Wireless power transceiver and wireless power transceiving system including the same

• US 10,199,878 B2
• Filed: 02/08/2016
• Issued: 02/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Sang-Hyo
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Thienvu
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sun, Pinping
• Application Number:
  US15/017,807
• Publication Number:
  US 20160365753A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,093 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/26 Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof for memories G11C
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/20 using microwaves or radio frequency waves
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/007182 in response to battery voltage
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/04 Regulation of charging current or voltage
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/0058 by employing soft switching techniques, i.e. commutation of transistors when applied voltage is zero or when current flow is zero using an auxiliary actively switched resonant commutation circuit connected to an intermediate DC voltage or between two push-pull branches of an inverter bridge H02M7/4811; in resonant inverters H02M7/4815; in inverters operating from a resonant DC source H02M7/4826
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/32 Means for protecting converters other than automatic disconnection
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/33584 Bidirectional converters
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/4818 with means for adaptation of resonance frequency, e.g. by modification of capacitance or inductance of resonance circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H03H 7/38 Impedance-matching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 2017/9602 characterised by the type or shape of the sensing electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 40/00 Technologies aiming at improving the efficiency of home appliances, e.g. induction cooking or efficient technologies for refrigerators, freezers or dish washers
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/10 Technologies improving the efficiency by using switched-mode power supplies [SMPS], i.e. efficient power electronics conversion e.g. power factor correction or reduction of losses in power supplies or efficient standby modes

Abstract

A wireless power transceiver includes input generator, inverter, battery, antenna, impedance matching circuit, and mode voltage changer. The input generator outputs an input voltage as a primary input voltage and a secondary input voltage in a power transmitting mode. The input generator outputs a power supply voltage as a primary input voltage and outputs a ground voltage as a secondary input voltage in a power receiving mode. The inverter outputs to the second node, an inverted version of the input voltage in the power transmitting mode, and outputs to the first node, a rectified voltage of the second node in power receiving mode. The impedance matching circuit is connected between the second node and the antenna. The mode voltage changer converts a battery voltage of the battery to output the power supply voltage in the power transmitting mode, and charges the battery with a voltage converted from the power supply voltage in the power receiving mode.

Claims

1. A wireless power transceiver comprising:

an input generator, connected to a first node and a ground voltage, configured to receive a mode signal indicating a power transmitting mode or a power receiving mode, configured to output an input voltage as a primary input voltage and a secondary input voltage in the power transmitting mode, and configured to output a power supply voltage of the first node as the primary input voltage and output the ground voltage as the secondary input voltage in the power receiving mode;

an inverter configured to output to a second node, an inverted version of the input voltage in the power transmitting mode, and configured to output to the first node, a rectified voltage of a voltage of the second node in the power receiving mode;

a battery and an antenna;

an impedance matching circuit connected between the second node and the antenna; and

a mode voltage changer configured to convert a battery voltage of the battery to output the power supply voltage of the first node in the power transmitting mode, and configured to charge the battery with a voltage converted from the power supply voltage of the first node in the power receiving mode.

2. The wireless power transceiver of claim 1, wherein the inverter outputs the input voltage to the second node in the power transmitting mode, and a level of a voltage induced at the antenna is proportional to an intensity of a signal received at the antenna in the power receiving mode.

3. The wireless power transceiver of claim 1, wherein the inverter includes a p-channel metal-oxide semiconductor (PMOS) transistor and an n-channel metal-oxide semiconductor (NMOS) transistor,

wherein the PMOS transistor has a gate of the PMOS transistor receiving the primary input voltage, a drain of the PMOS transistor and a body of the PMOS transistor connected to the first node, and a source of the PMOS transistor connected to the second node, and the PMOS transistor operates as a first diode that outputs the rectified voltage as the power supply voltage of the first node in the power receiving mode,

wherein the NMOS transistor has a gate of the NMOS transistor receiving the secondary input voltage, a drain of the NMOS transistor connected to the second node, and a source of the NMOS transistor and a body of the NMOS transistor connected to the ground voltage, and

wherein the impedance matching circuit performs an impedance matching operation between the second node and the antenna such that a maximum power is delivered to the antenna in the power transmitting mode, and the impedance matching circuit converts the voltage induced at the antenna to the voltage of the second node in the power receiving mode.

4. The wireless power transceiver of claim 3, wherein, in the power receiving mode, the PMOS transistor operates as the first diode that is forward-biased between the second node and the first node, and the NMOS transistor operates as a second diode that is reverse-biased between the second node and the ground voltage.

