WIRELESS ELECTROMAGNETIC RECEIVER AND WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM

• US 20130062963A1
• Filed: 09/12/2012
• Published: 03/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: CHERNOKALOV, Alexander G., KIM, Ki Young, RYU, Young Ho, OLYUNIN, Nikolay N., MAKURIN, Mikhail N., ARKHIPENKOV, Vladimir Y.
• Granted Patent: US 9,812,902 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/104
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 5/00 Circuit arrangements for transfer of electric power between ac networks and dc networks H02J3/36 takes precedence
• 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

Abstract

A system and a device for wirelessly transferring power without a cable are provided. A wireless electromagnetic receiver includes a first device configured to be magnetized based on an electromagnetic field. The wireless electromagnetic receiver further includes a second device configured to transform the magnetization of the first device into a power, the second device being not in contact with the first device.

Claims

1. A wireless electromagnetic receiver comprising:

a first device configured to be magnetized based on an electromagnetic field; and

a second device configured to transform the magnetization of the first device into a power, the second device being not in contact with the first device.

2. The wireless electromagnetic receiver of claim 1, wherein:

the first device comprises an integral solid-state mechanical resonator made of a magnetostrictive material, the integral solid-state mechanical resonator configured to be magnetized based on the electromagnetic field; and

the second device comprises an inductive transducer configured to transform the magnetization of the integral solid-state mechanical resonator into the power, the inductive transducer being not mechanically-connected to the integral solid-state mechanical resonator.

3. The wireless electromagnetic receiver of claim 1, wherein:

the electromagnetic field is at a frequency corresponding to a resonance frequency of the first device.

4. The wireless electromagnetic receiver of claim 1, wherein the second device is further configured to:

maintain a quality factor (Q-factor) of the first device.

5. The wireless electromagnetic receiver of claim 1, wherein:

the first device is made of a magnetostrictive material with a Q-factor comprising a value exceeding 2000.

6. The wireless electromagnetic receiver of claim 1, wherein:

the first device is made of a magnetostrictive ferrite.

7. The wireless electromagnetic receiver of claim 1, wherein:

the first device comprises a shape so that the power comprises a peak value at an operating frequency.

8. The wireless electromagnetic receiver of claim 1, wherein:

the first device comprises a shape of a cylinder.

9. The wireless electromagnetic receiver of claim 1, wherein:

the first device comprises a shape of a bar with a square cross-section.

10. The wireless electromagnetic receiver of claim 1, wherein:

the first device comprises a shape of a plate.

11. The wireless electromagnetic receiver of claim 1, further comprising:

a permanent magnet configured to bias the first device.

12. The wireless electromagnetic receiver of claim 11, wherein:

the permanent magnet is made of magnetic ceramics.

13. The wireless electromagnetic receiver of claim 1, wherein the second device comprises:

a coil wound around the first device.

14. The wireless electromagnetic receiver of claim 13, further comprising:

a load connected to ends of the coil.

15. A wireless power transfer system comprising:

a transmitter configured to generate a magnetic field to transmit power; and

a wireless electromagnetic receiver configured to receive the power from the transmitter,

wherein the wireless electromagnetic receiver comprises

a first device configured to be magnetized based on the magnetic field, and

a second device configured to transform the magnetization of the first device into the power, the second device being not in contact with the first device.

16. The wireless power transfer system of claim 15, wherein:

the first device comprises an integral solid-state mechanical resonator made of a magnetostrictive material, the integral solid-state mechanical resonator configured to be magnetized based on the magnetic field; and

the second device comprises an inductive transducer configured to transform the magnetization of the integral solid-state mechanical resonator into the power, the inductive transducer being not mechanically-connected to the integral solid-state mechanical resonator.

17. The wireless power transfer system of claim 15, wherein:

the magnetic field is at a frequency corresponding to a resonance frequency of the first device.

18. The wireless power transfer system of claim 15, wherein the second device is further configured to:

maintain a quality factor (Q-factor) of the first device.

19. The wireless power transfer system of claim 15, wherein:

the first device is made of a magnetostrictive material with a Q-factor comprising a value exceeding 2000.

20. The wireless power transfer system of claim 15, wherein:

the first device is made of a magnetostrictive ferrite.

21. The wireless power transfer system of claim 15, wherein:

the first device comprises a shape so that the power comprises a peak value at an operating frequency.

22. The wireless power transfer system of claim 15, wherein:

the first device comprises a shape of a cylinder.

23. The wireless power transfer system of claim 15, wherein:

the first device comprises a shape of a bar with a square cross-section.

24. The wireless power transfer system of claim 15, wherein:

the first device comprises a shape of a plate.

25. The wireless power transfer system of claim 15, further comprising:

a permanent magnet configured to bias the first device.

26. The wireless power transfer system of claim 25, wherein:

the permanent magnet is made of magnetic ceramics.

27. The wireless power transfer system of claim 15, wherein the second device comprises:

a coil wound around the first device.

28. The wireless power transfer system of claim 27, further comprising:

a load connected to ends of the coil.

29. The wireless power transfer system of claim 15, wherein the transmitter comprises:

a non-radiative resonance structure with a resonance frequency f that is located at a distance less than a wavelength λ

from the wireless electromagnetic receiver, wherein λ

=c/f; and

c denotes a speed of light.

30. The wireless power transfer system of claim 15, wherein the transmitter comprises:

a non-radiative non-resonance structure located at a distance less than a wavelength λ

from the wireless electromagnetic receiver, wherein λ

=c/f, and c denotes a speed of light.

31. The wireless power transfer system of claim 15, wherein the transmitter comprises:

a radiative structure with a frequency f that is located at a distance greater than a wavelength λ

from the wireless electromagnetic receiver, wherein λ

=c/f, and c denotes a speed of light.