Non-contact power transmission system, receiving apparatus and transmitting apparatus

• US 10,050,474 B2
• Filed: 10/02/2015
• Issued: 08/14/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
• Inventors: Ichikawa, Katsuei
• Primary Examiner(s): Kaplan, Hal
• Application Number:
  US14/874,086
• Publication Number:
  US 20160028244A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,047 Days
• Field of Search: 307104, 320108
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/402 the two or more transmitting or the two or more receiving devices being integrated in the same unit, e.g. power mats with several coils or antennas with several sub-antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/80 involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00045 Authentication, i.e. circuits for checking compatibility between one component, e.g. a battery or a battery charger, and another component, e.g. a power source
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0047 with monitoring or indicating devices or circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/24 Inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/26 using coils
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/263 Multiple coils at either side
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/266 One coil at each side, e.g. with primary and secondary coils
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/70 specially adapted for specific purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries

Abstract

A non-contact power transmission system comprises: a primary coil including a power supply coil and a magnetic resonance coil; and a secondary coil including a load coil, thereby transmitting an electric power from the power supply coil at a self-resonating frequency of the magnetic resonance coil, which is determined by a parasitic capacitance between wound wires of the coil and a self inductance of the coil, and taking out the electric power supplied, from the load coil of the secondary coil through magnetic coupling, with non-contact, wherein the electric power is transmitted, with non-contact, with applying magnetic coupling in coupling between the power supply coil and the magnetic resonance coil and coupling between the magnetic resonance coil and the load coil.

Claims

1. A non-contact power transmission system, comprising:

a non-contact power transmitting apparatus for conducting non-contact transmission of an electric power to a power receiving apparatus;

a first non-contact communication apparatus for conducting non-contact transmission of data for authentication and/or or reading/writing of data; and

a power receiving apparatus, including a second non-contact communication apparatus for conducting communication between said first non-contact communication apparatus, and a power receiving unit for receiving the electric power transmitted from said non-contact power transmitting apparatus, and sharing an antenna coil for conducting the non-contact communication and for receiving the electric power transmitted from said power transmitting apparatus, in common, wherein

the power receiving unit of said power receiving apparatus includes;

a power receiving coil,

a first resonance circuit connected with the power receiving coil,

a second resonance circuit connected to the first resonance circuit through a first filter circuit,

a rectifying circuit, connected to the second resonance circuit, rectifying the electric power,

said second non-contact communication apparatus includes a load coil magnetically coupled to the power receiving coil, to provide said load coil with a modulator/demodulator circuit for communicating with said first non-contact communication apparatus through a second filter circuit,

said first resonance circuit has a capacitor that resonates with an inductance value of said power receiving coil at a first signal frequency for conducting the non-contact communication,

said second resonance circuit has a capacitor that resonates with said power receiving coil at a second signal frequency for conducting the non-contact transmission of the electric power, and

said first filter circuit passes therethrough the second signal frequency, while attenuating the first signal frequency, and said second filter circuit passes therethrough the first signal frequency, while blocking the second signal frequency.

2. The non-contact power transmission system of claim 1, wherein

the second signal frequency to be transmitted is a frequency lower than a frequency of the signal communicated from said first non-contact communication apparatus, in the structure thereof,

the first filter circuit includes a low-pass filter, and

the second filter circuit includes a high-pass filter.

3. The non-contact power transmission system of claim 1, wherein the first non-contact communication apparatus for conducting authentication or reading/writing of data with non-contact is a questioner, while the second non-contact communication apparatus included in said power receiving apparatus is a responder.

4. A non-contact power transmission system, comprising:

a non-contact power transmitting apparatus for conducting non-contact transmission of electric power to a power receiving apparatus;

and

a first non-contact communication apparatus for conducting non-contact transmission of data for authentication or reading/writing of data; and

a power receiving apparatus having a second non-contact communication apparatus for conducting non-contact communication between said first non-contact communication apparatus and a power receiving unit for receiving the electric power transmitted from said non-contact power transmitting apparatus, wherein

said second non-contact communication apparatus has a first questioner and a first responder in common in the structure thereof, and if said first non-contact communication apparatus is a second questioner, said second non-contact communication unit turns said first responder into ON condition when receiving a signal from a second questioner, so as to transmit a response data signal responding to a question data signal from the second questioner, and if said first non-contact communication apparatus is a second responder, said second non-contact communication unit turns said first questioner into ON condition, so as to transmit a question data signal to said second responder, and also receives a response data signal from the second responder.

