Coil unit, and power transmission device and power reception device using the coil unit

• US 8,269,375 B2
• Filed: 03/19/2010
• Issued: 09/18/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Sogabe, Haruhiko, Kamijo, Takahiro, Hasegawa, Minoru
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Danny
• Application Number:
  US12/727,675
• Publication Number:
  US 20100244579A1
• Time in Patent Office: 914 Days
• Field of Search: 307/104, 307/9.1
• US Class Current: 307/104
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 38/14 Inductive couplings for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling H02J50/10
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/60 responsive to the presence of foreign objects, e.g. detection of living beings
• 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 50/90 involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00045 Authentication, i.e. circuits for checking compatibility between one component, e.g. a battery or a battery charger, and another component, e.g. a power source

Abstract

A coil unit includes a first coil having an outer diameter of D1, and at least one second coil having an outer diameter of D2 (D2<D1). The at least one second coil is arranged on a transmission surface side of the first coil. A part or whole of the at least one second coil overlaps the first coil, when viewed from the transmission surface side.

Claims

1. A coil unit comprising:

a first coil having an outer diameter of D1; and

at least one second coil having an outer diameter of D2 (D2<

D1),

the at least one second coil being arranged on a transmission surface side of the first coil, and a part or whole of the at least one second coil being overlapped with the first coil when viewed from the transmission surface side;

a center of the at least one second coil not being coincident with a center of the first coil, as viewed from the transmission surface side; and

each of the first coil and the at least one second coil being an air-core coil having an air-core section at the center thereof, and the first coil and the at least one second coil being arranged such that an outer periphery of the at least one second coil does not overlap the air-core section of the first coil.

2. A coil unit according to claim 1, the at least one second coil including a plurality of the second coils that are arranged at equal intervals in a circumferential direction of the first coil.

3. A power transmission device that transmits power to a power reception device, the power transmission device comprising:

the coil unit recited in claim 1; and

a power transmission control device that controls driving of the first coil and the at least one second coil of the coil unit,

the power transmission control device controlling power transmission to the power reception device through the first coil, and the power transmission control device controlling data communication with the power reception device through the second coil.

4. A power reception device that receives power transmitted from a power transmission device, the power reception device comprising:

the coil unit recited in claim 1; and

a power reception control device,

the power reception control device controlling power reception of power from the power transmission device through the first coil, and the power reception control device controlling data communication with the power transmission device through the second coil.

5. A coil unit comprising:

a first coil having an outer diameter of D1; and

at least one second coil having an outer diameter of D2 (D2<

D1),

the at least one second coil being arranged on a transmission surface side of the first coil, and a part or whole of the at least one second coil being overlapped with the first coil when viewed from the transmission surface side, and

the at least one second coil including a plurality of the second coils that are arranged at equal intervals in a circumferential direction of the first coil.

6. A power transmission device that transmits power to a power reception device, the power transmission device comprising:

a coil unit that comprises;

a first coil having an outer diameter of D1; and

at least one second coil having an outer diameter of D2 (D2<

D1),

the at least one second coil being arranged on a transmission surface side of the first coil, and a part or whole of the at least one second coil being overlapped with the first coil when viewed from the transmission surface side, and

a power transmission control device that controls driving of the first coil and the at least one second coil of the coil unit,

the power transmission control device controlling power transmission to the power reception device through the first coil, and the power transmission control device controlling data communication with the power reception device through the second coil.