WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS WITH MULTIPLE PRIMARY COILS AND ADJACENT COIL MUTING

    公开(公告)号:US20220247229A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-04

    申请号:US17612805

    申请日:2020-05-20

    摘要: This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for a wireless power transmission apparatus that supports charging of one or more wireless power receiving apparatuses. The wireless power transmission apparatus may include multiple primary coils organized in groups (referred to as zones). Each zone may have a local controller for managing operation of one primary coil in the zone at a time. A master controller may selectively couple the primary coils to the local controllers. When a first primary coil is coupled to the local controller for a zone, the other primary coils in that zone may be disabled. The master controller may manage which primary coils from neighboring zones are coupled to their respective local controllers. Thus, when the first primary coil is activated, the adjacent primary coils (near the first primary coil) can be muted or disabled to mitigate undesirable interference.

    DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF A FOREIGN OBJECT

    公开(公告)号:US20210138917A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-13

    申请号:US17046574

    申请日:2019-04-17

    IPC分类号: B60L53/124 G01V3/10 H02J50/10

    摘要: A detection device (100) includes a detection mat (102) having a plurality of detection coils (106), and at least one pair of groups of detection coils (106), the pair of groups of detection coils (106) includes first and second groups of detection coils (106). The first and second group of detection coils (106) comprises first and second first and second impedance values. The detection device (100) includes one or more drive sub-systems (112) and a comparison sub-system (112). The drive sub-systems (112) are operatively coupled to the detection mat (102) and configured to excite at least one pair of groups of detection coils (106). The comparison sub-system (114) is operatively coupled to the detection mat (102) and configured to receive a differential current signal from the pair of groups of detection coils (106), the comparison sub-system (114) is configured to generate a control signal based on the differential current signal.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN ALIGNMENT OF AN APPARATUS COIL

    公开(公告)号:US20210078426A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-18

    申请号:US17048424

    申请日:2019-04-17

    摘要: A method (500) includes utilizing (502) a detection device comprising a detection mat having a plurality of detection coils, and at least one pair of groups of detection coils having a first group of detection coils and a second group of detection coils, and where the first group of detection coils includes a first impedance value, and a second group of detection coils includes a second impedance value. The method further includes determining (504) alignment parameters representative of electromagnetic coupling between at least one pair of groups of detection coils of the detection mat and an electromagnetic field generated by an apparatus coil, and comparing (506) the alignment parameters with a reference. The method also includes generating (508) a control signal indicative of an alignment position of the apparatus coil with respect to the detection mat based on the compared alignment parameters.

    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTACTLESS POWER TRANSFER IN A GATE DRIVER UNIT

    公开(公告)号:US20170307702A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-26

    申请号:US15517132

    申请日:2015-10-08

    IPC分类号: G01R33/385 A61B5/055

    摘要: A gate driver unit is presented. The gate driver unit includes a first power exchanging coil operatively coupled to a power source. The gate driver unit includes a second power exchanging coil configured to receive power from the first power exchanging coil via a magnetic field and a field focusing element disposed between the first power exchanging coil and the second power exchanging coil and configured to focus the magnetic field onto the second power exchanging coil. The gate driver unit also includes a first circuit coupled to the second power exchanging coil. The gate driver unit includes a gate drive subunit operatively coupled to the first circuit and configured to provide an output signal to a control terminal corresponding to a controllable switch of a second circuit. A magnetic resonance imaging system and a method of contactless power transfer in a magnetic resonance imaging system are also presented.

    FOREIGN OBJECT DETECTION IN A WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20240094426A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-21

    申请号:US18264662

    申请日:2022-02-16

    IPC分类号: G01V3/10 H02J50/60

    CPC分类号: G01V3/10 H02J50/60

    摘要: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for foreign object detection (FOD) in a wireless power transfer (WPT) system. Some implementations relate generally to the use of detection coils that are excited to measure and compare a differential current through a coil pair that includes at least two detection coils. A foreign object may cause a change in impedance for one or more detection coils compared to one or more other detection coils. By detecting the differential current of the coil pair, a detection apparatus may determine that a foreign object is in proximity to one of the detection coils of the coil pair. This disclosure provides several options for the design, construction, layout, and operations of detection coils to improve foreign object detection.