Non-contact power reception apparatus for non-contact charging and electronic settlement performed in a single portable terminal
11601014 ยท 2023-03-07
Assignee
Inventors
Cpc classification
Y10T29/53265
GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
H02J50/80
ELECTRICITY
H02J7/00034
ELECTRICITY
Y02T10/70
GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
H02J50/005
ELECTRICITY
International classification
H02J7/00
ELECTRICITY
H02J50/00
ELECTRICITY
H02J50/80
ELECTRICITY
H04B5/00
ELECTRICITY
Abstract
A non-contact power reception apparatus is provided, in which a power reception coil for a charging system and a loop antenna for an electronic settlement system are mounted on a battery pack and a cover case of a portable terminal such that the power reception coil is arranged in the center thereof and the loop antenna is disposed outside the power reception coil, so that a mode of receiving a wireless power signal and a mode of transmitting and receiving data are selectively performed, thereby preventing interference from harmonic components and enabling non-contact charging and electronic settlement using a single portable terminal. A jig for fabricating a core to be mounted to the non-contact power reception apparatus is provided.
Claims
1. An apparatus, comprising: a wireless power transfer coil of a non-contact charging system; and a communication antenna capable of transmitting or receiving a wireless data signal, the communication antenna disposed in a same plane as the wireless power transfer coil, wherein the communication antenna forms a loop outside the wireless power transfer coil in the apparatus.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the wireless power transfer coil includes a first wire that coils around a winding diameter, and wherein the communication antenna includes a second wire that loops outside the first wire.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the wireless power transfer coil and the communication antenna are positioned on a same side of a cover case of the apparatus.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a housing, wherein the wireless power transfer coil and the communication antenna are positioned substantially at one side of the housing.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the wireless power transfer coil and the communication antenna are formed as a double-structure core and have a substantially circular arrangement.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the wireless power transfer coil is arranged within a center of a loop formed by the communication antenna.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the wireless power transfer coil and the communication antenna are configured to use different respective frequency bands and are capable of being operated at a same time.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the communication antenna is used for an electronic payment based on the wireless data signal, the wireless data signal including information related to the electronic payment.
9. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: shielding material to protect electrical circuit elements in the apparatus from electromagnetic waves, wherein the shielding material is disposed between at least the wireless power transfer coil and the electrical circuit elements of the apparatus.
10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the wireless power transfer coil and the communication antenna are positioned on different pieces of the shielding material.
11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the different pieces of the shielding material provide spatial decoupling of the wireless power transfer coil and the communication antenna on the same plane to minimize an overall height of the wireless power transfer coil and the communication antenna in the apparatus.
12. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: shielding material disposed between the wireless power transfer coil and at least one other electrical circuit component of the apparatus; and an absorber disposed between the communication antenna and the at least one other electrical circuit component.
13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the wireless power transfer coil has a circular shape and the communication antenna has a substantially rectangular shape.
14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the wireless power transfer coil and the communication antenna are arranged in a common module of the apparatus.
15. An apparatus, comprising: a wireless power transfer coil of a non-contact charging system; a communication antenna capable of transmitting or receiving a wireless data signal, the communication antenna disposed in a same plane as the wireless power transfer coil, wherein the communication antenna forms a loop outside the wireless power transfer coil in the apparatus; shielding material disposed between the wireless power transfer coil and at least one other electrical circuit component of the apparatus; and an absorber disposed between the communication antenna and the at least one other electrical circuit component.
16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the wireless power transfer coil includes a first wire that coils around a winding diameter, and wherein the communication antenna includes a second wire that loops outside the first wire.
17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the wireless power transfer coil and the communication antenna are formed as a double-structure core and have a substantially circular arrangement.
18. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the wireless power transfer coil and the communication antenna are positioned substantially in the same plane in the apparatus to minimize an overall height of the wireless power transfer coil and the communication antenna in the apparatus.
19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the shielding material and the absorber provide spatial decoupling of the wireless power transfer coil and the communication antenna positioned substantially in the same plane.
