Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatuses and wireless power transmitters having multiple transmit coils and related method
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Application No.: US14670371Application Date: 2015-03-26
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Publication No.: US09837864B2Publication Date: 2017-12-05
- Inventor: Gustavo J. Mehas , Nicholaus W. Smith , Adam M. Bumgarner
- Applicant: Integrated Device Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Integrated Device Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Integrated Device Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Main IPC: H01F27/42
- IPC: H01F27/42 ; H01F37/00 ; H01F38/00 ; H02J50/12 ; H02J7/02

Abstract:
A wireless power transmitter may include a bridge inverter and a plurality of parallel paths operably coupled to the bridge inverter. Each path includes a resonance tank including a transmit coil coupled with at least one resonance capacitor, a first switch serially coupled with the resonance tank and switching node A of the bridge inverter, a first clamping element in parallel with the first switch, a second switch serially coupled with the resonance tank and switching node B of the bridge inverter, and a second clamping element in parallel with the second switch. A method includes generating a wireless power signal through a used coil in a first parallel path, and clamping a parasitic voltage generated in at least one unused coil in at least one additional parallel path through a clamp element across a switch in the at least one parallel path for the at least one unused coil.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160285278A1 APPARATUSES AND WIRELESS POWER TRANSMITTERS HAVING MULTIPLE TRANSMIT COILS AND RELATED METHOD Public/Granted day:2016-09-29
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