CONTACTLESS POWER FEEDING SYSTEM

• US 20130069585A1
• Filed: 09/07/2012
• Published: 03/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: KAMATA, Koichiro
• Granted Patent: US 9,054,548 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/108
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00 Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00034 Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge

Abstract

The contactless power feeding system includes a power transmitting device including an AC power source, a power transmitting element transmitting an AC power and a first microprocessor generating a transmission signal, and a power receiving device including a power receiving element receiving the AC power, a rectifier circuit, a smoothing circuit, a voltage conversion circuit, a second microprocessor generating a response signal in accordance with the transmission signal, a charge control circuit changing a charging rate for a power storage device in accordance with the response signal and the power storage device whose charging is controlled by the charge control circuit. Then, a resistance value of the power storage device changes, an impedance changes, and a modulation signal is generated. The generated modulation signal is transmitted from the power receiving device to the power transmitting device and is processed by the first microprocessor.

Claims

1. A contactless power feeding system comprising:

a power transmitting device, the power transmitting device comprising;

an AC power source configured to generate an AC power;

a power transmitting element configured to transmit the AC power; and

a first microprocessor between the AC power source and the power transmitting element, the first microprocessor configured to generate a transmission signal; and

a power receiving device, the power receiving device comprising;

a power receiving element configured to receive the AC power transmitted by the power transmitting element;

a rectifier circuit configured to convert the AC power received by the power receiving element into a DC power;

a smoothing circuit configured to smooth the DC power converted by the rectifier circuit;

a voltage conversion circuit configured to convert a voltage value of the DC power smoothed by the smoothing circuit into a different voltage value;

a second microprocessor configured to generate a response signal in accordance with the transmission signal;

a charge control circuit to which an output power from the voltage conversion circuit and the response signal are input; and

a power storage device whose charging is controlled by the charge control circuit,

wherein the charge control circuit makes a first change in a charging rate for the power storage device in accordance with the response signal,

wherein the first change in the charging rate for the power storage device makes a second change in a resistance value of the power storage device,

wherein the second change in the resistance value of the power storage device makes a third change in an impedance,

wherein the third change in the impedance generates a modulation signal,

wherein the modulation signal generated by the third change in the impedance is transmitted from the power receiving device to the power transmitting device, and

wherein the modulation signal transmitted from the power receiving device to the power transmitting device is processed by the first microprocessor.

2. The contactless power feeding system according to claim 1, wherein the charge control circuit comprises:

a switch;

a first resistor having a resistance value R1;

a second resistor having a resistance value R2; and

a current mirror circuit comprising a first transistor and a second transistor,

wherein the resistance value R1 is different from the resistance value R2,

wherein one terminal of the switch is electrically connected to one terminal of the first resistor,

wherein one terminal of the second resistor is at a floating potential,

wherein the other terminal of the switch electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the first transistor,

wherein the other terminal of the first resistor is grounded,

wherein the other terminal of the second resistor is grounded, and

wherein a gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of the source and the drain of the first transistor, a gate of the second transistor, and the one terminal of the switch.

3. The contactless power feeding system according to claim 1,

wherein the power transmitting element and the power receiving element comprise a magnetic field type element comprising a helical antenna or an electric field type element comprising a meander line antenna.

4. The contactless power feeding system according to claim 1,

wherein the rectifier circuit comprises a bridge rectifier including four diodes.

5. The contactless power feeding system according to claim 1,

wherein the smoothing circuit comprises a capacitor, and

wherein the voltage conversion circuit comprises a DC-DC converter.

6. A contactless power feeding system comprising:

a power transmitting device, the power transmitting device comprising;

an AC power source configured to generate an AC power;

a first electromagnetic coupling coil configured to transmit the AC power by electromagnetic coupling;

a first microprocessor between the AC power source and the first electromagnetic coupling coil, the first microprocessor configured to generate a transmission signal; and

a first resonant coil configured to transmit the AC power transmitted from the first electromagnetic coupling coil by electromagnetic resonance; and

a power receiving device, the power receiving device comprising;

a second resonant coil to which the AC power is transmitted from the first resonant coil by electromagnetic resonance;

a second electromagnetic coupling coil to which the AC power is transmitted from the second resonant coil by electromagnetic coupling;

a rectifier circuit configured to convert the AC power transmitted to the second electromagnetic coupling coil into a DC power;

a smoothing circuit configured to smooth the DC power converted by the rectifier circuit;

a voltage conversion circuit configured to convert a voltage value of the DC power smoothed by the smoothing circuit into a different voltage value;

a second microprocessor configured to generate a response signal in accordance with the transmission signal;

a charge control circuit to which an output power from the voltage conversion circuit and the response signal are input; and

a power storage device whose charging is controlled by the charge control circuit,

wherein the charge control circuit makes a first change in a charging rate for the power storage device in accordance with the response signal,

wherein the first change in the charging rate for the power storage device makes a second change in a resistance value of the power storage device,

wherein the second change in the resistance value of the power storage device makes a third change in an impedance,

wherein the third change in the impedance generates a modulation signal,

wherein the modulation signal generated by the third change in the impedance is transmitted from the power receiving device to the power transmitting device, and

wherein the modulation signal transmitted from the power receiving device to the power transmitting device is processed by the first microprocessor.

