Abstract:
When power transmitting electrodes of a power transmitting apparatus are respectively facing power receiving electrodes of a power receiving apparatus, a composite resonant circuit including a series resonant circuit and a parallel resonant circuit is formed through a compound capacitance formed between the power transmitting electrodes and the power receiving electrodes. In a predetermined mutually facing state in which the compound capacitance becomes maximum, the impedances of the configuration components of the composite resonant circuit are set such that a resonant frequency at which the impedance of the composite resonant circuit from a signal generator side when inputs of a load circuit is short-circuited becomes locally minimum, becomes higher than a resonant frequency at which the impedance of the composite resonant circuit as seen from the signal generator side when the inputs of the load circuit are open becomes locally maximum.
Abstract:
A power transmission apparatus includes capacitors connected in series between an active electrode and a passive electrode. A power reception apparatus includes capacitors connected in series between an active electrode and a passive electrode. When a capacitance between the active electrodes is represented by Caa, a capacitance between the passive electrodes is represented by Cpp, and reactances of the capacitors are represented by X1, X2, X3, and X4; the active electrodes, the passive electrodes and the capacitors are configured such that Cpp/Caa=X1/X2=X3/X4 and Cpp≧Caa are satisfied. Thus, a wireless power transmission system capable of stabilizing an operation of a load circuit in the power reception apparatus is provided.
Abstract:
A power transmission system includes a charging station and a power receiving device. The charging station has a pair of first electrodes, and a signal source that emits an alternating current signal; and a step-up transformer that applies a stepped-up voltage to the pair of first electrodes. The power receiving device has a pair of second electrodes opposite to and that capacitively couple with the first electrodes; a step-down transformer; a rectifying and smoothing circuit that rectifies and smoothes the stepped-down AC voltage; and a load circuit, The charging station further has a potential stabilizing electrode that capacitively couples with the electrode connected to a reference potential of the power receiving device and the potential stabilizing electrode is connected to a reference potential of the charging station via a charge controller.
Abstract:
In a wireless power transmission system that transmits power from a power transmitting device to a power receiving device by electric field coupling, the power receiving device includes a power receiving module having a circuit for rectifying and smoothing an AC voltage which is generated between the active electrode and the passive electrode, a secondary battery, and a heat conducting plate that transfers heat which is generated in the power receiving module in power transmission from the power transmitting device to the power transmitting device. The power transmitting device includes a power transmission module which converts an input DC voltage to an AC voltage and applies the AC voltage between the active electrode and the passive electrode and a heat conducting plate which makes contact with the heat conducting plate and receives heat from the power receiving device.
Abstract:
In a power transmitting device constituting a wireless power transmission system, a voltage generating circuit applies a voltage between an active electrode and a passive electrode. In a power receiving device, a voltage generated between an active electrode that is opposed to the active electrode, and a passive electrode that is opposed to or brought into contact with the passive electrode when the power receiving device is placed on the power transmitting device is inputted to a load circuit as a power supply voltage. Passive electrodes of the power transmitting device are provided to electrostatically shield the opposed active electrodes with respect to the earth. Consequently, a wireless power transmission system, a power transmitting device, and a power receiving device are configured so the potential of the power transmitting device and the power receiving device during power transmission is stabilized to thereby prevent malfunction of the power receiving device.