Power transmission device and electronic instrument

• US 20080290736A1
• Filed: 05/23/2008
• Published: 11/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Onishi, Kota, Sogabe, Haruhiko
• Application Number:
  US12/153,781
• Publication Number:
  US 20080290736A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/107
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/60 responsive to the presence of foreign objects, e.g. detection of living beings
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/90 involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00045 Authentication, i.e. circuits for checking compatibility between one component, e.g. a battery or a battery charger, and another component, e.g. a power source
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/025 using non-contact coupling, e.g. inductive, capacitive

Abstract

A control IC for first and second transmission drivers that drive a primary coil includes an output terminal connected to the first transmission driver on a first side, an output terminal connected to the second transmission driver on a second side, and an input terminal to which a waveform of a coil connection terminal is input through a waveform detection wiring pattern on a third side. The control IC is disposed in a center area of a board at a position shifted in a first direction with respect to a centerline. The coil connection terminal and a resonant capacitor are disposed in first and second row positions on the end of the board. The first transmission driver is disposed at a position shifted in the first direction with respect to the first side of the control IC. The second transmission driver is disposed at a position opposite to the second side of the control IC. The waveform detection wiring pattern extends from the third side of the control IC to the coil connection terminal through an area shifted in a second direction with respect to the centerline.

Claims

1. A power transmission device that includes a primary coil and electromagnetically couples the primary coil with a secondary coil of a power reception device to supply power to a load of the power reception device, the power transmission device comprising:

a first coil connection terminal and a second coil connection terminal respectively connected to ends of the primary coil;

a resonant capacitor that forms a series resonant circuit with the primary coil;

a first power transmission driver and a second power transmission driver that drive the primary coil from the ends of the primary coil through the first coil connection terminal and the second coil connection terminal; and

a control IC that outputs driver control signals to the first power transmission driver and the second power transmission driver,

the first coil connection terminal, the second coil connection terminal, the resonant capacitor, the first power transmission driver, the second power transmission driver, and the control IC being provided on a mounting surface of a printed circuit board,

the control IC being formed in the shape of a quadrangle that has a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, an output terminal of the driver control signal output to the first transmission driver being provided on the first side, an output terminal of the driver control signal output to the second transmission driver being provided on the second side adjacent to the first side, an input terminal that receives a signal waveform at the second coil connection terminal through a waveform detection wiring pattern being disposed on the third side opposite to the first side, and the control IC being disposed at a position shifted in a first direction with respect to a centerline that divides the printed circuit board in two and is parallel to the first side and the third side;

the first coil connection terminal and the second coil connection terminal being disposed in a first row position on an end of the printed circuit board, and, when a direction opposite to the first direction is referred to as a second direction, the second coil connection terminal being disposed at a position shifted in the second direction with respect to the centerline;

the resonant capacitor being disposed in a second row position between the first row position where the first coil connection terminal and the second coil connection terminal are disposed and a row position where the control IC is disposed;

the first power transmission driver and the second power transmission driver being disposed between the first row position and the row position where the control IC is disposed, and the first transmission driver being disposed at a position shifted in the first direction with respect to the first side of the control IC; and

the waveform detection wiring pattern extending from the third side of the control IC to the second coil connection terminal through an area of the printed circuit board shifted in the second direction with respect to the centerline.

2. The power transmission device as defined in claim 1,

the resonant capacitor including a first resonant capacitor connected to the first coil connection terminal and a second resonant capacitor connected to the second coil connection terminal;

the second power transmission driver being disposed between the first resonant capacitor and the second resonant capacitor disposed in the second row position;

the first transmission driver being disposed in a third row position adjacent to the second row position; and

the control IC being disposed in a fourth row position adjacent to the third row position.

3. The power transmission device as defined in claim 1,

the waveform detection wiring pattern including a wide pattern formed from the second coil connection terminal to a position shifted in the second direction with respect to the second coil connection terminal in the second row position, and a narrow pattern, one end of the narrow pattern being connected to the wide pattern and the other end of the narrow pattern being connected to the input terminal provided on the third side of the control IC.

4. The power transmission device as defined in claim 3,

the power transmission device including power supply patterns provided on a back surface of the printed circuit board opposite to the mounting surface,

the power supply patterns including:

a power ground power supply pattern connected to the first power transmission driver and the second power transmission driver; and

an analog ground power supply pattern and a digital ground power supply pattern connected to power supply terminals of the control IC;

the analog ground power supply pattern being formed in the shape of an island in a center area opposite to at least part of the control IC and the narrow pattern of the waveform detection wiring pattern, the power ground power supply pattern being formed in a first area opposite to the first row position and the second row position, and the digital ground power supply pattern being formed in a second area opposite to the power ground power supply pattern through the analog ground power supply pattern; and

the power ground power supply pattern and the digital ground power supply pattern being connected in an area between the analog ground power supply pattern in the shape of an island and an edge of the printed circuit board.