20. An apparatus, comprising: a shielding material configured to protect electrical circuit elements in the apparatus from electromagnetic waves; a wireless power transfer coil arranged on the shielding material; an absorber different from the shielding material; and a communication antenna arranged on the absorber, wherein the communication antenna loops outside the wireless power transfer coil such that the wireless power transfer coil and the communication antenna are substantially positioned in a same plane in the apparatus.
21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the wireless power transfer coil includes a first wire that coils around a winding diameter, and wherein the communication antenna includes a second wire that loops outside the first wire.
22. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the wireless power transfer coil and the communication antenna are formed as a double-structure core and have a substantially circular arrangement.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
(13) Reference will now be made in detail to various embodiments of the present disclosure, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described below. While the disclosure will be described in conjunction with example embodiments, it will be understood that the present description is not intended to limit the disclosure to those example embodiments. On the contrary, the disclosure is intended to cover not only the example embodiments, but also various alternatives, modifications, equivalents and other embodiments, which may be included within the spirit and scope of the disclosure as defined by the appended claims.
(14) A non-contact power reception apparatus and a jig for fabricating a core for the power reception apparatus according to the present disclosure are variously applicable, and example embodiments thereof will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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(16) The non-contact power transmission apparatus 100 includes a primary core 110, an identifier 120, a wireless power transmission controller 130, a switching controller 140, an operating driver 150, a series resonance converter 160, and a feedback circuit 170.
(17) The primary core 110 consists of a plurality of power transmission cores 111 and is connected in parallel with the series resonance converter 160.
(18) The identifier 120 detects a change in the load of the primary core 110 and determines whether the change is induced by the non-contact power reception apparatus 200 or not. Thus, the identifier serves both to detect the change in the load and to analyze and process a data signal code of an AC signal of the signals transmitted from the non-contact power reception apparatus 200.
(19) The wireless power transmission controller 130 receives and checks the determination result from the identifier 120, and, if the change in the load is induced by the non-contact power reception apparatus 200, sends out a power control signal to the operating driver 150 via the primary core 110 to transmit the wireless power signal.
(20) Then, the controller 130 analyzes and processes the data signal filtered by the identifier 120 and correspondingly controls the operating driver 150. In addition, the controller creates a data signal (e.g., an ID asking signal) and transmits it to the non-contact power reception apparatus 200 via the primary core 110.
(21) The switching controller 140 controls the switching operation of a plurality of switches (not shown), which are provided between the series resonance circuit 160 and the power transmission cores 111.
(22) The operating driver 150 controls the operation of the series resonance converter 160 depending upon the intensity of the wireless power signal that is to be transmitted.
(23) The series resonance converter 160 creates a transmission power source for creating a wireless power signal to be transmitted under the control of the operating driver 150, and supplies it to the primary core 110.
(24) That is, when the wireless power transmission controller 130 transmits a power control signal for transmitting a wireless power signal, which may have a required power value, to the operating driver 150, the operating driver 150 controls the operation of the series resonance converter 160 to correspond to the transmitted power control signal, and the series resonance converter 160 applies to the primary core 110 a transmission power source, which may correspond to the required power value, under the control of the operating driver 150, thereby transmitting a wireless power signal having the required intensity.
(25) When the primary core 110 receives the code data of an AC signal, the feedback circuit 170 extracts the code data of the AC signal from a DC signal applied to the primary core 110. The feedback circuit 170 includes an RC filter circuit section (not shown), which is electrically connected with ends of the power transmission cores 111 of the primary core 110 to remove a DC signal component (low frequency component), and an amplifying circuit section (not shown), which has an OP-AMP that is electrically connected with the RC filter circuit section.
(26) That is, the low frequency signal, which is a DC signal component, is removed by the RC filter circuit section and the extracted AC signal component is amplified by the amplifying circuit section.
(27) Thus, it is possible to transmit and receive a low-amplitude signal.
