System and method for power transfer control based on available input power
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1. A DC/DC converter for use with DC input signal, said DC/DC converter comprising:
- an input portion operable to receive the DC input signal;
an input determining portion operable to determine a parameter of the DC input signal;
an information signal generator operable to generate a first information signal based on the parameter;
a primary signal generator operable to generate a primary signal based on the DC input signal and an information signal;
a transformer having a primary side and a secondary side, said primary side operable to induce a secondary signal in said secondary side based on the primary signal;
a controlling portion operable to generate a control signal based on the secondary signal;
a AC/DC converting portion operable to output a DC signal based on the secondary signal;
an output portion operable to output an output signal based on the DC signal;
a second controlling portion operable to generate a query,wherein said transformer is further operable to send the query to said information signal generator, andwherein said information signal generator is operable to generate the first information signal based on the parameter upon receipt of the query.
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Abstract
The present invention employs system and method in for distinguishing between power capabilities of various external power sources and a system that can communicate the identified power capabilities to the secondary side of the wireless power transfer system. Once the secondary side of the wireless power transfer system receives the power capability information, it adjusts the current available for a payload in accordance with the information received on power source capabilities.
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1. A DC/DC converter for use with DC input signal, said DC/DC converter comprising:
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an input portion operable to receive the DC input signal; an input determining portion operable to determine a parameter of the DC input signal; an information signal generator operable to generate a first information signal based on the parameter; a primary signal generator operable to generate a primary signal based on the DC input signal and an information signal; a transformer having a primary side and a secondary side, said primary side operable to induce a secondary signal in said secondary side based on the primary signal; a controlling portion operable to generate a control signal based on the secondary signal; a AC/DC converting portion operable to output a DC signal based on the secondary signal; an output portion operable to output an output signal based on the DC signal; a second controlling portion operable to generate a query, wherein said transformer is further operable to send the query to said information signal generator, and wherein said information signal generator is operable to generate the first information signal based on the parameter upon receipt of the query. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of converting a DC input signal to a DC signal, said method comprising:
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receiving, via an input portion, the DC input signal; determining, via an input determining portion, a parameter of the DC input signal; generating, via an information signal generator, a first information signal based on the parameter; generating, via a primary signal generator, a primary signal based on the DC input signal and the information signal; inducing, in a secondary side of a transformer having a primary side and the secondary side, a secondary signal based on the primary signal; generating, via a controlling portion, a control signal based on the secondary signal; outputting, via a AC/DC converting portion, a DC signal based on the secondary signal; and outputting, via an output portion, an output signal based on the DC signal; generating, via a second controlling portion, a query; and sending, via the transformer, the query to said information signal generator, wherein said generating, via a controlling portion, a control signal based on the secondary signal comprises generating the control signal upon receipt of the query. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A DC/DC converter for use with DC input signal, said DC/DC converter comprising:
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an input portion operable to receive the DC input signal; an input determining portion operable to determine a parameter of the DC input signal; an information signal generator operable to generate a first information signal based on the parameter; a primary signal generator operable to generate a primary signal based on the DC input signal and the information signal; a transformer having a primary side and a secondary side, said primary side operable to induce a secondary signal in said secondary side based on the primary signal; a controlling portion operable to generate a control signal based on the secondary signal; a AC/DC converting portion operable to output a DC signal based on the secondary signal; a second controlling portion operable to generate a query; and an output portion operable to output an output signal based on the DC signal, wherein said information signal generator is operable to generate a pulse having a first predetermined pulse length as the first information signal, wherein said primary signal generator is operable to generate the primary signal as a first signal portion, a second signal portion and a third signal portion, wherein the first signal portion has a first amplitude, wherein the second signal portion has a second amplitude and has a duration based on the first predetermined pulse length, wherein the third signal portion has the first amplitude, wherein the first amplitude is not equal to the second amplitude, wherein said input portion is operable to receive the DC input signal as one of a first DC input signal and a second DC input signal, the first DC input signal having a first DC input signal amplitude, the second DC input signal having a second DC input signal amplitude, wherein said input determining portion is operable to determine the amplitude of the DC input signal to be the first DC input signal amplitude when the DC input signal is the first DC input signal, wherein said input determining portion is operable to determine the amplitude of the DC input signal to be the second DC input signal amplitude when the DC input signal is the second DC input signal, wherein said information signal generator is operable to generate the pulse having a first predetermined pulse length when the DC input signal is the first DC input signal, wherein said information signal generator further operable to generate the pulse having a second predetermined pulse length when the DC input signal is the second DC input signal, wherein said DC/DC converting portion is operable to output the DC signal as a first DC signal portion followed by a second DC signal portion, wherein the first DC signal portion has a first DC amplitude, wherein the second DC signal portion has a second DC amplitude, wherein the first DC amplitude is not equal to the second DC amplitude, wherein a start of the second DC signal portion is based on the pulse, wherein the second DC signal portion has a second DC amplitude having a value V1 when the DC input signal is a first AC input signal, wherein the second DC signal portion has a second DC amplitude having a value V2 when the DC input signal is the second DC input signal, wherein V1≠
V2, andwherein said controller is operable instruct said output portion to output the output signal as a first output signal when the second DC signal portion has a second DC amplitude having a value V1, wherein said controller is operable instruct said output portion to output the output signal as a second output signal when the second DC signal portion has a second DC amplitude having a value V2, wherein said transformer is further operable to send the query to said information signal generator, wherein said information signal generator is operable to generate the first information signal based on the parameter upon receipt of the query, and wherein said query corresponds inquires as to whether the DC input signal is 30 W.
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