- Patent Title: Interphase transformer based rectifier for wireless power transfer
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Application No.: US15847116Application Date: 2017-12-19
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Publication No.: US10707699B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: InHwan Oh , Bharat Patel
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Blank Rome LLP
- Main IPC: H02J50/12
- IPC: H02J50/12 ; H02M7/217 ; H01F38/14 ; H02J7/02 ; H02M7/06 ; H04B5/00 ; H02M7/00 ; H02M3/335

Abstract:
A wireless power transfer circuit can include an interphase transformer operatively coupled to a receiver coil, a rectifier, and a load. The receiver coil can be configured to have an alternating current induced therein by a transmitter coil. The interphase transformer can be configured to deliver a current to the load that is twice the current induced in the receiver coil, and the rectifier can be configured to rectify the current delivered to the load. The interphase transformer may be constructed with a center tapped winding structure or a bifilar winding structure, and may be constructed as a planar transformer. The rectifier may be made up of diodes (which may be Schottky diodes) or may be a synchronous rectifier comprised of switching devices such as MOSFETs.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190097458A1 INTERPHASE TRANSFORMER BASED RECTIFIER FOR WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER Public/Granted day:2019-03-28
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