Power receiver

• US 10,218,226 B2
• Filed: 10/25/2016
• Issued: 02/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Uchida, Akiyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Thienvu
• Assistant Examiner(s): Stables, David M
• Application Number:
  US15/333,348
• Publication Number:
  US 20170133888A1
• Time in Patent Office: 854 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/40 using two or more transmitting or receiving devices H02J50/50 takes precedence
• 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: H04B 5/26 using coils
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer

Abstract

A power receiver includes a secondary-side resonant coil configured to receive electric power from a primary-side resonant coil; a rectifier circuit; a smoothing circuit; a DC-DC converter connected having first and second output terminals; third and fourth output terminals disposed on an output side of the DC-DC converter and connected to a secondary battery; a sub-secondary battery having fifth and sixth output terminals; a switch configured to switch connection between the first and second output terminals, the third and fourth output terminals, and the fifth and sixth output terminals; and a controller configured, when the secondary-side resonant coil starts to receive the electric power, to control the switch to respectively connect the first and second output terminals and a load or first and second input terminals of the sub-secondary battery and to respectively connect the third and fourth output terminals and the fifth and sixth output terminals.

Claims

1. A power receiver comprising:

a secondary-side resonant coil configured to utilize magnetic field resonance or electric field resonance, generated between a primary-side resonant coil and the secondary-side resonant coil, to receive electric power from the primary-side resonant coil;

a rectifier circuit connected to the secondary-side resonant coil and configured to rectify alternating-current power input from the secondary-side resonant coil;

a smoothing circuit connected to an output side of the rectifier circuit;

a DC-DC converter connected to an output side of the smoothing circuit and having first and second output terminals;

third and fourth output terminals disposed on an output side of the DC-DC converter and connected to a secondary battery;

a sub-secondary battery having fifth and sixth output terminals respectively connectable to the third and fourth output terminals and configured to output direct-current power to the secondary battery;

a switch disposed between the first and second output terminals and the third and fourth output terminals and configured to switch connection between the first and second output terminals, the third and fourth output terminals, and the fifth and sixth output terminals; and

a controller configured, when the secondary-side resonant coil starts to receive the electric power from the primary-side resonant coil, to control the switch so as to respectively connect the first and second output terminals and a load or first and second input terminals of the sub-secondary battery and so as to respectively connect the third and fourth output terminals and the fifth and sixth output terminals,

wherein, after a predetermined time for starting up the secondary battery has passed after the secondary-side resonant coil starts to receive the electric power from the primary-side resonant coil, the controller controls the switch so as to respectively connect the third and fourth output terminals and the first and second output terminals and so as to respectively disconnect the first and second output terminals and the load or the first and second input terminals of the sub-secondary battery and controls the switch so as to respectively disconnect the third and fourth output terminals and the fifth and sixth output terminals.

2. The power receiver according to claim 1, further comprising the load.

3. The power receiver according to claim 1,

wherein the switch includes

a first switching unit disposed between the first and second output terminals, the third and fourth output terminals, and the load and configured to respectively switch connection destinations of the first and second output terminals to either the third and fourth output terminals or the load;

and

a second switching unit configured to switch connection status between the third and fourth output terminals and the fifth and sixth output terminals,

wherein, when the secondary-side resonant coil starts to receive the electric power from the primary-side resonant coil, the controller controls the first switching unit so as to respectively connect the first and second output terminals and the load and controls the second switching unit so as to respectively connect the third and fourth output terminals and the fifth and sixth output terminals, and

wherein, after the predetermined time for starting up the secondary battery has passed after the secondary-side resonant coil starts to receive the electric power from the primary-side resonant coil, the controller controls the first switching unit so as to respectively connect the first and second output terminals and the third and fourth output terminals and controls the second switching unit so as to respectively disconnect the third and fourth output terminals and the fifth and sixth output terminals.

4. The power receiver according to claim 1,

wherein the switch includes

a first switching unit disposed between the first and second output terminals, the third and fourth output terminals, and the first and second input terminals of the sub-secondary battery and configured to respectively switch connection destinations of the first and second output terminals to either the third and fourth output terminals or the first and second input terminals of the sub-secondary battery;

and

a second switching unit configured to switch connection status between the third and fourth output terminals and the fifth and sixth output terminals,

wherein, when the secondary-side resonant coil starts to receive the electric power from the primary-side resonant coil, the controller controls the first switching unit so as to respectively connect the first and second output terminals and the first and second input terminals of the sub-secondary battery and controls the second switching unit so as to respectively connect the third and fourth output terminals and the fifth and sixth output terminals, and

wherein, after the predetermined time for starting up the secondary battery has passed after the secondary-side resonant coil starts to receive the electric power from the primary-side resonant coil, the controller controls the first switching unit so as to respectively connect the first and second output terminals and the third and fourth output terminals and controls the second switching unit so as to respectively disconnect the third and fourth output terminals and the fifth and sixth output terminals.

5. A power receiver comprising:

a secondary-side resonant coil configured to utilize magnetic field resonance or electric field resonance generated between a primary-side resonant coil and the secondary-side resonant coil to receive electric power from the primary-side resonant coil;

a rectifier circuit connected to the secondary-side resonant coil and configured to rectify alternating-current power input from the secondary-side resonant coil;

a smoothing circuit connected to an output side of the rectifier circuit;

a DC-DC converter connected to an output side of the smoothing circuit and having first and second output terminal;

third and fourth output terminals disposed on an output side of the DC-DC converter and respectively connected to first and second power input terminals of a secondary battery, the secondary battery including the first and second power input terminals and fifth and sixth power output terminals;

a load;

a first switch disposed between the first and second output terminals, the third and fourth output terminals, and the load and configured to respectively switch connection destinations of the first and second output terminals to either the third and fourth output terminals or the load;

a second switch configured to switch connection status between the first and second power input terminals and the fifth and sixth power output terminals; and

a controller configured to control the first switch and the second switch,

wherein, when the secondary-side resonant coil starts to receive the electric power from the primary-side resonant coil, the controller controls the first switch so as to respectively connect the first and second output terminals of the DC-DC converter and the load and controls the second switch so as to respectively connect the first and second power input terminals and the fifth and sixth power output terminals, and

wherein, after a predetermined time for starting up the secondary battery has passed after the secondary-side resonant coil starts to receive the electric power from the primary-side resonant coil, the controller controls the first switch so as to respectively connect the first and second output terminals of the DC-DC converter and the third and fourth output terminals and controls the second switch so as to respectively disconnect the first and second power input terminals and the fifth and sixth power output terminals.