plurality of second switches, a rectifier circuit connected to a first end and a second end of the resonance circuit, and a control circuit connected to the rectifier circuit, wherein the control circuit may be configured to select, based on a control error packet (CEP) value identified based on an output of the rectifier circuit, switches for modulating data to be transmitted to the wireless power transmitting apparatus, among the plurality of first switches and the plurality of second switches, and control on/off of the selected switches based on modulation of the data.

Various examples are provided related to wireless charging of electric vehicles. In one example, a wireless charging system includes a transmitter pad including a primary coil supplied by a power source, and alignment control circuitry configured to determine an alignment condition of the transmitter pad with respect to a receiver pad of an electric vehicle. In another example, a wireless charging system includes a receiver pad including a secondary coil; and alignment processing circuitry configured to determine an alignment condition of the receiver pad with respect to a transmitter pad comprising a primary coil supplied by a power source. In another example, a method includes measuring output voltages of a plurality of auxiliary coils mounted on a secondary coil located over a primary coil of the wireless charging system and determining a lateral misalignment between the primary and secondary coils using the output voltages.

A primary side wireless power transmitter inductively couplable to a secondary side wireless power receiver for supplying power to the wireless power receiver for receiving communications from the secondary side wireless power receiver through the inductive coupling comprises a primary side tank circuit receiving a signal on from the secondary side wireless power receiver. A phase delay or time delay circuit generates a fixed delay clock signal. A sample and hold circuit samples a tank circuit voltage utilizing the fixed phase or time delayed clock signal. A comparator is coupled to an output of the sample and hold circuit for extracting data or commands from the signal stream. A method of operating a primary side wireless transmitter inductively coupled to a secondary side wireless power receiver for supplying power to the wireless power receiver to power a load coupled to the receiver is also disclosed.

A system for omni-orientational wireless energy transfer is described. A transmitter unit has a transmitter resonator with a coil that is configured to be coupled to a power supply to wirelessly transmit power to a receiver unit. A receiver unit has a receiver resonator with a coil coupled to a device load. At least one of the resonators is a non-planar resonator that spans a non-degenerate two-dimensional surface having at least one concave portion.

A load control system includes a load control device and a remote control for configuring and controlling operation of the load control device. The load control device and remote control may be mounted to an electrical wallbox. The system may be configured by associating the remote control with the load control device, and actuating a button on the remote control to configure the load control device. A second remote control device may be directly or indirectly associated with the load control device. The load control device and remote control may communicate via inductive coils that are magnetically coupled together. The remote control may be operable to charge a battery from energy derived from the magnetic coupling between the inductive coils. The load control device and remote control may include near-field communication modules that are operable to communicate wirelessly via near-field radiation.

A wireless power transmitter is provided. The wireless power transmitter includes a power source configured to provide direct current (DC) power, an inverter configured to receive the DC power from the power source, invert the DC power into alternating current (AC) power, and output the AC power, a coil configured to generate a magnetic field based on an input of the AC power, a sensor configured to measure a voltage of the AC power output from the inverter and a current of the AC power output from the inverter, and at least one processor configured to identify an external voltage applied to a load of an electronic device based on the voltage of the AC power and the current of the AC power, wherein the electronic device is configured to be wirelessly charged using the magnetic field.

A communication method of a wireless power receiver for receiving power in a wireless manner, includes generating information of the wireless power receiver based on a load modulation within a slot being allocated to the wireless power receiver while wireless power is received from a wireless power transmitter; receiving the wireless power from to the wireless power transmitter; generating first information of the wireless power receiver based on the load modulation within a first unallocated slot among the plurality of slots, wherein the first information is in collision with second information generated by another wireless power receiver; demodulating a collision related signal of the wireless power transmitter based on a frequency shift keying (FSK); and executing a collision resolution mechanism.

An electronic device including: a battery; a signal converting circuit connected to the battery including first, second, third, and fourth switches of a bridge structure; a processor connected to the signal converting circuit; and an antenna connected to the signal converting circuit. The signal converting circuit is configured to: receive from the processor an input which selects a first communication scheme based on the received input while converting and providing to the antenna a direct current signal output from the battery to an alternate current signal; control the first and fourth switches to alternate in a high state and a low state; control the second and third switches in a different state which is different from the state of the first and fourth switches; and control two of the first, second, third, and fourth switches in the high state to alternate in an on state and an off state.