Wireless mobile communication device utilizing antenna for power charging and wireless charging system having the same

• US 8,912,752 B2
• Filed: 07/11/2011
• Issued: 12/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Auden Techno Corp.
• Original Assignee: Auden Techno Corp.
• Inventors: Chang, Yu-Pin, Tang, Chai-Lun
• Primary Examiner(s): Berhanu, Samuel
• Application Number:
  US13/180,094
• Publication Number:
  US 20130015811A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,254 Days
• Field of Search: 320/108
• US Class Current: 320/108
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/402 the two or more transmitting or the two or more receiving devices being integrated in the same unit, e.g. power mats with several coils or antennas with several sub-antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0044 specially adapted for holding portable devices containing batteries H02J7/0045 takes precedence

Abstract

A wireless charging mobile communication device includes a wireless communication module, an electricity storage module, a converting module, an antenna module and a switching module. The antenna module receives and transmits wireless signal or electromagnetically induces a current. The switching module is electrically coupled to the antenna module, the wireless communication module, and the converting module. The switching module is for connecting the antenna module with the wireless communication module or connecting the antenna module with the converting module. The converting module is electrically coupled to the electricity storage module and converts the electromagnetically induced current for facilitating a charging of the electricity storage module. The converting module, the antenna module, and the switching module are integrated as an antenna device.

Claims

1. A wireless charging mobile communication device, comprising:

a wireless communication module, for processing wireless signals;

an electricity storage module;

an antenna module, receiving and transmitting the wireless signals, or electromagnetically inducting a current;

a converting module, directly coupled to the electricity storage module, wherein the converting module converts the electromagnetically inducted current for facilitating a charging of the electricity storage module; and

a switching module, directly coupled to the antenna module, the wireless communication module, and the converting module, wherein the switching module is for connecting the antenna module with the wireless communication module or connecting the antenna module with the converting module,

wherein the switching module is a mechanical switch or an electronic switch.

2. The wireless charging mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein the electricity storage module is a secondary battery module.

3. The wireless charging mobile communication device according to claim 2, wherein the secondary battery module comprises a lead-acid battery, or a nickel-cadmium battery, or a nickel-metal-hydride battery, or a lithium-ion battery, or a lithium-iron battery or combinations thereof.

4. An antenna device integrated with capability of electricity charging, electrically coupled to a electricity storage module and a wireless communication module, comprising:

an antenna module for receiving and transmitting wireless signals or electromagnetically inducting a current;

an converting module, directly coupled to the electricity storage module, wherein the converting module converts the electromagnetically induced current for facilitating a charging of the electricity storage module; and

a switching module, directly coupled to the antenna module, the switching module and the wireless communication module, wherein the switching module is for connecting the antenna module with the wireless communication module or connecting the antenna module with the converting module,

wherein the switching module is a mechanical switch or an electronic switch.

5. A wireless charging system, comprising:

a wireless charging mobile communication device, comprising;

a wireless communication module;

an electricity storage module;

a converting module, directly coupled to the electricity storage module, wherein the converting module converts an electromagnetically induced current for facilitating a charging of the electricity storage module;

an antenna module for receiving and transmitting wireless signals or electromagnetically inducing the electromagnetically induced current; and

a switching module, directly coupled to the antenna module, the wireless communication module, and the converting module, wherein the switching module is for connecting the antenna module with the wireless communication module or connecting the antenna module with the converting module,

wherein the switching module is a mechanical switch or an electronic switch; and

an electromagnetic induction device, comprising;

a containing vessel, for containing the wireless charging mobile communication device; and

an active coil, electrically coupled to local distribution networks, for electromagnetically inducting with the antenna module of the wireless charging mobile communication device when the wireless charging mobile communication device is stored in the containing vessel.

6. The wireless charging system according to claim 5, wherein the wireless charging mobile communication device further comprises a monitoring and controlling module electrically coupled to the switching module for detecting whether or not the wireless charging mobile communication device is stored in the containing vessel.

7. The wireless charging system according to claim 6, wherein when the wireless charging mobile communication device is not stored in the containing vessel, the monitoring and control module controls the switching module to connect the antenna module with the wireless communication module, and when the wireless charging mobile communication device is stored in the containing vessel, the monitoring and control module controls the switching module to connect the antenna module with the converting module.