(28) The non-contact power reception apparatus 200 to be supplied with power by receiving the wireless power signal includes a power reception coil 211 of a secondary core 220, which creates induced power using the transmitted wireless power signal, a rectifier 230, which rectifies the induced power, and a battery cell module (not designated), which charges a battery cell 270 with the rectified power.
(29) This battery module includes a protection circuit, such as an overvoltage and overcurrent prevention circuit, a temperature detecting circuit and the like, and a charging management module, which collects and processes information such as the charged state of the battery cell and the like.
(30) The non-contact power reception apparatus 200 further includes a wireless power receiver controller, which checks the current induced to the power reception coil 211 of the secondary core 220 and requests the control of the intensity of a wireless power signal based on the information on the charging of the battery cell, which is collected and processed by the battery cell module, and an ID transmitter, which, via the secondary core 220, transmits and receives the code data of an AC signal modulated in an AC modulation manner.
(31) The non-contact power reception apparatus 200 further includes a capacitor C, which is connected in parallel with the power reception coil 211 of the secondary core 220 to remove a DC signal component, and a MOSFET, in which a drain terminal is serially connected with the capacitor.
(32) The MOSFET performs on/off control under the control of the ID transmitter. The ID transmitter inputs the operation voltage of the MOSFET to the gate terminal of the MOSFET in correspondence with a duty rate, which is set to correspond to the control request for the intensity of the wireless power signal by the wireless power receiver controller.
(33) That is, when the ID transmitter inputs an on-signal and an off-signal, which correspond to the operation voltage, to the gate terminal, the MOSFET creates and outputs a pulse width modulated (PWM) signal corresponding to voltage input to the gate terminal, and the PWM signal is transmitted to the non-contact power transmission apparatus 100 via the power reception core 211.
(34) The non-contact power transmission apparatus 100 is supplied with power via a power supply port 181 from an adapter supplied with a regular power source, a power source of a USB port of a portable terminal such as a notebook, or the like.
(35) The apparatus 100 further includes a current detector 191, which detects the internal current of the apparatus 100, and a temperature detector 192, which detects the internal temperature of the apparatus 100 during the charging process, so that if overheating, overvoltage or overcurrent occurs, the operation can be stopped.
(36) The battery cell module 230 of the non-contact power reception apparatus 200 further includes a charging circuit 231 for charging a battery cell, a gauge circuit 232 for checking the charged quantity, and a charging monitoring circuit 233 for monitoring the charging state.
(37) A display 193 is further provided to display the state of operation of the non-contact power transmission apparatus 100 and the charging state of the non-contact power reception apparatus 200.
(38) With regard to the fabrication of the power reception coil 211 of the secondary side core 220 of the non-contact power reception apparatus 200, a description thereof will be made later.
(39) Hereinafter, reference will be made to the embodiment of the non-contact power reception apparatus 200 that is provided with both a charging coil and a communication loop antenna at the same time.
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(41) Here, the battery cell block 270 consists of a rechargeable battery cell 273, a temperature detecting module 272, and a charging monitoring block 271 for protection.
(42) The common transmission and reception block 210 serves to selectively perform a mode of receiving a wireless power signal to operate the non-contact charging system and a mode of transmitting and receiving data to operate the electronic settlement system, and includes a power reception coil 211, a loop antenna 212, a mode switching unit 213, and a mode control unit 214.
(43) The power reception coil 211 serves to receive the wireless power signal from the non-contact charging system, and, as shown in
(44) The loop antenna 212 serves to transmit and receive data, such as information on settlement by the electronic settlement system, and as shown in
(45) The mode switching unit 213 serves to select either one of the power reception coil 211 and the loop antenna 212 and perform a switching operation to allow electrical connection to either one of the rectification block 230 and the data processing block 250. In a state of allowing the loop antenna 212 and the data processing block 250 to be connected, the power reception coil 211 and the rectification block 230 are operated to be connected under the control of the mode control unit 214.
