POWER RECEIVING CONTROL DEVICE, POWER RECEIVING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS

• US 20100013321A1
• Filed: 07/15/2009
• Published: 01/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: KAMIJO, Takahiro, YODA, Kentaro, KAMIYAMA, Masayuki, ONISHI, Kota, SHIOZAKI, Nobutaka
• Granted Patent: US 8,134,256 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/104
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/04 using magnetically coupled devices
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 2038/143 for signals
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• 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 50/80 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 power receiving control device provided to a power receiving device included in a contactless power transmission system that transmits electric power from a power transmission device to the power receiving device by electromagnetically coupling a primary coil and a secondary coil so as to feed the electric power to a load serving as a power feeding object from a voltage output node of the power receiving device, which includes a rectifying circuit and a regulator; and transmits a load modulation signal to the power transmission device by load modulation performed by a load modulation section included in the power receiving device, in a period of the power feeding to the load as the power feeding object, includes a power receiving side control circuit controlling an operation of the power receiving device; and a power supply control signal output terminal for outputting a power supply control signal by which the power feeding to the load is temporarily stopped In the device, the power receiving side control circuit turns on a switch circuit provided between an input node and an output node of the regulator, based on detection of lowering of power feeding capability to the load, so as to put a bypass path, which directly connecting the input node and the output node of the regulator, in an ON state; turns off the switch circuit so as to forcibly put the bypass path in an OFF state, in a case where the power feeding to the load is temporarily stopped in a period during which the bypass path is formed, at one of timing at which a voltage level of the power supply control signal outputted from the power supply control signal output terminal is switched from a non-active level to an active level so as to temporarily stop the power feeding to the load and timing before the power feeding to the load is temporarily stopped; and turns on the switch circuit after releasing the temporary stop of the power feeding to the load so as to return the bypass path to the ON state.

Claims

1. A power receiving control device provided to a power receiving device included in a contactless power transmission system, the contactless power transmission system transmitting electric power from a power transmission device to the power receiving device by electromagnetically coupling a primary coil and a secondary coil so as to feed the electric power to a load serving as a power feeding object from a voltage output node of the power receiving device, the power receiving device including a rectifying circuit and a regulator;

and transmitting a load modulation signal to the power transmission device by load modulation performed by a load modulation section included in the power receiving device, in a period of the power feeding to the load as the power feeding object, the power receiving control device comprising;

a power receiving side control circuit that controls an operation of the power receiving device; and

a power supply control signal output terminal that outputs a power supply control signal by which the power feeding to the load is temporarily stopped,

the power receiving side control circuit turning on a switch circuit provided between an input node and an output node of the regulator, based on detection of lowering of power feeding capability to the load, so as to put a bypass path in an ON state, the bypass path directly connecting the input node and the output node of the regulator;

the power receiving side control circuit turning off the switch circuit so as to forcibly put the bypass path in an OFF state, in a case where the power feeding to the load is temporarily stopped in a period during which the bypass path is formed, at one of timing at which a voltage level of the power supply control signal outputted from the power supply control signal output terminal is switched from a non-active level to an active level so as to temporarily stop the power feeding to the load and timing before the power feeding to the load is temporarily stopped, and the power receiving side control circuit turning on the switch circuit after releasing the temporary stop of the power feeding to the load so as to return the bypass path to the ON state.

2. The power receiving control device according to claim 1, the power receiving side control circuit turning on the switch circuit so as to return the bypass path to the ON state after progression of time necessary for stabilizing a voltage supplied to the load, after releasing the temporary stop of the power feeding to the load.

3. The power receiving control device according to claim 1, the power receiving side control circuit including:

a bypass control section outputting a bypass control signal for controlling ON and OFF of the switch circuit provided between the input node and the output node of the regulator; and

a periodic authentication control section, the periodic authentication control section performing periodic authentication by controlling an operation of the load modulation section included in the power receiving device so as to periodically modulate the load of the power receiving device, the periodic authentication control section outputting the power supply control signal from the power supply control terminal in the periodic load modulation so as to temporarily stop the power feeding to the load, and supplying a bypass forcible off signal to the bypass control section,

the bypass control section including a detection circuit and an output control circuit,

the detection circuit detecting a voltage level of at least a voltage at the input node and a voltage at the output node of the regulator so as to output a detection signal showing a result of the detection, the output control circuit controlling ON and OFF of the switch circuit by switching the bypass control signal to one of an active level and a non-active level based on the detection signal outputted from the detection circuit when the bypass forcible off signal outputted from the periodic authentication control section is at a non-active level, and

the output control circuit fixing the bypass control signal at the non-active level regardless of a level of the detection signal when the bypass forcible off signal is at an active level so as to inhibit the switch circuit from turning on.

4. The power receiving control device according to claim 3,

the detection circuit setting the detection signal at the active level when at least one of the voltage at the input node and the voltage at the output node of the regulator is lower than a first threshold voltage, and the detection circuit setting the detection signal at the non-active level when the at least one of the voltage at the input node and the voltage at the output node of the regulator is higher than a second threshold voltage, the second threshold voltage being higher than the first threshold voltage,

when the bypass forcible off signal outputted from the periodic authentication control section is at the non-active level, the output control circuit setting the bypass control signal at the active level and thus turning on the switch circuit in a period during which the detection signal is at the active level so as to put the bypass path in the ON state, and the output control circuit setting the bypass control signal at the non-active level and thus turning off the switch circuit in a period during which the detection signal is at the non-active level so as to put the bypass path in the OFF state, and

when the bypass forcible off signal outputted from the periodic authentication control section is at the active level, the output control circuit fixing the bypass control signal at the non-active level regardless of a level of the detection signal so as to inhibit the switch circuit from turning on.

5. The power receiving control device according to claim 3,

the detection circuit being composed of a hysteresis comparator, and in a period from when the temporary stop of the power feeding to the load is released to when a bypass forcible off state is released, within the period during which the bypass path is forcibly put in the OFF state by the bypass forcible off signal outputted from the periodic authentication control section, the output control circuit resetting the hysteresis comparator serving as the detection circuit so as to return a state of an input signal and a state of an output signal of the hysteresis comparator to the state of the input signal and the state of the output signal when the bypass path is at the ON state.

6. A power receiving device, comprising:

the power receiving control device according to claim 1;

a power receiving section including the rectifying circuit and inverting an induced voltage of the secondary coil into a direct current voltage; and

a power feeding control section including the regulator and the switch circuit, the switch circuit being provided between the input node and the output node of the regulator, and controlling the power feeding to the load.

7. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

the power receiving device according to claim 6; and

the load as the power feeding object to which electric power is fed by the power receiving device.