5. The wireless power transceiver of claim 1, wherein the input generator includes first and second p-channel metal-oxide semiconductor (PMOS) transistors, and first and second n-channel metal-oxide semiconductor (NMOS) transistors,

wherein the first PMOS transistor has a source of the first PMOS transistor receiving the input voltage, a gate of the first PMOS transistor receiving the mode signal, and a drain of the first PMOS transistor connected to a third node, wherein the first NMOS transistor has a drain of the first NMOS transistor receiving the power supply voltage of the first node, a gate of the first NMOS transistor receiving the mode signal, and a source of the first NMOS transistor connected to the third node, and a voltage of the third node is the primary input voltage,

wherein the second PMOS transistor has a source of the second PMOS transistor receiving the input voltage, a gate of the second PMOS transistor receiving the mode signal, and a source of the second PMOS transistor connected to a fourth node, and

wherein the second NMOS transistor has a drain of the second NMOS transistor connected to the ground voltage, a gate of the second NMOS transistor receiving the mode signal, and a source of the second NMOS transistor connected to the fourth node, and a voltage of the fourth node is the secondary input voltage.

6. The wireless power transceiver of claim 1, wherein the mode voltage changer includes a first DC-DC converter, a second DC-DC converter, a p-channel metal-oxide semiconductor (PMOS) transistor, an n-channel metal-oxide semiconductor (NMOS) transistor, and a charger,

wherein the battery voltage is applied to a third node,

wherein the NMOS transistor has a source of the NMOS transistor connected to the charger, a gate of the NMOS transistor receiving the mode signal, and a drain of the NMOS transistor connected to the third node, wherein the PMOS transistor has a source of the PMOS transistor connected to the first DC-DC converter, a gate of the PMOS transistor receiving the mode signal, and a drain of the PMOS transistor connected to the third node,

wherein the charger is connected between the second DC-DC converter and the NMOS transistor,

wherein the first DC-DC converter is connected between the first node and the PMOS transistor, and

wherein the second DC-DC converter is connected between the first node and the charger.

7. The wireless power transceiver of claim 6, wherein when the mode signal has a first logic level to designate the power transmitting mode, the first DC-DC converter generates the power supply voltage at the first node by converting the battery voltage of the third node, and

wherein when the mode signal has a second logic level to designate the power receiving mode, the second DC-DC converter generates a charging voltage by converting the power supply voltage of the first node, and the charger charges the battery based on the charging voltage.

8. The wireless power transceiver of claim 1, wherein the mode voltage changer includes a DC-DC converter, a charger, a p-channel metal-oxide semiconductor (PMOS) transistor, an n-channel metal-oxide semiconductor (NMOS) transistor, and an over-voltage protector,

wherein the battery voltage is applied to a third node,

wherein the NMOS transistor has a source of the NMOS transistor connected to a fourth node, a gate of the NMOS transistor receiving the mode signal, and a drain of the NMOS transistor connected to the third node, wherein the PMOS transistor has a drain of the PMOS transistor connected to a fifth node, a gate of the PMOS transistor receiving the mode signal, and a source of the PMOS transistor connected to the third node,

wherein the DC-DC converter is connected between the first node and the fifth node,

wherein the charger is connected between the first node and the fourth node, and

wherein the over-voltage protector is connected between the first node and the ground voltage.

9. The wireless power transceiver of claim 8, wherein when the mode signal has a first logic level to designate the power transmitting mode, the DC-DC converter generates the power supply voltage at the first node by converting the battery voltage of the fifth node, and

wherein when the mode signal has a second logic level to designate the power receiving mode, the charger charges the battery based on the power supply voltage of the first node, and the over-voltage protector maintains the power supply voltage of the first node so as not to exceed a predetermined voltage level.

10. The wireless power transceiver of claim 1, wherein the mode changer includes a reverse-voltage preventing DC-DC converter, a charger, and an over-voltage protector,

wherein the battery voltage is applied to a third node,

wherein the reverse-voltage preventing DC-DC converter is connected between the first node and the third node,

wherein the charger is connected in parallel with the reverse-voltage preventing DC-DC converter between the first node and the third node, and

wherein the over-voltage protector is connected between the first node and the ground voltage.

11. The wireless power transceiver of claim 10, wherein when the mode signal has a first logic level to designate the power transmitting mode, the reverse-voltage preventing DC-DC converter generates the power supply voltage at the first node by converting the battery voltage of the third node, and

wherein when the mode signal has a second logic level to designate the power receiving mode, the charger charges the battery based on the power supply voltage of the first node, and the over-voltage protector maintains the power supply voltage of the first node so as not to exceed a predetermined voltage level.

12. The wireless power transceiver of claim 11, wherein the power supply voltage of the first node is maintained to be lower than the predetermined voltage level in the power transmitting mode.

13. The wireless power transceiver of claim 10, wherein the reverse-voltage preventing DC-DC converter electrically disconnects the first node and the third node when the power supply voltage of the first node is larger than the battery voltage of the third node.

14. The wireless power transceiver of claim 10, wherein the reverse-voltage preventing DC-DC converter includes a DC-DC converter and a diode,

wherein the DC-DC converter is connected between the first node and the diode, and the diode is connected between the DC-DC converter and the third node.

15. The wireless power transceiver of claim 1, wherein the impedance matching circuit generates the voltage of the antenna by filtering a frequency component of the voltage of the second node, the frequency component has a higher frequency than a unfiltered frequency component.

16. The wireless power transceiver of claim 1, wherein when the input voltage has a frequency of 13.65 MHz, the wireless power transceiver operates as a near field communication (NFC) transceiver.