Wireless power transmitter and method of controlling wireless power transmitter

    公开(公告)号:US11190053B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-30

    申请号:US16889214

    申请日:2020-06-01

    摘要: A wireless power transmitter may include: a power factor correction (PFC) circuit configured to convert first alternating current (AC) power input from a power source into direct current (DC) power; an inverter configured to convert the DC power output from the PFC circuit into second AC power; a power transmission circuit configured to transmit wireless power, based on the second AC power output from the inverter; and at least one processor configured to identify at least one of a voltage or a current of the DC power output from the PFC circuit, and control an operation of the inverter based on the identified at least one of the voltage or the current.

    Wireless power transmitter including miniaturized inverter for reducing harmonics

    公开(公告)号:US12074449B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-27

    申请号:US17956443

    申请日:2022-09-29

    IPC分类号: H02J50/12 H03H1/00

    摘要: An example wireless power transmitter may include a transistor configured to output an amplified signal, a first capacitor coupled to the transistor in parallel, a first LC resonant circuit coupled to the transistor in parallel, a third capacitor having a first end coupled to an output terminal of the transistor and the first LC resonant circuit, a feeding coil coupled to a second end of the third capacitor in series, and having at least a part configured to form a second LC resonant circuit with the third capacitor, and a transmission resonator including a transmission coil and a fourth capacitor coupled to the transmission coil in series. At least a part of the transmission coil may be magnetically coupled with the feeding coil, and at least a part of power received from the feeding coil may be output to an outside through the transmission resonator.

    Variable wireless power transmitter including plural resonators and method of controlling the wireless power transmitter

    公开(公告)号:US12088110B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-10

    申请号:US17987590

    申请日:2022-11-15

    摘要: 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 reception device including detuning circuit

    公开(公告)号:US12040629B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-16

    申请号:US17683614

    申请日:2022-03-01

    IPC分类号: H02J50/12 H02J7/00 H02J7/34

    摘要: According to various embodiments, a wireless power reception device for receiving wireless power from a wireless power transmission device may include a first circuit, a first rectifier circuit, a detuning circuit, and a control circuit. The first circuit may include a first coil. The first rectifier circuit may include a first switch and a second switch among a plurality of switches. The detuning circuit may include at least one detuning capacitor and at least one detuning switch. In response to a voltage at an output terminal of the first rectifier circuit exceeding a first voltage, the control circuit may be configured to form a closed loop including the first coil, the first switch, and the second switch by controlling the at least one detuning switch to an on state and controlling the first switch and the second switch to the on state.

    Electronic device receiving wireless power

    公开(公告)号:US11996704B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-28

    申请号:US17523476

    申请日:2021-11-10

    IPC分类号: H02J50/12 H01F27/42

    摘要: A wireless power receiver receiving power from a wireless power transmitter is provided. The receiver includes a resonance circuit, a rectifier circuit, and a driver circuit. The resonance circuit includes first and second coils and a first capacitor. The rectifier circuit includes first and second rectifier circuits. The first rectifier circuit includes first through fourth MOSFETs. Sources of the first and second MOSFETs are connected to ends of a resonator including the first coil and the first capacitor. Sources of the third and fourth MOSFETs are connected to ground. The driver circuit is connected to gates of the first through fourth MOSFETs, When the driver circuit switches off the first and second MOSFETs and switches on the third and fourth MOSFETs, as currents are induced in the resonator and the second coil, the resonance circuit receives the wireless power, and the current induced in the second coil is rectified by the second rectifier circuit.

    Electronic device to wirelessly receive power and operating method thereof

    公开(公告)号:US11962175B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-16

    申请号:US17085117

    申请日:2020-10-30

    摘要: 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.

    COIL INCLUDING STRUCTURE FOR MINIMIZING INFLUENCE THEREON BY METAL MATERIAL AND RESONANT CIRCUIT INCLUDING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20220255366A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-11

    申请号:US17667964

    申请日:2022-02-09

    摘要: Disclosed is a coil including a first conductor disposed on a first plane, a second conductor disposed on a second plane different from the first plane, and including a first end electrically connected to a first end of the first conductor, and a second end positioned near a second end of the first conductor, and a third conductor disposed on the first plane, and including a first end electrically connected to the second end of the second conductor, and a second end positioned near the first end of the second conductor, wherein a pattern of the first conductor connecting the first end of the first conductor from the second end of the first conductor is in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction when the first plane is viewed from a first side, and wherein a pattern of the third conductor connecting the second end of the third conductor from the first end of the third conductor is in a direction opposite to the direction of the pattern of the first conductor when the first plane is viewed from the first side.

    Coil including structure for minimizing influence thereon by metal material and resonant circuit including same

    公开(公告)号:US12107442B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-01

    申请号:US17667964

    申请日:2022-02-09

    摘要: Disclosed is a coil including a first conductor disposed on a first plane, a second conductor disposed on a second plane different from the first plane, and including a first end electrically connected to a first end of the first conductor, and a second end positioned near a second end of the first conductor, and a third conductor disposed on the first plane, and including a first end electrically connected to the second end of the second conductor, and a second end positioned near the first end of the second conductor, wherein a pattern of the first conductor connecting the first end of the first conductor from the second end of the first conductor is in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction when the first plane is viewed from a first side, and wherein a pattern of the third conductor connecting the second end of the third conductor from the first end of the third conductor is in a direction opposite to the direction of the pattern of the first conductor when the first plane is viewed from the first side.