Abstract:
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for supporting heterogeneous communication in a wireless power transmission system. The present disclosure discloses a wireless power receiver comprising: a power pickup unit configured to receive, from a wireless power transmitter, a digital ping signal or wireless power by magnetically coupling with the wireless power transmitter at an operating frequency, and to convert an alternating current signal generated by the wireless power into a direct current signal; a communication/control unit configured to receive the direct current signal from the power pickup unit, and to perform at least one of an in-band communication using the operating frequency and an out-band communication using a frequency other than the operating frequency; and a load configured to receive the direct current signal from the power pickup unit. As a heterogeneous communication protocol can be selected at an early stage of power transmission between the wireless power transmitter and the wireless power receiver, it is possible to support various applications of wireless power transmission.
Abstract:
A wireless power transmitter can include a power transmitter including a plurality of first transmitting coils and a second transmitting coil; and a controller, in which the plurality of first transmitting coils are disposed on a same plane, the second transmitting coil is disposed on a different plane than the plurality of first transmitting coils, the second transmitting coil is disposed at a center of a region corresponding to the plurality of first transmitting coils, an area of a region corresponding to the second transmitting coil is smaller than an area of the region corresponding to the plurality of first transmitting coils, and the controller is configured to transmit power to a wireless power receiver through the plurality of first transmitting coils and the second transmitting coil when a receiving coil in the wireless power receiver is of a first type, and transmit power to the wireless power receiver through the second transmitting coil when the type of the receiving coil is of a second type.
Abstract:
A wireless power transmitter according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a primary coil forming magnetic coupling with a secondary coil provided in a wireless power receiver and transmitting wireless power to the wireless power receiver, wherein the primary coil is formed by spirally winding a plurality of subcoils connected electrically in parallel while keeping the subcoils in contact with each other, and the subcoil is litz wire consisting of several conducting wires packed in a bundle.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a wireless power receiving apparatus capable of receiving multi-level power transmitted by a wireless power transmitting apparatus. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the wireless power receiving apparatus includes a first receiving coil in which induced current is generated by electromagnetic induction, a second receiving coil connected in series with the first receiving coil by a switch, and a processor that is driven based on the induced current generated by the first receiving coil and controls the switch based on power information included in the induction current to selectively connect the first receiving coil and the second receiving coil.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a wireless power transfer apparatus and a method of controlling the same. The wireless power transfer apparatus in one example can include a power transmission circuit including a plurality of coils and configured to transfer power through the plurality of coils, and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to calculate a data value of a coil with respect to each of the plurality of coils, and determine a position of an object in a charge region corresponding to the plurality of coils in a charge region based on a comparison result obtained by comparing the data value calculated for each of the plurality of coils.
Abstract:
A communication method of a wireless power receiver for receiving power in a wireless manner, includes generating information of the wireless power receiver based on a load modulation within a slot being allocated to the wireless power receiver while wireless power is received from a wireless power transmitter; receiving the wireless power from to the wireless power transmitter; generating first information of the wireless power receiver based on the load modulation within a first unallocated slot among the plurality of slots, wherein the first information is in collision with second information generated by another wireless power receiver; demodulating a collision related signal of the wireless power transmitter based on a frequency shift keying (FSK); and executing a collision resolution mechanism.
Abstract:
An image display apparatus are disclosed. The image display apparatus includes a display including a first electrode and a second electrode, for wireless power reception, a signal processor disposed apart from the display, and including a third electrode and a fourth electrode, for wireless power transmission, and a first bridge electrode and a second bridge electrode, including one ends apart from the first electrode and the second electrode, facing the first electrode and the second electrode, and the other ends apart from the first bridge electrode and the second bridge electrode, facing the first bridge electrode and the second bridge electrode.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a wireless power transmitter, a wireless power receiver, and a wireless charging system, in the field of wireless power transmission. A wireless power transmitter configured to transmit wireless power to a wireless power receiver, according to the present invention, comprises: first and second coils which are arranged so that any one of the first and second coils winds around the other one of the first and second coils; a shielding unit having a plurality of shielding members which are sequentially arranged to be spaced apart from one another along the circumference of at least one of the first and second coils so as to form a radial shape; and a control unit adapted to control the first and second coils so that the wireless power is supplied to the wireless power receiver through at least one of the first and second coils.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a wireless power transmitter capable of reducing standby power in the wireless power transmitter, and a method thereof, and the wireless power transmitter according to the present disclosure may include a power supply unit configured to supply a voltage; a receiving unit configured to receive a power-on signal or power-off signal from a remote controller; a power transmission controller configured to generate a drive signal to supply power for the operation of the electronic device based on the power-on signal; and a power transmission unit configured to form a wireless power signal based on the supplied voltage and the drive signal to transmit wireless power to the wireless power receiver.
Abstract:
Discussed herein is an induction heating type cooktop including a glass upper plate configured to have a heating region to heat a cooking container, a working coil configured to generate a first magnetic field to heat the cooking container, an inverter comprising a switching element driven to allow a current to flow through the working coil, and a shield circuit configured to generate a second magnetic field to negate the effects of the first magnetic field.