5. The power transmission device as defined in claim 4,

the power supply patterns further including a power power supply pattern connected to the first power transmission driver and the second power transmission driver;

and

the power power supply pattern being provided from the first area to the second area while avoiding an area opposite to the narrow pattern of the waveform detection wiring pattern formed on the mounting surface.

6. The power transmission device as defined in claim 4,

the power transmission device including an oscillator that is provided on the mounting surface of the printed circuit board and is connected to a terminal provided on the second side of the control IC, the oscillator being disposed at a position opposite to a boundary area between the analog ground power supply pattern and the power ground power supply pattern provided on the back surface of the printed circuit board,

the digital ground power supply pattern including a first protrusion pattern that protrudes from the first area to the second area in the shape of a strip so that the digital ground power supply pattern is connected to the oscillator.

7. The power transmission device as defined in claim 6,

the oscillator being provided on the mounting surface of the printed circuit board between a wiring pattern that connects the second transmission driver with a terminal provided on the second side of the control IC and the waveform detection wiring pattern.

8. The power transmission device as defined in claim 6,

the digital ground power supply pattern further including a second protrusion pattern that protrudes from the first area to the second area in the shape of a strip, the second protrusion pattern being provided at a position opposite to the first protrusion pattern through the analog ground power supply pattern;

and

the analog ground power supply pattern being enclosed by the digital ground power supply pattern, the first protrusion pattern, and the second protrusion pattern.

9. The power transmission device as defined in claim 8,

the control IC including a first predriver and a second predriver that generate the driver control signals supplied to the first power transmission driver and the second power transmission driver, each of the first predriver and the second predriver including complementary transistors;

and

the second protrusion pattern being set at a ground potential supplied to gates of the complementary transistors.

10. The power transmission device as defined in claim 4,

the power transmission device including a first thermistor that detects a temperature of the resonant capacitor, the first thermistor being disposed on the mounting surface of the printed circuit board between the second row position and the row position where the control IC is disposed.

11. The power transmission device as defined in claim 10,

a terminal that is connected to the first thermistor being disposed on the fourth side of the control IC;

and

the first thermistor and the terminal disposed on the fourth side being connected on the back surface of the printed circuit board through a wiring pattern provided between the analog ground power supply pattern in the shape of an island and the digital ground power supply pattern.

12. The power transmission device as defined in claim 10,

the first thermistor being thermally coupled with the resonant capacitor through the power ground power supply pattern.

13. The power transmission device as defined in claim 10,

the power transmission device including a second thermistor that detects an ambient temperature, the second thermistor being disposed on the mounting surface of the printed circuit board at a position opposite to the fourth side of the control IC,

the second thermistor and a terminal provided on the fourth side of the control IC being connected through a wiring pattern.

14. The power transmission device as defined in claim 13,

the control IC including a temperature detection circuit that detects an abnormality in tan δ

of the resonant capacitor by calculating a difference between the temperature of the resonant capacitor from the first thermistor and the ambient temperature from the second thermistor.

15. The power transmission device as defined in claim 14,

the control IC including a control circuit that stops power transmission using the first power transmission driver and the second power transmission driver when an abnormality in tan δ

of the resonant capacitor has been detected.

16. An electronic instrument comprising the power transmission device as defined in claim 1.

17. A power transmission device that supplies power to a power reception device, comprising:

a primary coil that couples with a secondary coil of the power reception device electromagnetically;

a first coil connection terminal and a second coil connection terminal respectively connected to ends of the primary coil;

a resonant capacitor that forms a series resonant circuit with the primary coil;

a first power transmission driver and a second power transmission driver that drive the primary coil, the first power transmission driver electrically connected to the first coil connection terminal, the second power transmission driver electrically connected to the second coil connection terminal; and

a control IC that outputs driver control signals to the first power transmission driver and the second power transmission driver,

the first coil connection terminal, the second coil connection terminal, the resonant capacitor, the first power transmission driver, and the control IC being provided on a circuit board,

the control IC having a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, an output terminal of a first driver control signal to the first transmission driver being provided beside of the first side, an output terminal of a second driver control signal to the second transmission driver being provided beside of the second side, the second side crossing the first side, an input terminal that receives a signal of the second coil connection terminal via a waveform detection wiring pattern being disposed beside of the third side, the third side oppositing to the first side, and the control IC being disposed on a first area of the circuit board, the first area being an area of first direction side from a centerline, the centerline divides the circuit board in two and is parallel to the first side,

the first coil connection terminal and the second coil connection terminal being disposed in a first row position beside of one side of the circuit board, and the second coil connection terminal being disposed on a second area of the circuit board, the second area being an area of second direction side from the centerline, the second direction side being a opposite side to the first direction side,

the resonant capacitor being disposed an a second row position between the first row position and a row position where the control IC is disposed,

the first power transmission driver and the second power transmission driver being disposed between the first row position and the row position where the control IC is disposed, and the first transmission driver being disposed at a position of the first direction side from the first side of the control IC,

the waveform detection wiring pattern extending from the third side of the control IC to the second coil connection terminal through the second area.

18. An electronic instrument comprising the power transmission device as defined in claim 17.