Wireless power transmitting device and wireless power transmission system using the same

• US 10,541,559 B2
• Filed: 03/23/2018
• Issued: 01/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TDK Corporation
• Original Assignee: TDK Corporation
• Inventors: Hanabusa, Kazuyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Fureman, Jared
• Assistant Examiner(s): Barnett, Joel
• Application Number:
  US15/933,884
• Publication Number:
  US 20180287396A1
• Time in Patent Office: 669 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2207/20 Charging or discharging characterised by the power electronics converter
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/70 involving the reduction of electric, magnetic or electromagnetic leakage fields
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/007 Plural converter units in cascade push-pull DC/DC converters with pre-regulator H02M3/3374; DC-AC converters following a DC-DC stage including a high frequency transformer H02M7/4807; DC-AC converters following a DC-DC conversion stage generating periodically varying voltages H02M7/4826
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/156 with automatic control of output voltage or current, e.g. switching regulators
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/537 using semiconductor devices only, e.g. single switched pulse inverters

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a wireless power transmitting device that includes: a boost converter boosting an input DC voltage; an inverter converting an output voltage of the boost converter into an AC voltage; a power transmitting coil supplied with the AC voltage to generate an AC magnetic field; a receiving circuit receiving a power transmission command signal; a boost control circuit controlling a boost level of the boost converter according to the power transmission command signal; an operation detection circuit detecting whether or not the boost converter is operated; and an inverter control circuit controlling the inverter. The operation detection circuit activates a stop signal when detecting that the boost converter does not perform operation after an elapse of a predetermined time period from a start of power transmission. The inverter control circuit stops an operation of the inverter in response to the stop signal.

Claims

1. A wireless power transmitting device that transmits power to a wireless power receiving device by wireless, the wireless power transmitting device comprising:

a boost converter that boosts an input DC voltage;

an inverter that converts an output voltage of the boost converter into an AC voltage;

a power transmitting coil that is supplied with the AC voltage to generate an AC magnetic field;

a receiving circuit that receives a power transmission command signal from the wireless power receiving device;

a boost control circuit that controls a boost level of the boost converter according to the power transmission command signal;

an operation detection circuit that detects whether or not the boost converter is operated; and

an inverter control circuit that controls the inverter,

wherein the operation detection circuit activates a stop signal when detecting that the boost converter does not perform operation after an elapse of a predetermined time period from a start of power transmission, and

wherein the inverter control circuit stops an operation of the inverter in response to the stop signal.

2. The wireless power transmitting device as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the operation detection circuit is configured to increments an abnormal operation count value when the operation detection circuit does not detect an operation of the boost converter after the elapse of the predetermined time period from the start of power transmission, and

wherein the operation detection circuit resumes power transmission until the abnormal operation count value reaches a predetermined value and does not resume power transmission at a time when the abnormal operation count value reaches the predetermined value.

3. A wireless power transmission system comprising:

a wireless power transmitting device; and

a wireless power receiving device that receives power from the wireless power transmitting device by wireless,

wherein the wireless power transmitting device comprising;

a boost converter that boosts an input DC voltage;

an inverter that converts an output voltage of the boost converter into an AC voltage;

a power transmitting coil that is supplied with the AC voltage to generate an AC magnetic field;

a receiving circuit that receives a power transmission command signal from the wireless power receiving device;

a boost control circuit that controls a boost level of the boost converter according to the power transmission command signal;

an operation detection circuit that detects whether or not the boost converter is operated; and

an inverter control circuit that controls the inverter,

wherein the operation detection circuit activates a stop signal when detecting that the boost converter does not perform operation after an elapse of a predetermined time period from a start of power transmission,

wherein the inverter control circuit stops an operation of the inverter in response to the stop signal,

wherein the wireless power receiving device includes;

a power receiving coil that takes in AC power through the AC magnetic field;

a rectifying circuit that converts the AC power received by the power receiving coil into DC power;

an output detection circuit that generates the power transmission command signal based on a comparison result between an output characteristic value of the rectifying circuit and a target value;

a transmitting circuit that transmits the power transmission command signal; and

a start-up circuit that permits transmission of the power transmission command signal to the receiving circuit when the output characteristic value of the rectifying circuit is equal to or larger than a threshold value.

4. The wireless power transmission system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the start-up circuit includes:

a comparing circuit that compares the output characteristic value of the rectifying circuit and the threshold value;

a switching element that controls whether or not to output the power transmission command signal from the transmitting circuit based on a comparison result of the comparing circuit; and

an input setting section that can change at least one of the output characteristic value of the rectifying circuit which are to be input to the comparing circuit and the threshold value.

5. The wireless power transmission system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the output detection circuit increases a level of the power transmission command signal when the output characteristics value is smaller than the target value and reduces the power transmission command signal when the output characteristics value is larger than the target value.

6. The wireless power transmission system as claimed in claim 5,

wherein the power transmission command signal is an optical signal, and

wherein the output detection circuit controls an intensity of the optical signal based on a comparison result between the output characteristics value and the target value.