(46) The mode control unit 214 serves to detect a voltage of the power received by the power reception coil 211 and control the switching operation of the mode switching unit 213. Then, the mode control unit compares the detected received-voltage with a reference voltage (a minimum voltage capable of determining a power signal supplied by a non-contact charging system), and outputs the comparison result to the mode switching unit 213.
(47) That is, after detecting a voltage received by the power reception coil 211, the mode control unit 214 performs the control operation so that, if the detected received-voltage is higher than the reference voltage, the mode switching unit 213 performs the switching operation to electrically connect the power reception coil 211 and the rectification block 220, and, if the detected received-voltage is lower than the reference voltage, the mode switching unit 213 performs the switching operation to electrically connect the loop antenna 212 and the data processing block 250.
(48) The mode control unit 214, as shown in
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(51) Here, the terminal body B is configured such that a second connector module 252, which is to be electrically connected with the charging control block 240, is provided so as to be connected with the first connector module 261 of the battery pack A, and such that a third connector module 263 is provided so as to allow the wireless power signal received by the power reception coil 211 to be supplied to the rectification block 220.
(52) The data that is transmitted/received via the loop antenna 212 communicates with the data processing block 250 via the third connector module 263, and the data processing block 250 analyzes and processes the communicated data and performs a process such as settlement or the like.
(53) Meanwhile, as shown in
(54) The power reception coil 211 and the loop antenna 212 are mounted on one side of the battery cell 273 such that a shield plate 211a is disposed between the power reception coil 211 and the battery cell 273, and an absorber 212a is arranged between the loop antenna 212 and the battery cell 273.
(55) That is, the power reception coil 211 and the loop antenna 212 are provided on different pieces of shielding material on the same plane, thereby minimizing the thickness of the battery pack A.
(56) Here, the power reception coil 211 has a structure in which a plurality of windings is wound around it, and the loop antenna 212 has a loop type structure, so that, as shown in
(57) Thus, according to the arrangement shown in
(58) The detailed electrical connection between the respective elements of
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(60) The second connector module 262 of the terminal body B is connected with the first connector module 261 of the battery pack A.
(61) Meanwhile, the cover case C is configured so that, as shown in
(62) In some implementations, as shown in
(63) Thus, according to the arrangement shown in
(64) Meanwhile, in order to minimize the size of the non-contact power transmission apparatus and the non-contact power reception apparatus, the power reception cores 211 according to the above embodiments may be fabricated to be thin. Thus, a coil is used in which a coil wire, which comprises a plurality of thin metal wires, is wound around itself in the winding diameter.
(65) In non-contact charging, a shielding sheet is generally provided on one side of a secondary coil in order to protect electric circuit elements from electromagnetic waves.
(66) Here, if the secondary coil is circular, there is no coil near the four corners of the rectangular shield sheet, so that an eddy current is generated, thus raising the temperature.
(67) Due to the non-contact power transmission nature, the positions of the primary core and the secondary core are variable, so that the mobility and transmission efficiency for the secondary core may be an evaluating reference for the reliability of products.
(68) Generally, the coil may be shaped so that a transmitter and a receiver are circular windings, or otherwise so that the transmitter is circular windings and the receiver is rectangular windings.
(69) Here, if the coil of the receiver is circular, mobility is excellent, whereas power transmission efficiency suffers because area is decreased compared to the rectangular coil. If the coil is rectangular, relative to the circular coil, power transmission efficiency is excellent, but mobility suffers.
(70) According to the present disclosure, a jig is provided which facilitates fabricating the secondary core for the non-contact reception apparatus, the secondary core is configured to have the shape of both a circle and a rectangle, so that the mobility and transmission efficiency for the secondary core can be advantageously improved at the same time, by combining the advantages of a circular coil and a rectangular coil.
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(72) The coil-winding jig 310 includes a lower disk 311, an upper disk 312, and a guide unit 313 guiding the double-structure core 320 so that the circular and rectangular core portions are separately wound around the coil-winding jig 310.
(73) The lower disk 311 is formed in a planar form as shown in
(74) In some implementations, the height of the winding protrusion 311a may be greater than the height (diameter) of the coil wire.
