Hardware and methods for voltage and current sensing

    公开(公告)号:US12119735B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-15

    申请号:US17680666

    申请日:2022-02-25

    IPC分类号: H02M1/00

    CPC分类号: H02M1/0009

    摘要: Disclosed herein is a wireless power reception system that utilizes a switched capacitor DC-DC voltage converter to charge a load. Current sensing circuits described herein enable the measurement of the input current to the switched capacitor DC-DC voltage converter while being relatively insensitive to temperature variation. Voltage/current sensing circuits described herein enable the selective measurement of load voltage, high side load current, and low side load current. One of the current sensing circuits may be used together with one of the voltage/current sensing circuits in a single device, or the current sensing circuits and voltage/current sensing circuits may be used separately in different devices.

    Contactless card with operator controlled structure

    公开(公告)号:US11983594B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-14

    申请号:US17587645

    申请日:2022-01-28

    摘要: The present disclosure is directed to a contactless card including an actuation security structure that is actuated to provide authorization in accessing identifying information on an integrated circuit within the contactless card. In at least one embodiment, the actuation security structure includes a pair of conductive layers and a pair of electrodes. Ends of the pair of conductive layers overlap respective ones of the pair of electrodes. The ends of the pair of conductive layers are at and in a first elastically deformable region and the respective ones of the pair of electrodes are at and in a second elastically deformable region. An owner of the contactless card may provide authorization to access the identification information on the contactless card by applying force to both the first and second elastically deformable regions inward resulting in the ends of the conductive layers moving into electrical communication with the pair of electrodes.

    HW AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING SAFETY PROTOCOL IN WIRELESS CHARGERS

    公开(公告)号:US20230163633A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-25

    申请号:US18158462

    申请日:2023-01-23

    发明人: Yannick Guedon

    IPC分类号: H02J50/10 H02J50/12 H02J50/80

    CPC分类号: H02J50/10 H02J50/12 H02J50/80

    摘要: An over-voltage protection circuit and methods of operation are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes monitoring a voltage at an output of a rectifier, a voltage at an output of a voltage regulator, or a combination thereof. The method further includes determining the over-voltage condition based on the monitoring; and in response to determining the over-voltage condition, regulating the voltage at the output of the rectifier in accordance with a voltage difference between the voltage at the output of the rectifier and the voltage at the output of the voltage regulator.

    HW and methods for improving safety protocol in wireless chargers

    公开(公告)号:US11588344B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-21

    申请号:US17374840

    申请日:2021-07-13

    发明人: Yannick Guedon

    摘要: An over-voltage protection circuit and methods of operation are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes monitoring a voltage at an output of a rectifier, a voltage at an output of a voltage regulator, or a combination thereof. The method further includes determining the over-voltage condition based on the monitoring; and in response to determining the over-voltage condition, regulating the voltage at the output of the rectifier in accordance with a voltage difference between the voltage at the output of the rectifier and the voltage at the output of the voltage regulator.

    Hardware and method for enhanced wireless receiver output power

    公开(公告)号:US11581754B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-14

    申请号:US17403060

    申请日:2021-08-16

    发明人: Yannick Guedon

    摘要: A method of wirelessly transmitting power includes: causing a power transmission circuit to transmit, to a master power reception circuit, a portion of power it is capable of transmitting; adjusting operation of a slave power reception unit until a first rectified voltage produced by the master power reception circuit and a second rectified voltage produced by the slave power reception unit are equal; causing the power transmission circuit to transmit additional power to the slave power reception unit, resulting in the first and second rectified voltages being unequal; and adjusting operation of the slave power reception unit until the first and second rectified voltages are again equal. A dummy load is connected to the slave power reception unit prior to causing the power transmission circuit to transmit the additional power, and is disconnected once the first and second rectified voltages are equal.

    Open close detection of foldable phone lid angle calculation

    公开(公告)号:US11573663B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-07

    申请号:US17648646

    申请日:2022-01-21

    IPC分类号: G06F3/041 G06F3/044 G06F1/16

    摘要: A method for operating an electronic device includes rotating a first portion of a flexible touchscreen with respect to a second portion of the flexible touchscreen around a folding axis; detecting, self-capacitances sensed in a folding area of the flexible touchscreen using a self-sensing scan, where a first side of the folding area is on the first portion of the flexible touchscreen and a second side of the folding area is on the second portion of the flexible touchscreen, and the first side and the second side are separated by a folding axis; determining, a current strength sensed by the flexible touchscreen in the folding area based on the self-capacitances in the folding area; and determining, a folding angle of the first portion of the flexible touchscreen with the second portion of the flexible touchscreen around the folding axis based on the current strength in the folding area.

    METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DEMODULATING DIGITAL SIGNALS

    公开(公告)号:US20220353119A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-03

    申请号:US17245890

    申请日:2021-04-30

    IPC分类号: H04L27/22 G06F3/041

    摘要: A device includes an analog to digital converter configured to convert voltages into a digital signal by sampling the voltages at a fixed sampling time; a first multiplier configured to multiply the digital signal with in-phase coefficients, the in-phase coefficients generated to produce a demodulated in-phase signal at a demodulation signal frequency; a first adder configured accumulate the demodulated in-phase signal to output in-phase magnitude values; a second multiplier configured to multiply the digital signal with quadrature coefficients, the quadrature coefficients generated to produce a demodulated quadrature signal at the demodulation signal frequency; and a second adder configured to accumulate the demodulated quadrature signal to output quadrature magnitude values.