Wireless electric power transmission apparatus

• US 9,196,419 B2
• Filed: 11/27/2012
• Issued: 11/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Kanno, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Jackson, Stephen W
• Application Number:
  US13/686,076
• Publication Number:
  US 20130134795A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,092 Days
• Field of Search: 307/104
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2200/12 Bikes
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/12 Inductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/20 using microwaves or radio frequency waves
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles

Abstract

A wireless electric power transmission apparatus as an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: two antennas 107, 109 having the ability to transmit electric power by a non-contact method via resonant magnetic coupling, one of the two antennas being a series resonant circuit, of which the resonant frequency is fs, the other antenna being a parallel resonant circuit, of which the resonant frequency is fp; and an oscillator 103 which is connected to one of the two antennas that transmits RF power. If the coupling coefficient between the two antennas 107 and 109 is k, then fs and fp are set so as to satisfy the inequality −1.1516×k²+0.0363×k+0.9983≦fs/fp<1.

Claims

1. A wireless electric power transmission apparatus comprising:

two antennas having the ability to transmit electric power by a non-contact method via resonant magnetic coupling, one of the two antennas being a series resonant circuit, of which the resonant frequency is fs, the other antenna being a parallel resonant circuit, of which the resonant frequency is fp; and

an oscillator which is connected to one of the two antennas that transmits RF power,

wherein if the coupling coefficient between the two antennas is k, then fs and fp are set so as to satisfy the inequality −

1.1516×

k²+0.0363×

k+0.9983≦

fs/fp<

1.

2. The wireless electric power transmission apparatus of claim 1, wherein if 0.1≦

k<

0.27, then −

1.1516×

k²+0.0363×

k+0.9983≦

fs/fp<

1 is satisfied,

if 0.27≦

k<

0.32, then −

1.1516×

k²+0.0363×

k+0.9983≦

fs/fp<

−

0.0979×

k²−

0.1347×

k+1.044 is satisfied, and

if 0.32≦

k≦

0.5, then −

0.7074×

k²−

0.0724×

k+0.9876≦

fs/fp<

−

0.0979×

k²−

0.1347×

k+1.044 is satisfied.

3. The wireless electric power transmission apparatus of claim 1, wherein if 0.1≦

k<

0.26, then −

1.1516×

k²+0.0363×

k+0.9983≦

fs/fp<

1 is satisfied,

if 0.26≦

k<

0.29, then −

0.7309×

k²−

0.0269×

k+0.9862≦

fs/fp<

1 is satisfied, and

if 0.29≦

k<

0.5, then −

0.7309×

k²−

0.0269×

k+0.9862≦

fs/fp<

0.08×

k²−

0.357×

k+1.0944 is satisfied.

4. The wireless electric power transmission apparatus of claim 1, wherein if 0.1≦

k<

0.19, then −

1.1516×

k²+0.0363×

k+0.9983≦

fs/fp<

1 is satisfied,

if 0.19≦

k<

0.21, then −

0.7348>

k²+0.087×

k+0.9889≦

fs/fp<

1 is satisfied, and

if 0.21≦

k<

0.5, then −

0.7348×

k²+0.087×

k+0.9889≦

fs/fp<

−

0.5377×

k²+0.10018×

k+1.00106 is satisfied.

5. The wireless electric power transmission apparatus of claim 1, wherein if 0.1−

k<

0.15, then −

1.1516×

k²+0.0363×

k+0.9983≦

fs/fp<

1 is satisfied, and

if 0.15≦

k<

0.5, then −

0.7242×

k²+0.0329×

k+0.9894≦

fs/fp<

−

0.5183×

k²+0.0603×

k+1.0016 is satisfied.

6. The wireless electric power transmission apparatus of claim 1, wherein fs and fp are set so as to satisfy the equation fs/fp=−

0.6074×

k²+0.0466×

k+0.9955.

7. The wireless electric power transmission apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a resonant frequency adjustment circuit which changes at least one of fs and fp.

8. The wireless electric power transmission apparatus of claim 7, further comprising a controller which controls the resonant frequency adjustment circuit and which changes at least one of fs and fp according to the value of the coupling coefficient k.

9. The wireless electric power transmission apparatus of claim 1, wherein even if power to transmit changes, the frequency of the RF power is kept constant.

10. The wireless electric power transmission apparatus of claim 7, further comprising a controller which controls the resonant frequency adjustment circuit and which changes at least one of fs and fp, and

wherein after the wireless electric power transmission apparatus has been installed, the controller transmits electric power wirelessly with fs/fp set to be multiple different values, measures transmission efficiency, and then determines an fs/fp value for a normal operation based on the transmission efficiency.

11. A power transmitting device for use in the wireless electric power transmission apparatus of claim 1, comprising:

one of the two antennas configured to transmit RF power; and

an oscillator that is connected to the antenna.

12. A power receiving device for use in the wireless electric power transmission apparatus of claim 1, comprising one of the two antennas configured to receive RF power.

13. A controller for use in the wireless electric power transmission apparatus of claim 7, configured to control the resonant frequency adjustment circuit and change at least one of fs and fp according to the value of the coupling coefficient k.