VARIABLE WIRELESS POWER TRANSMITTER INCLUDING PLURAL RESONATORS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE WIRELESS POWER TRANSMITTER

    公开(公告)号:US20230155416A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-18

    申请号:US17987590

    申请日:2022-11-15

    CPC classification number: H02J50/005 H02J50/12 H02J50/402 H03H7/38

    Abstract: The disclosure provides a variable wireless power transmitter including a plurality of resonators and a method of controlling the variable wireless power transmitter. A wireless power transmitter of the disclosure may include: a housing; a power amplifier disposed inside the housing; a first resonator including at least one coil and fixed to a first portion of the housing; a second resonator including at least one coil, rotatably disposed at a second portion of the housing, and configured to form a variable angle with the first resonator; a sensor configured to sense a shape change based on rotation of the second resonator; a controller configured to: identify a shape change of the first resonator and the second resonator based on a signal sensed by the sensor, identify whether impedance is matched for the first resonator or the second resonator based on the identification of the shape change, and generate a control signal for impedance matching for the first resonator or the second resonator based on identifying that the impedance is not matched; and a matching circuit including at least one coil and at least one capacitor, electrically coupled between the power amplifier and the first resonator, and configured to perform impedance matching based on the control signal received from the controller.

    WIRELESS POWER TRANSMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING APPROACHING OBJECT BY WIRELESS POWER TRANSMITTING DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20230077067A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-09

    申请号:US17903472

    申请日:2022-09-06

    Abstract: The disclosure provides a wireless power transmitting device and a method for detecting an approaching object by the wireless power transmitting device. According to the disclosure, a wireless power transmitting device may comprise: a power amplifier, a transmission resonator including a coil, and configured to receive an electrical signal corresponding to a first frequency, which is output through the power amplifier, and to form a magnetic field by the received electrical signal corresponding to the first frequency to transmit power, an antenna configured in a shape corresponding to any one side of a symmetrical axis of a split ring resonator (SRR) antenna, disposed adjacent to the transmission resonator, and configured to receive a signal corresponding to a second frequency, a sensing circuit configured to sense at least part of the signal corresponding to the second frequency transmitted to the antenna, and a controller configured to identify whether a human body approaches, based on a signal sensed through the sensing circuit. A first terminal of the sensing circuit may be connected to a first portion of the antenna, and a second terminal of the sensing circuit may be connected to the coil of the transmission resonator.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO WIRELESSLY RECEIVE POWER AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20210376642A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-02

    申请号:US17085117

    申请日:2020-10-30

    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an electronic device may include a battery, a resonance circuit, a rectifier, a DC/DC converter, a charger, a switch, an overvoltage protection circuit configured to perform an overvoltage protection operation or to stop the overvoltage protection operation based on the voltage at the output terminal of the rectifier, a control circuit, and a communication circuit, and the control circuit may be configured to: based on a periodic repetition of a performance of the overvoltage protection operation and a stop of the overvoltage protection while the switch is in an off state, identify a first period during which the overvoltage protection operation is stopped, based on the first period, identify an expected voltage at an output terminal of the rectifier, to be expected, wherein the expected voltage is a voltage if the switch is in an on state, based on the expected voltage, identify whether an occurrence of an overvoltage is expected if the switch is in the on state, and control the communication circuit to transmit a communication signal including information about whether the occurrence of the overvoltage is expected.

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