WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- determining, by a base station comprising a plurality of transmitting coils, a first plurality of mutual magnetic parameters, each mutual magnetic parameter of the first plurality of mutual magnetic parameters being associated with a transmitting coil of the plurality of transmitting coils and a receiving coil of at least one receiving coil associated with at least one electronic device remotely located from and to be remotely charged by the base station;
determining, by the base station, a plurality of control signals based on the first plurality of mutual magnetic parameters, each control signal of the plurality of control signals being associated with a corresponding transmitting coil of the plurality of transmitting coils;
providing each control signal of the plurality of control signals to a driving circuit coupled to the control signal'"'"'s corresponding transmitting coil; and
using each control signal of the plurality of control signals to cause the driving circuit coupled to the control signal'"'"'s corresponding transmitting coil to cause a current with a magnitude and phase determined from the control signal to flow in the corresponding transmitting coil.
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Abstract
A method includes determining, by a base station including a number of transmitting coils, a first number of mutual magnetic parameters, each mutual magnetic parameter being associated with one of the transmitting coils and a receiving coil of at least one receiving coil associated with at least one electronic device remotely located from and to be remotely charged by the base station, determining a plurality of control signals based on the first number of mutual magnetic parameters, each control signal being associated with a corresponding one of the transmitting coils, providing each control signal to a driving circuit coupled to the control signal'"'"'s corresponding transmitting coil, and using each control signal to cause the driving circuit coupled to the control signal'"'"'s corresponding transmitting coil to cause a current with a magnitude and phase determined from the control signal to flow in the corresponding transmitting coil.
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34 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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determining, by a base station comprising a plurality of transmitting coils, a first plurality of mutual magnetic parameters, each mutual magnetic parameter of the first plurality of mutual magnetic parameters being associated with a transmitting coil of the plurality of transmitting coils and a receiving coil of at least one receiving coil associated with at least one electronic device remotely located from and to be remotely charged by the base station;
determining, by the base station, a plurality of control signals based on the first plurality of mutual magnetic parameters, each control signal of the plurality of control signals being associated with a corresponding transmitting coil of the plurality of transmitting coils;providing each control signal of the plurality of control signals to a driving circuit coupled to the control signal'"'"'s corresponding transmitting coil; and using each control signal of the plurality of control signals to cause the driving circuit coupled to the control signal'"'"'s corresponding transmitting coil to cause a current with a magnitude and phase determined from the control signal to flow in the corresponding transmitting coil. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A wireless energy transfer apparatus comprising:
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a base station including a plurality of transmitting coils; a plurality of driving circuits, each driving circuit of the plurality of driving circuits being coupled to a corresponding transmitting coil of the plurality of transmitting coils; and a controller configured to; determine a first plurality of mutual magnetic parameters, each mutual magnetic parameter of the first plurality of mutual magnetic parameters being associated with a transmitting coil of the plurality of transmitting coils and a receiving coil of at least one receiving coil associated with at least one electronic device remotely located from and to be remotely charged by the base station; determine a plurality of control signals based on the first plurality of mutual magnetic parameters, each control signal of the plurality of control signals being associated with a corresponding transmitting coil of the plurality of transmitting coils; provide each control signal of the plurality of control signals to the driving circuit coupled to the control signal'"'"'s corresponding transmitting coil; and use each control signal of the plurality of control signals to cause the driving circuit coupled to the control signal'"'"'s corresponding transmitting coil to cause a current with a magnitude and phase determined from the control signal to flow in the corresponding transmitting coil. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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