Method for generating load of wireless power receiver in wireless charging system and wireless power receiver

• US 10,418,860 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2016
• Issued: 09/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Kyung-Woo, Jung, Hee-Won
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Thienvu V
• Assistant Examiner(s): Baxter, Brian K
• Application Number:
  US15/069,407
• Publication Number:
  US 20160268815A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,282 Days
• Field of Search: 307104
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• 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 50/90 involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00034 Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge

Abstract

A wireless power receiver (PRU) and a method for generating a load of the PRU for detecting the PRU in a wireless charging system are provided. The method includes receiving a wireless power signal from a wireless power transmitter (PTU), rectifying the received wireless power signal into a direct current (DC) signal, and generating a load for detecting the PRU by controlling a current flowing across a resistor connected in parallel with a load charged with power of the DC signal.

Claims

1. A method for generating a load variation of a wireless power receiver (PRU) for detecting the PRU in a wireless charging system, the method comprising:

receiving a wireless power signal from a wireless power transmitter (PTU);

rectifying the received wireless power signal into a direct current (DC) signal;

converting, by a DC/DC converter, the DC signal to a first power for charging a rechargeable battery;

regulating, by a linear regulator, the first power to a second power for a controller; and

generating the load variation for detecting the PRU by adjusting an amount of the second power,

wherein adjusting the amount of the second power comprises the controller controlling a switch, and

wherein a resistor is connected between the switch and the linear regulator.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the switch is controlled by the controller driven by the second power.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein a voltage applied to the resistor is the same as a voltage applied to the controller when the switch is in an ON state.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the controller performs ON/OFF control on a current flowing across the resistor in a predetermined pattern by controlling the switch.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless power signal received from the PTU is a short beacon signal.

6. A wireless power receiver (PRU) that generates a load variation in a wireless charging system, the PRU comprising:

a power receiver configured to receive a wireless power signal from a wireless power transmitter (PTU);

a rectifier configured to rectify the wireless power signal received from the power receiver into a direct current (DC) signal;

a DC/DC converter configured to convert the DC signal to a first power for charging a rechargeable battery;

a linear regulator configured to regulate the first power to a second power for a controller;

a switch configured to adjust an amount of the second power; and

a resistor connected between the switch and the linear regulator,

wherein the load variation for detecting the PRU is generated by the controller controlling the switch to adjust the amount of the second power.

7. The PRU of claim 6, wherein the switch is controlled by the controller driven by the second power.

8. The PRU of claim 6, wherein a voltage applied to the resistor is the same as a voltage applied to the controller when the switch is in an ON state.

9. The PRU of claim 6, wherein the controller performs ON/OFF control on a current flowing across the resistor in a predetermined pattern by controlling the switch.

10. The PRU of claim 6, wherein the wireless power signal received from the PTU is a short beacon signal.

11. The PRU of claim 10, wherein the controller is driven by the short beacon signal.

12. The PRU of claim 6, wherein the switch includes a field effect transistor (FET).

13. The PRU of claim 12, wherein the controller controls driving of the FET using a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal.