A Wireless Charging Device and Methods of Use

• US 20170070079A1
• Filed: 02/22/2015
• Published: 03/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Humavox Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Humavox Ltd.
• Inventors: Manova-Elssibony, Asaf
• Application Number:
  US15/120,035
• Publication Number:
  US 20170070079A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/20 using microwaves or radio frequency waves
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/007 Regulation of charging or discharging current or voltage
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/04 Regulation of charging current or voltage

Abstract

The invention is directed to a wireless charging device having a Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) unit integrated within a transmitting unit of said wireless charging device and configured to modulate RF energy transmission to a device under charge according to real time analysis of the charging process, said PWM unit is connected to a charging tracking module and to controller, wherein said charging tracking module is adapted to provide data reflecting the progress of said charging process and said controller is adapted to receive said data from said charging tracking module and adjust the duty cycle of said PWM unit according to the data obtained, so as to adjust the transmitted power to the wireless charging process and thus, to have minimal energy loss during said wireless charging process. The invention is further directed to a wireless charging system comprising a wireless charging device according to the above and a device under charge, wherein during the wireless charging process the transmission of RF energy by the transmitting unit is enabled according to the duty cycle of the PWM that changes according to the progress of the charging process, so as to provide a desired average power level to a receiving unit in the device under charge while keeping a peak power level transmitted for maintaining a high power conversion efficiency.

Claims

1. A wireless charging device having a Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) unit integrated within a transmitting unit of said wireless charging device and configured to modulate RF energy transmission to a device under charge according to real time analysis of the charging process progress, said PWM unit is connected to a charging tracking module and to controller, wherein said charging tracking module is adapted to provide data reflecting the progress of said charging process and said controller is adapted to receive said data from said charging tracking module and adjust the duty cycle of said PWM unit according to the data obtained, so as to adjust the transmitted power to the wireless charging process.

2. A wireless charging device according to claim 1, wherein said wireless charging process is being regulated according to data received by said charging tracking module, said data indicates one of the following:

(a) real time changes in RF energy level within a charging zone created within said wireless charging device;

(b) the ratio between the transmitted RF energy and the reflected RF energy, said data is further analyzed by said controller so as to determine a desired duty cycle of the PWM required to allow desired transmitted RF power for charging.

3. A wireless charging device according to claim 1, wherein said PWM unit functionally operates to enable a transmitter of said transmitting unit for obtaining a desired average transmitted power for charging.

4. A wireless charging device according to claim 1, wherein during said wireless charging process the duty cycle of the PWM unit is changed, so as to maintain a fixed peak power level transmitted by said transmitting unit.

5. A wireless charging device according to claim 1, wherein said charging tracking module is either one of a sensor or a reflection coefficient monitor (S11).

6. A wireless charging system comprising a wireless charging device having a PWM unit according to claim 1, and a device under charge, wherein during said wireless charging process the transmission of RF energy by said transmitting unit is enabled according to the duty of cycle of the PWM that changes according to the progress of the charging process, so as to provide a desired power level to a receiving unit in the device under charge.

7. A wireless charging system according to claim 6, wherein an average DC power level being received from a rectifier in said device under charge is determined according to the duty cycle of said PWM unit in said transmitting unit of the wireless charging device, said duty cycle is modulated by said controller according to real time reading of the charging process progress by said charging tracking module.

8. A wireless charging system according to claim 7, wherein said charging tracking module provides data indicating one of the following:

(a) real time changes in RF energy level within a charging zone created within said wireless charging device;

(b) the ratio between the transmitted RF energy and the reflected RF energy (S11), wherein said data is further analyzed by the controller so as to determine a duty cycle of the PWM unit, which is required to allow a desired transmitted RF power level for charging.

9. A wireless charging system according to claim 7, wherein during the charging process the duty cycle of the PWM is changed, so as to keep a fixed peak power level transmitted by the transmitting unit for maintaining a high conversion efficiency of the transmitted RF energy, while changes in the power requirements of the rectifying unit are satisfied by changing the average power level transmitted, by changing the duty cycle of the PWM unit that enables the transmitter, wherein an average DC power level received from a rectifier in the device under charge is functionally being determined according to the duty cycle of the PWM in the transmitting unit.

10. A wireless charging device according to claim 1, wherein during the charging process the duty cycle of the PWM is changed, so as to maintain a fixed peak power level transmitted by the transmitting unit for maintaining a high conversion efficiency of the transmitted RF energy.