Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a wireless power reception method, a wireless power reception apparatus, and a wireless charging system in a wireless power transmission and reception field, and the wireless power reception apparatus may include a power receiving unit configured to change a magnetic flux to a current to receive power in a wireless manner, and a power controller connected to the power receiving unit to change a resonant frequency to control power received from the power receiving unit, wherein the power controller includes a first capacitor, a second capacitor connected to the first capacitor in parallel, a first switch connected to the second capacitor in series to flow a current in a first direction, a second switch configured to flow a current in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a switch controller configured to control the first and the second switch.
Abstract:
A wireless power transmitter is provided that includes a power conversion unit configured to form a wireless power signal for power transmission, and a power transmission control unit. The power transmission control unit is configured to control the power conversion unit to receive a first packet from a first wireless power receiver and a second packet from a second wireless power receiver in the same time slot, detect a collision between the first packet and the second packet, and control the power conversion unit to receive at least one of the first packet from the first wireless power receiver and the second packet from the second wireless power receiver in at least one time slot if the collision is detected at the same time slot.
Abstract:
A method for transferring, by a wireless power transmitter, wireless power, the method including performing digital ping in a ping phase; receiving a configuration packet of a wireless power receiver in a configuration phase after the ping phase; performing a negotiation of a power transfer contract in a negotiation phase after the configuration phase; and transferring the wireless power to the power receiver based on the power transfer contract in a power transfer phase after the negotiation phase, wherein the configuration packet includes a negotiation field, wherein the negotiation field related to whether the negotiation phase is supported is composed of 1 bit, wherein the configuration packet includes a out-of-band field, wherein the out-of-band field is composed of 1 bit, and wherein, based on the out-of-band field having a value of 1, the out-of-band field indicates that the wireless power receiver supports out-of-band communication, and based on the out-of-band field having a value of 0, the out-of-band field indicates that the wireless power receiver does not support the out-of-band communication.
Abstract:
A wireless power transmitter including a power conversion unit configured to transmit wireless power generated based on magnetic coupling in a power transfer phase and a control unit configured to receive, from the wireless power receiver operating at a first operating point, a first received power packet of the first operating point and a second received power packet of the first operating point based on the first received power packet of the first operating point and the second received power packet of the first operating point and configured to receive a first received power packet of the second operating point and a second received power packet of the second operating point related to power calibration and construct a second power calibration curve based on the first received power packet of the second operating point and the second received power packet of the second operating point.
Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a method, performed by a wireless power transmitter, for transmitting wireless power in a wireless power transmission system, and an apparatus using same, the method comprising: receiving, from at least one wireless power transmitter, a configuration packet notifying the availability of out of band (OB) in a configuration phase; transmitting, to the at least one wireless power receiver, a capability packet notifying the availability of the OB in a negotiation phase; and establishing a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) connection with the at least one wireless power receiver on the basis of the configuration packet and the capability packet, wherein the BLE connection is a connection based on a BLE isochronous (ISO) channel, and through the BLE connection, the at least one wireless power transmitter exchanges at least one piece of power control data with the at least one wireless power receiver in at least one sub-event included in an interval of the BLE ISO channel.
Abstract:
The present specification provides a method by which a wireless power receiver transmits support information in a wireless power transmission system, and a device, the method comprising: entering a configuration phase with a wireless power transmitter; and transmitting support information to the wireless power transmitter in the configuration phase, wherein the support information includes information related to a power transfer protocol supported by means of the wireless power receiver.
Abstract:
An apparatus and a method for performing handover between heterogeneous communication methods. A wireless power transmission apparatus and reception apparatus can indicate whether to support out-band communication thereof on the basis of an out-band flag. The wireless power transmission apparatus can request the wireless power reception apparatus to start a handover by using a bit pattern requesting the handover. The handover procedure to out-band may be performed in a negotiation phase or may be performed in a separate handover phase. Information for establishing an out-band communication connection can be transmitted from the wireless power reception apparatus to the wireless power transmission apparatus through in-band communication. Also, even after the handover to the out-band is completed, it is possible to periodically or intermittently perform the in-band communication in a power transmission phase to detect a swap of the wireless power reception apparatus.
Abstract:
A wireless power transmitter according to an embodiment of the present specification comprises: a power converter comprising a primary coil magnetically coupled to a secondary coil of a wireless power receiver to transmit wireless power; and a controller for communicating with the wireless power receiver and controlling the wireless power transmission, wherein the controller receives first information relating to the secondary coil from the wireless power receiver, receives second information relating to the position information of the wireless power receiver from the wireless power receiver, and distinguishes a state in which a foreign material is present between the wireless power receiver and the wireless power transmitter, and a misalignment state of the primary coil and secondary coil, on the basis of the first information and second information.
Abstract:
A wireless power transmission method executed by a power transmitter comprising multi-coils, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: detecting a second power receiver while transmitting power to a first power receiver; determining at least one primary coil adequate for power transmission; by using the determined at least one primary coil, determining whether the second power receiver supports a shared mode protocol; and if the second power receiver supports the shared mode protocol, transmitting power to the first and second power receivers according to the shared mode protocol, wherein the shared mode protocol may be a protocol for simultaneously managing information exchanges between the power transmitter and multiple power receivers.
Abstract:
A wireless power transmission apparatus for transmitting wireless power to a wireless power reception apparatus, according to an embodiment of the present specification: transmits wireless power to the wireless power reception apparatus by means of magnetic coupling to the wireless power reception apparatus at an operating frequency; communicates with the wireless power reception apparatus by using at least one of in-band communication using the operating frequency and out-band communication using Bluetooth communication; performs an authentication step with the wireless power reception apparatus to increase the level of the wireless power being transmitted to the wireless power reception apparatus; and includes, in a Bluetooth packet, an authentication message required in the authentication step, and transmits the included authentication message to the wireless power reception apparatus via the Bluetooth communication.