Inverter and wireless power transmitter using the same

• US 10,447,346 B2
• Filed: 07/19/2017
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2016
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Ko, Tae Seok, Jang, Young Su
• Primary Examiner(s): Memula, Suresh
• Application Number:
  US15/653,642
• Publication Number:
  US 20180102813A1
• Time in Patent Office: 818 Days
• Field of Search: 320108
• 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: H04B 5/24 Inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer

Abstract

An inverter includes a pulse generator configured to generate a reference pulse signal having a first frequency; and a gate signal generator configured to apply a pulse width modulation control having a variable duty rate, based on a second frequency, to the reference pulse signal to generate a gate signal.

Claims

1. An inverter comprising:

a pulse generator configured to generate a reference pulse signal having a first frequency;

a gate signal generator configured to apply a pulse width modulation control having a variable duty rate, based on a second frequency, to the reference pulse signal to generate a gate signal; and

a controller configured to generate a pulse width modulation signal in response to a feedback signal from a wireless power receiver to provide the pulse width modulation signal to the gate signal generator.

2. The inverter of claim 1, wherein the first frequency is higher than the second frequency.

3. The inverter of claim 1, wherein the gate signal generator is further configured to receive the pulse width modulation signal and the reference pulse signal, and to perform a logical product for the pulse width modulation signal and the reference pulse signal to generate the gate signal.

4. The inverter of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to adjust a duty rate of the pulse width modulation signal to adjust an output of the inverter.

5. The inverter of claim 1, further comprising:

a switch configured to perform a switching operation in response to a reference pulse included in the gate signal to output an alternating current.

6. A wireless power transmitter comprising:

a transmission resonator coupled to a reception resonator of a wireless power receiver; and

an inverter configured to receive a direct current (DC) voltage, to apply a pulse width modulation control to a reference pulse signal to generate a gate signal, and to perform a switching operation, in response to the gate signal, to provide an alternating current (AC) signal to the transmission resonator.

7. The wireless power transmitter of claim 6, further comprising:

an AC-DC converter configured to receive commercial AC power, to convert the commercial AC power into the DC voltage, and to provide the DC voltage to the inverter.

8. The wireless power transmitter of claim 6, wherein the inverter is further configured to vary a duty rate of the pulse width modulation control to adjust an output of the wireless power receiver.

9. The wireless power transmitter of claim 6, wherein the inverter comprises a pulse generator configured to generate a reference pulse signal having a first frequency;

and

a gate signal generator configured to generate the gate signal by applying the pulse width modulation control having a variable duty rate, based on a second frequency, to the reference pulse signal.

10. The wireless power transmitter of claim 9, wherein the inverter further comprises a switch configured to perform a switching operation in response to a reference pulse being included in the gate signal to output the alternating current.

11. The wireless power transmitter of claim 9, wherein the first frequency is higher than the second frequency.

12. The wireless power transmitter of claim 9, further comprising

a controller configured to generate a pulse width modulation signal in response to a feedback signal from the wireless power receiver to provide the pulse width modulation signal to the gate signal generator.

13. The wireless power transmitter of claim 12, further comprising

a demodulator configured to demodulate a signal provided by the wireless power receiver, to generate the feedback signal, and to provide the feedback signal to the controller.

14. The wireless power transmitter of claim 13, wherein the demodulator is further configured to detect the feedback signal from the wireless power receiver by extracting modulation data from a change of an output of the transmission resonator.

15. The wireless power transmitter of claim 12, wherein the gate signal generator is further configured to receive the pulse width modulation signal and the reference pulse signal, and to perform a logical product for the pulse width modulation signal and the reference pulse signal to generate the gate signal.

16. The wireless power transmitter of claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to adjust a duty rate of the pulse width modulation signal to adjust an output of the inverter.

17. The wireless power transmitter of claim 6, wherein the transmission resonator is magnetically coupled to the reception resonator.