7. The contactless power feeding system according to claim 6, wherein the charge control circuit comprises:

a switch;

a first resistor having a resistance value R1;

a second resistor having a resistance value R2; and

a current mirror circuit comprising a first transistor and a second transistor,

wherein the resistance value R1 is different from the resistance value R2,

wherein one terminal of the switch is electrically connected to one terminal of the first resistor,

wherein one terminal of the second resistor is at a floating potential,

wherein the other terminal of the switch electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the first transistor,

wherein the other terminal of the first resistor is grounded,

wherein the other terminal of the second resistor is grounded, and

wherein a gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of the source and the drain of the first transistor, a gate of the second transistor, and the one terminal of the switch.

8. The contactless power feeding system according to claim 6,

wherein the rectifier circuit comprises a bridge rectifier including four diodes.

9. The contactless power feeding system according to claim 6,

wherein the smoothing circuit comprises a capacitor, and

wherein the voltage conversion circuit comprises a DC-DC converter.

10. A power receiving device comprising:

a power receiving element configured to receive an AC power;

a rectifier circuit configured to convert the AC power received by the power receiving element into a DC power;

a smoothing circuit configured to smooth the DC power converted by the rectifier circuit;

a voltage conversion circuit configured to convert a voltage value of the DC power smoothed by the smoothing circuit into a different voltage value;

a second microprocessor configured to generate a response signal in accordance with a signal;

a charge control circuit to which an output power from the voltage conversion circuit and the response signal are input; and

a power storage device whose charging is controlled by the charge control circuit,

wherein the charge control circuit makes a first change in a charging rate for the power storage device in accordance with the response signal,

wherein the first change in the charging rate for the power storage device makes a second change in a resistance value of the power storage device,

wherein the second change in the resistance value of the power storage device makes a third change in an impedance,

wherein the third change in the impedance generates a modulation signal, and

wherein the modulation signal generated by the third change in the impedance is transmitted from the power receiving device.

11. The power receiving device according to claim 10, wherein the charge control circuit comprises:

a switch;

a first resistor having a resistance value R1;

a second resistor having a resistance value R2; and

a current mirror circuit comprising a first transistor and a second transistor,

wherein the resistance value R1 is different from the resistance value R2,

wherein one terminal of the switch is electrically connected to one terminal of the first resistor,

wherein one terminal of the second resistor is at a floating potential,

wherein the other terminal of the switch electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the first transistor,

wherein the other terminal of the first resistor is grounded,

wherein the other terminal of the second resistor is grounded, and

wherein a gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of the source and the drain of the first transistor, a gate of the second transistor, and the one terminal of the switch.

12. The power receiving device according to claim 10,

wherein the power receiving element comprise a magnetic field type element comprising a helical antenna or an electric field type element comprising a meander line antenna.

13. The power receiving device according to claim 10,

wherein the rectifier circuit comprises a bridge rectifier including four diodes.

14. The power receiving device according to claim 10,

wherein the smoothing circuit comprises a capacitor, and

wherein the voltage conversion circuit comprises a DC-DC converter.

15. A power receiving device comprising:

a resonant coil configured to receive an AC power by electromagnetic resonance;

a electromagnetic coupling coil to which the AC power is transmitted from the resonant coil by electromagnetic coupling;

a rectifier circuit configured to convert the AC power transmitted to the electromagnetic coupling coil into a DC power;

a smoothing circuit configured to smooth the DC power converted by the rectifier circuit;

a voltage conversion circuit configured to convert a voltage value of the DC power smoothed by the smoothing circuit into a different voltage value;

a microprocessor configured to generate a response signal in accordance with a signal;

a charge control circuit to which an output power from the voltage conversion circuit and the response signal are input; and

a power storage device whose charging is controlled by the charge control circuit,

wherein the charge control circuit makes a first change in a charging rate for the power storage device in accordance with the response signal,

wherein the first change in the charging rate for the power storage device makes a second change in a resistance value of the power storage device,

wherein the second change in the resistance value of the power storage device makes a third change in an impedance,

wherein the third change in the impedance generates a modulation signal, and

wherein the modulation signal generated by the third change in the impedance is transmitted from the power receiving device.

16. The power receiving device according to claim 15, wherein the charge control circuit comprises:

a switch;

a first resistor having a resistance value R1;

a second resistor having a resistance value R2; and

a current mirror circuit comprising a first transistor and a second transistor,

wherein the resistance value R1 is different from the resistance value R2,

wherein one terminal of the switch is electrically connected to one terminal of the first resistor,

wherein one terminal of the second resistor is at a floating potential,

wherein the other terminal of the switch electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the first transistor,

wherein the other terminal of the first resistor is grounded,

wherein the other terminal of the second resistor is grounded, and

wherein a gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of the source and the drain of the first transistor, a gate of the second transistor, and the one terminal of the switch.

17. The power receiving device according to claim 15,

wherein the rectifier circuit comprises a bridge rectifier including four diodes.

18. The power receiving device according to claim 15,

wherein the smoothing circuit comprises a capacitor, and

wherein the voltage conversion circuit comprises a DC-DC converter.