Method for adjusting output power for induction type power supply system and related supplying-end module

• US 10,153,665 B2
• Filed: 01/17/2017
• Issued: 12/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fu Da Tong Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Fu Da Tong Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Tsai, Ming-Chiu, Chan, Chi-Che
• Primary Examiner(s): Johnson, Ryan
• Application Number:
  US15/407,262
• Publication Number:
  US 20170126072A1
• Time in Patent Office: 693 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 19/04 Measuring peak values or amplitude or envelope of ac or of pulses
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 19/252 using analogue/digital converters of the type with conversion of voltage or current into frequency and measuring of this frequency
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• 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 7/00034 Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/01 Resonant DC/DC converters
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/33573 Full-bridge at primary side of an isolation transformer

Abstract

A method is used for a supplying-end module of an induction type power supply system, for adjusting output power of the induction type power supply system. The method includes driving a supplying-end coil of the supplying-end module by using a first driving signal and a second driving signal, and setting a phase shift quantity between the first driving signal and the second driving signal; detecting a coil signal of the supplying-end coil to determine a peak location of the coil signal; determining a peak deviation rate of the peak location according to a starting point of a period of the second driving signal and a zero load point; and adjusting the phase shift quantity according to the peak deviation rate, in order to adjust the output power.

Claims

1. A method for a supplying-end module of an induction type power supply system, for adjusting output power of the induction type power supply system, the method comprising:

driving a supplying-end coil of the supplying-end module by using a first driving signal and a second driving signal, and setting a phase shift quantity between the first driving signal and the second driving signal;

detecting a coil signal of the supplying-end coil to determine a peak location of the coil signal;

determining a peak deviation rate of the peak location according to a starting point of a period of the second driving signal and a zero load point; and

adjusting the phase shift quantity according to the peak deviation rate, in order to adjust the output power.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the zero load point is a location at a quarter of the period of the second driving signal after the starting point of the period of the second driving signal.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the peak location is at the zero load point and the peak deviation rate is zero when the first driving signal and the second driving signal are inverse to each other and the induction type power supply system has no load.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the peak location is at the starting point of the period of the second driving signal and the peak deviation rate is one hundred percent when the first driving signal and the second driving signal are inverse to each other and the induction type power supply system has full load.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the peak deviation rate is equal to a distance between the peak location and the zero load point divided by a distance between the starting point of the period of the second driving signal and the zero load point.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of adjusting the phase shift quantity according to the peak deviation rate in order to adjust the output power comprises:

setting a predefined peak deviation range;

decreasing the phase shift quantity to enhance a driving capability of the first driving signal and the second driving signal when the peak deviation rate is above the predefined peak deviation range, in order to decrease the peak deviation rate;

increasing the phase shift quantity to reduce the driving capability of the first driving signal and the second driving signal when the peak deviation rate is below the predefined peak deviation range, in order to increase the peak deviation rate; and

stopping adjusting the phase shift quantity when the peak deviation rate is within the predefined peak deviation range.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

stopping adjusting the phase shift quantity when the supplying-end module determines that a noise is received or that a data from a receiving-end module of the induction type power supply system is received.

8. A supplying-end module for an induction type power supply system, for adjusting output power of the induction type power supply system, the supplying-end module comprising:

a supplying-end coil;

at least one power driver unit, coupled to the supplying-end coil, for sending a first driving signal and a second driving signal to drive the supplying-end coil;

a delay generator, coupled to a power driver unit among the at least one power driver unit, for generating a delay signal and outputting the delay signal to the power driver unit;

a peak detector, coupled to the supplying-end coil, for detecting a coil signal of the supplying-end coil to obtain a peak signal in the coil signal; and

a processor, coupled to the at least one power driver unit, the delay generator and the peak detector, for performing the following steps;

controlling the delay generator to output the delay signal to set a phase shift quantity between the first driving signal and the second driving signal;

obtaining the peak signal from the peak detector and determining a peak location of the coil signal accordingly;

determining a peak deviation rate of the peak location according to a starting point of a period of the second driving signal and a zero load point; and

adjusting the phase shift quantity according to the peak deviation rate, in order to adjust the output power.

9. The supplying-end module of claim 8, wherein the zero load point is a location at a quarter of the period of the second driving signal after the starting point of the period of the second driving signal.

10. The supplying-end module of claim 8, wherein the peak location is at the zero load point and the peak deviation rate is zero when the first driving signal and the second driving signal are inverse to each other and the induction type power supply system has no load.

11. The supplying-end module of claim 8, wherein the peak location is at the starting point of the period of the second driving signal and the peak deviation rate is one hundred percent when the first driving signal and the second driving signal are inverse to each other and the induction type power supply system has full load.

12. The supplying-end module of claim 8, wherein the peak deviation rate is equal to a distance between the peak location and the zero load point divided by a distance between the starting point of the period of the second driving signal and the zero load point.

13. The supplying-end module of claim 8, wherein the processor further performs the following steps to adjust the phase shift quantity according to the peak deviation rate in order to adjust the output power:

setting a predefined peak deviation range;

decreasing the phase shift quantity to enhance a driving capability of the first driving signal and the second driving signal when the peak deviation rate is above the predefined peak deviation range, in order to decrease the peak deviation rate;

increasing the phase shift quantity to reduce the driving capability of the first driving signal and the second driving signal when the peak deviation rate is below the predefined peak deviation range, in order to increase the peak deviation rate; and

stopping adjusting the phase shift quantity when the peak deviation rate is within the predefined peak deviation range.

14. The supplying-end module of claim 8, wherein the processor further performs the following step:

stopping adjusting the phase shift quantity when the processor determines that a noise is received by the supplying-end module or that a data from a receiving-end module of the induction type power supply system is received by the supplying-end module.

15. The supplying-end module of claim 8, wherein the delay signal generated by the delay generator is utilized for controlling the power driver unit coupled to the delay generator to output the second driving signal.