Wireless power transmission system

• US 10,312,738 B2
• Filed: 03/17/2017
• Issued: 06/04/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TDK Corporation
• Original Assignee: TDK Corporation
• Inventors: Ii, Akihiro, Oshima, Kazunori, Ozawa, Yasuhiro, Matsuura, Ken
• Primary Examiner(s): Amaya, Carlos
• Application Number:
  US15/461,938
• Publication Number:
  US 20170279310A1
• Time in Patent Office: 809 Days
• Field of Search: 307104
• 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

Abstract

A wireless power transmission system includes a power feeding device and a power receiving device, wherein the power feeding device includes: a power feeding coil which receives an electric power to generate an AC magnetic field; an inverter for supplying an alternating-current power under a predetermined driving frequency to the power feeding coil; a current detection circuit for detecting a peak value of an alternating current flowing in the power feeding coil; and a controller for controlling the alternating current flowing in the power feeding coil. The power receiving device includes: a power receiving coil for receiving electric power wirelessly via the AC magnetic field; a power receiving side resonance capacitor which configures a power receiving side LC resonance circuit together with the power receiving coil; and a rectifier for rectifying the electric power received by the power receiving coil.

Claims

1. A wireless power transmission system for wirelessly transmitting electric power from a power feeding device to a power receiving device, wherein,

the power feeding device comprises:

a power feeding coil which receives an electric power to generate an AC magnetic field;

an inverter for providing an alternating-current power with a predetermined driving frequency to the power feeding coil;

a current detection circuit for detecting a peak value of an alternating current flowing in the power feeding coil;

a wireless receiving module; and

a controller for controlling the alternating current flowing in the power feeding coil,

the power receiving device comprises;

a power receiving coil for receiving electric power wirelessly via the AC magnetic field;

a power receiving side resonance capacitor which constitutes a power receiving side LC resonance circuit together with the power receiving coil;

a rectifier for rectifying the electric power received by the power receiving coil;

a voltage detection circuit which detects the output voltage of the rectifier; and

a wireless transmission module which transmits the output voltage value detected by the voltage detection circuit to the wireless receiving module;

the controller (1) adjusts the driving frequency to substantially conform to a resonance frequency of the power receiving side LC resonance circuit and controls the alternating current flowing in the power feeding coil to be constant;

(2) performs a small power feeding, during which the output voltage value received by the wireless receiving module becomes constant, with a transmission power lower than that of a main power feeding before the main power feeding; and

(3) controls the alternating current flowing in the power feeding coil based on the peak value of the alternating current detected by the current detection circuit during the small power feeding.

2. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 1, wherein, a difference between the driving frequency and the resonance frequency of the power receiving side LC resonance circuit is within 5% relative to the resonance frequency of the power-receiving side LC resonance circuit.

4. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 1, wherein, the controller controls the alternating current flowing in the power feeding coil by changing the input voltage of the inverter.

5. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 1, wherein, the controller controls the alternating current flowing in the power feeding coil by changing the driving frequency of the inverter.

6. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 1, wherein, the controller controls the alternating current flowing in the power feeding coil by changing the time ratio of the inverter.

7. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 1, wherein, the wireless power transmission system further comprises a power feeding side resonance capacitor constituting a power feeding side LC resonance circuit with the power feeding coil.

8. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 1, wherein,

the small power feeding is performed using at least two different values of the output voltage values and the alternating current flowing in the power feeding coil is controlled based on the correlation between the different output voltage values and the different alternating current peak values corresponding to the different output voltage values, respectively, detected by the current detection circuit.

3. A wireless power transmission system for wirelessly transmitting electric power from a power feeding device to a power receiving device, wherein,

the power feeding device comprises:

a power feeding coil which receives an electric power to generate an AC magnetic field;

an inverter for providing an alternating-current power with a predetermined driving frequency to the power feeding coil;

a current detection circuit for detecting a peak value of an alternating current flowing in the power feeding coil;

a controller for controlling the alternating current flowing in the power feeding coil; and

a wireless receiving module,

the power receiving device comprises;

a power receiving coil for receiving electric power wirelessly via the AC magnetic field;

a power receiving side resonance capacitor which constitutes a power receiving side LC resonance circuit together with the power receiving coil;

a rectifier for rectifying the electric power received by the power receiving coil;

a voltage detection circuit which detects the output voltage of the rectifier; and

a wireless transmission module which transmits the output voltage value detected by the voltage detection circuit to the wireless receiving module,

the controller adjusts the driving frequency to substantially conform to a resonance frequency of the power receiving side LC resonance circuit;

controls the alternating current flowing in the power feeding coil to be constant;

performs a small power feeding using at least two different values of the output voltage values, during which the output voltage value received by the wireless receiving module becomes constant, with a transmission power lower than that of a main power feeding before the main power feeding; and

controls the alternating current flowing in the power feeding coil based on the correlation between the different output voltage values and the different alternating current peak values corresponding to the different output voltage values, respectively, detected by the current detection circuit.

9. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 3, wherein,

the controller controls the alternating current flowing in the power feeding coil by changing the input voltage of the inverter.

10. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 3, wherein,

the controller controls the alternating current flowing in the power feeding coil by changing the driving frequency of the inverter.

11. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 3, wherein,

the controller controls the alternating current flowing in the power feeding coil by changing the time ratio of the inverter.

12. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 3, wherein,

the wireless power transmission system further comprises a power feeding side resonance capacitor constituting a power feeding side LC resonance circuit with the power feeding coil.