SYSTEM FOR ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY AND FOR TRANSMITTING DATA WITHOUT ELECTRICAL CONTACT
First Claim
1. Contact-free power supply and contact-free data transmission system including a transmitter having an electrical energy source and a receiver that is not self-contained with regard to its electrical power supply, in which the transmitter and the receiver respectively include a primary winding and a secondary winding capable of being in a magnetic flux transfer relationship, and the transmitter includes a circuit for applying, on the primary winding, a low-frequency alternating power supply current so as to produce, on the secondary winding, a current used for the electrical power supply of the receiver, and the transmitter and receiver have data transmission circuits connected to the primary and secondary windings, which system is wherein the data transmission circuit on the transmitter side is capable of selectively directly modifying the waveform of said alternating power supply current, and in that the data transmission circuit on the receiver side is capable of detecting these waveform modifications so as to respectively transmit, from the transmitter to the receiver, data of different values corresponding to the different waveforms, in which the frequency of the alternating power supply current is constant.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an assembly comprising a power transmitter (E) and a power receiver (R) respectively comprising a primary coil (11) and a secondary coil (22), in which the transmitter and the receiver are of the electromagnetic induction type and allow on the one hand the powering without electrical contact of the receiver by the transmitter, and on the other hand a bidirectional communication without electrical contact between the transmitter and the receiver.
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- 1. Contact-free power supply and contact-free data transmission system including a transmitter having an electrical energy source and a receiver that is not self-contained with regard to its electrical power supply, in which the transmitter and the receiver respectively include a primary winding and a secondary winding capable of being in a magnetic flux transfer relationship, and the transmitter includes a circuit for applying, on the primary winding, a low-frequency alternating power supply current so as to produce, on the secondary winding, a current used for the electrical power supply of the receiver, and the transmitter and receiver have data transmission circuits connected to the primary and secondary windings, which system is wherein the data transmission circuit on the transmitter side is capable of selectively directly modifying the waveform of said alternating power supply current, and in that the data transmission circuit on the receiver side is capable of detecting these waveform modifications so as to respectively transmit, from the transmitter to the receiver, data of different values corresponding to the different waveforms, in which the frequency of the alternating power supply current is constant.
- 22. Transmitting device intended to ensure a contact-free power supply of a receiving device that is not self-contained with regard to its electrical power supply, and to transmit data thereto, including a primary winding intended to be in a magnetic flux transfer relationship with a secondary winding of the receiving device, and a circuit for applying, on the primary winding, a low-frequency alternating power supply current, as well as a data transmission circuit connected to the primary winding, which device is characterized in that the data transmission circuit is capable of selectively directly modifying the waveform of said alternating power supply current, so as to selectively transmit data of different values corresponding to the different waveforms.
- 38. Receiving device that is not self-contained with regard to its electrical power supply and intended to be supplied contact-free by a transmitting device, to transmit data thereto and to receive data from same, including a secondary winding intended to be in a magnetic flux transfer relationship with a primary winding of the transmitting device, a circuit for supplying power to the device from a low-frequency alternating current circulating in the secondary winding, and a data transmission circuit capable of detecting modifications in the waveform of the alternating current itself, so as to respectively receive data of different values corresponding to the different waveforms.
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