5. A non-contact power receiving apparatus for receiving an electric power, comprising;

a resonance coil and a load coil, magnetically coupling with each other;

a first resonance circuit, coupled to the resonance coil in parallel, for resonating with said resonance coil at a first frequency;

a second resonance circuit, coupled to the resonance coil through a filter, for resonating at a second frequency; and

a first output terminal coupled to the second resonance circuit, wherein;

the filter passes a signal of the second frequency therethrough but attenuates a signal of the first frequency,

the first output terminal outputs the signal of the second frequency passed through the filter, and

the load coil receives the signal of the first frequency through magnetic coupling with the resonance coil.

6. A non-contact power transmitting apparatus for transmitting an electric power, comprising;

a resonance coil and a power supply coil, magnetically coupling with each other;

a first resonance circuit, coupled to the resonance coil in parallel, for resonating with said resonance coil at a first frequency;

a second resonance circuit, coupled to the resonance coil through a filter, for resonating at a second frequency; and

a first input terminal coupled to the second resonance circuit, wherein;

the filter passes a signal of the second frequency therethrough but attenuates a signal of the first frequency,

the first input terminal inputs the signal of the second frequency passed through the filter, and

the power supply coil transmits the signal of the first frequency through magnetic coupling with the resonance coil.

7. The non-contact power transmitting apparatus for transmitting the electric power of claim 6, further comprising;

a non-contact communication apparatus for conducting non-contact transmission of data for authentication or reading/writing of data with the signal of the first frequency.

8. A non-contact power receiving apparatus for receiving an electric power, comprising;

an antenna coil for conducting a non-contact communication and receiving an electric power;

a first resonance circuit, coupled to the antenna coil in parallel, for resonating with the antenna coil at a first frequency;

a second resonance circuit, coupled to the antenna coil in parallel or in series through a first filter, for resonating with the antenna coil at a second frequency;

a power receiving unit coupled to the second resonance circuit;

a load coil magnetically coupled to the antenna coil; and

a non-contact communication unit coupled to the load coil through a second filter, wherein;

the first filter passes a signal of the second frequency therethrough but attenuates a signal of the first frequency,

the power receiving unit receives the signal of the second frequency passing through the first filter,

the second filter, coupled to the load coil, passes a signal of the first frequency therethrough but attenuates a signal of the second frequency, and

the non-contact communication unit receives the signal of the first frequency passing through the second filter.

9. The non-contact power receiving apparatus of claim 8, wherein

the first frequency is a frequency lower than the second frequency,

the first filter is a low-pass filter,

the second filter is a high-pass filter, and

the first resonance circuit and the second resonance circuit are capacitances.

10. The power receiving apparatus of claim 8, wherein

the non-contact communication unit has a questioner and a responder in common in the structure thereof, receiving a question data signal and transmitting a response data signal.

11. A power transmitting apparatus, comprising;

a first coil including a power supply coil, an inductance value of which is lower than an inductance of a coil for receiving electric power from the power transmitting apparatus, for supplying an electric power at a certain frequency, and a magnetic resonance coil, an inductance value of which is higher than the inductance of the coil in side of receiving electric power, for resonating at a certain resonance frequency; and

a resonance capacitance coupled to the magnetic resonance coil in parallel, wherein

the power supply coil supplies the electric power at the certain resonance frequency with the magnetic resonance coil, and excites the magnetic resonance coil, and

the magnetic resonance coil transmits the electric power at the certain resonance frequency.

12. A power receiving apparatus of claim 11, further comprising;

a load coil for receiving the electric power at the certain resonance frequency with the magnetic resonance coil, wherein

an inductance of the load coil is higher than the inductance of the power supply coil and lower than the inductance of the magnetic resonance coil.

13. The power receiving apparatus of claim 12, further comprising;

a resonance circuit, coupled to the load coil in parallel or in series, for resonating the load coil.

14. The power transmitting apparatus of claim 11, further comprising;

a first modulator/demodulator circuit coupled to the power supply coil, wherein

the first coil transmits a modulated signal from the first modulator/demodulator circuit, and

the modulated signal is superimposed on the electric power.

15. A power receiving apparatus for receiving the electric power from the power transmitting apparatus of claim 14, comprising;

a load coil for receiving the electric power at the certain resonance frequency and

a second modulator/demodulator circuit coupled to the load coil, wherein

an inductance of the load coil is higher than the inductance of the power supply coil and lower than the inductance of the magnetic resonance coil, and

the load coil receives the modulated signal from the first coil.

16. The power receiving apparatus of claim 15, wherein

the load coil communicates with the first coil through a load modulation method.