(75) A through-hole 311b is formed adjacent to the winding protrusion 311a, as shown in
(76) The through-hole 311b passes through the lower disk 311, and is formed at an incline, as shown in
(77) The upper disk 312 is placed above the lower disk at a certain distance therefrom, and is formed in a planar form, like the lower disk 311, as shown in
(78) Here, various methods of separating and fixing the lower and upper disks 311 and 312 can be adopted, without being limited to a specific one, as desired by persons skilled in the art.
(79) For example, a separate holder holds and fixes one side (opposite corner or the like) of the upper disk 312, so that the upper disk can be separated from the lower disk 311.
(80) The upper disk 312 has at least one slide hole 312a and, in some implementations, has at least four slide holes.
(81) The guide unit 313 is inserted into the slide hole 312a in the upper disk 312 so that the guide unit is movable in a vertical direction. In some implementations, as shown in
(82) That is, the guide unit 313 has a shape corresponding to the corners of a rectangle (such as a rectangular plane having a certain thickness) and an inner curved section 313a corresponding to a circle.
(83) Hereinafter, a method of fabricating a double-structure core 320 using the jig 310 for the non-contact power reception apparatus will be described with reference to
(84) Here, various kinds of separate devices for controlling the construction of the present disclosure, such as a separator for separating the upper disk 312, a winder for coiling wire, and the like, may be adopted, without being limited to a specific one, as desired by those skilled in the art.
(85) First, a coil wire (not designated) as a basic unit of the double-structure core 320 is inserted into the through-hole 311b of the lower disk 311 from a lower side thereof and drawn upwards.
(86) Here, as desired by a person skilled in the art, the coil wire may of course be inserted into the through-hole from the upper side thereof and drawn downwards.
(87) The drawn coil wire is circularly wound about the winding protrusion 311a to form a first coil 321.
(88) Here, in the case where the winding protrusion 311a is provided to have the same height as the thickness (height) of the coil wire and the undersurface of the upper disk 312 is separated by the height of the winding protrusion 311a, winding the coil wire is of course easily performed.
(89) If the diameter of the first coil 321 increases to reach an imaginary circular diameter by the inner curved section 313a of the guide unit 313 as the coil wire is wound, winding the coil wire stops and the formation of the first coil 321 is completed.
(90) After the completion of the formation of the first coil 321, the guide units 313 provided in the upper disk 321 are slid and lowered.
(91) In some implementations, the curved section 313a of the guide unit 313 may come close to the outer circumference of the first coil 321.
(92) When the lower surface of the guide unit 313 has come close to the upper surface of the lower disk 312 through the above process, the coil wire is wound around the outer surface of the guide unit 313 to form a second coil 322.
(93) Here, the coil wire for forming the second coil 322 may be different from that for the first coil 321, but in some implementations, the coil wire forming the first coil 321 be continuously used while extending from the first coil.
(94) If the second coil 322 formed by the coil wire corresponds to the area (size) of the lower or upper disk 311 or 312, as shown in
(95) After the double-structure core 320 has been completely fabricated through the above process, the double-structure core 320, consisting of first and second coils 321 and 322, is removed from the coil-winding jig 310.
(96) Thus, the wireless power transmission double-structure core is fabricated such that the first circular coil 321 is provided in the center thereof and the second rectangular coil 322 is provided outside the first coil, so that the core with advantageous circular and rectangular coils have can be accomplished.
(97) As set forth above, non-contact charging, the data communication control module and its arrangement in the portable terminal have been described above. It is understood that the technical construction of the present disclosure may be modified to have different forms without departing from the spirit and features of the present disclosure by those skilled in the art.
(98) Therefore, the above-mentioned embodiments are provided only for illustrative purposes in all aspects, and the disclosure is not limited thereto. The scope of the present disclosure is defined not by the above detailed description, but by the appended claims, and that the described embodiments and all variations or modifications that can be deduced from equivalents interpreted from the claims fall within the scope of the present disclosure.