Wireless charging system

• US 8,513,916 B2
• Filed: 05/26/2011
• Issued: 08/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Yang, Song-Ling
• Primary Examiner(s): DIAO, M BAYE
• Application Number:
  US13/116,011
• Publication Number:
  US 20120126746A1
• Time in Patent Office: 817 Days
• Field of Search: 320/108, 307/104
• US Class Current: 320/108
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/05 using capacitive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00 Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries

Abstract

A wireless charging system includes a charger and an electronic device. The charger includes a power input port including two input terminals for connecting to a power source and a power output port including two first metal sheets respectively connected to the two input terminals. The electronic device includes a power input port including two second metal sheets, a voltage conversion circuit connected to the two second metal sheets, a rectifier and filter circuit, and a battery. When the power output port of the charger is close to and faces the power input port of the electronic device. The two first metal sheets and the two second metal sheets form two capacitors, the power source provides power to the electronic device via the two capacitors and charges the battery after the power is processed by the voltage conversion circuit and the rectifier and filter circuit.

Claims

1. A wireless charging system comprising:

a charger comprising;

a power input port comprising two input terminals for connecting to a power source; and

a power output port comprising two first metal sheets respectively connected to the two input terminals; and

an electronic device comprising;

a power input port comprising two second metal sheets;

a voltage conversion circuit connected to the two second metal sheets;

a battery; and

a rectifier and filter circuit connected between the voltage conversion circuit and the battery;

wherein, when the power output port of the charger is close to and faces the power input port of the electronic device, the two first metal sheets and the two second metal sheets form two capacitors, and when the charger is connected to the power source, the voltage conversion circuit obtains an alternating current voltage with a first voltage value from the power source via the two capacitors, and the voltage conversion circuit converts the alternating current voltage with the first voltage value into an alternating current voltage with a second voltage value, and the rectifier and filter circuit converts the alternating current voltage with the second voltage value into direct current voltage and charges the battery.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the voltage conversion circuit is a transformer comprising a primary winding and a secondary winding, two terminals of the primary winding are respectively connected to the two second metal sheets.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the rectifier and filter circuit comprises a rectifier and a resistor which are connected between two terminals of the secondary winding, an anode and a cathode of the battery are respectively connected to two ends of the resistor.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein when the power output port of the charger is close to and faces the power input port of the electronic device, the two first metal sheets are respectively face and parallel to the two second metal sheets, one of the two first metal sheets and a corresponding one of the two second metal sheets sandwiches air to form a first capacitor, and the other of the two first metal sheets and the other of the two second metal sheets sandwiches air to form a second capacitor.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the two first metal sheets and the two second metal sheets are made of icon, copper, or silver.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a mobile phone, a digital camera, or a digital photo frame.