Wireless power transmission system

• US 9,412,513 B2
• Filed: 03/29/2013
• Issued: 08/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TDK Corporation
• Original Assignee: TDK Corporation
• Inventors: Saitoh, Yoshihiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Wells, Kenneth B
• Assistant Examiner(s): Evans, James P
• Application Number:
  US13/853,831
• Publication Number:
  US 20130257173A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,229 Days
• Field of Search: 307/104
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/70 involving the reduction of electric, magnetic or electromagnetic leakage fields
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/80 involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices

Abstract

To improve power transmission efficiency in wireless power feeding by using a magnetic body. A wireless power transmission system 100 feeds power by wireless from a feeding coil L2 to a receiving coil L3 based on a magnetic-field resonance phenomenon between the feeding coil L2 and receiving coil L3. A transmission control circuit 200 supplies AC power to the feeding coil L2 at a drive frequency so as to make the feeding coil L2 feed the AC power to the receiving coil L3. A magnetic body F is disposed between the feeding coil L2 and receiving coil L3. The magnetic body F is disposed in a space between coil surfaces of the feeding coil L2 and receiving coil L3.

Claims

1. A wireless power transmission system for feeding power by wireless from a feeding coil to a receiving coil, comprising:

the feeding coil;

a transmission control circuit that supplies AC power to the feeding coil at a drive frequency so as to make the feeding coil feed the AC power to the receiving coil;

the receiving coil;

a loading circuit that receives power from the receiving coil; and

a magnetic body that is disposed between the feeding coil and receiving coil, the magnetic body being disposed inside a space between coil surfaces of the feeding coil and receiving coil,

wherein the magnetic body is disposed so that a coil axis connecting a central axis of the feeding coil and a central axis of the receiving coil passes through the magnetic body, and

wherein the magnetic body is configured such that, during power transmission from the feeding coil to the receiving coil, the magnetic body does not move.

2. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 1, wherein

the loading circuit includes a loading coil that is magnetically coupled to the receiving coil to receive the AC power from the receiving coil and a load that receives the AC power from the loading coil.

3. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic body is formed so as to be movable in a coil axis direction.

4. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 1, wherein

a first ratio between a magnetic body area which is an area of a surface of the magnetic body that is opposed to the feeding coil and a coil area which is an area of the coil surface of the feeding coil or receiving coil is equal to or less than 0.81.

5. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 4, wherein

the first ratio is equal to or less than 0.444.

6. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 5, wherein

the first ratio is equal to or less than 0.028.

7. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 4, wherein the first ratio is equal to or less than 0.111 when a second ratio between a magnetic body length which is a length of the magnetic body in a coil axis direction and an inter-coil distance which is a distance between the feeding coil and receiving coil is equal to or less than 0.125.

8. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the central axis of the feeding coil or the central axis of the receiving coil coincides with a central axis of the magnetic body.

9. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 1, wherein the central axis of the feeding coil and the central axis of the receiving coil coincides with a central axis of the magnetic body.

10. A wireless power transmission system for feeding power by wireless from a feeding coil to a receiving coil, comprising:

the feeding coil;

a transmission control circuit that supplies AC power to the feeding coil at a drive frequency so as to make the feeding coil feed the AC power to the receiving coil;

the receiving coil;

a loading circuit that receives power from the receiving coil;

a magnetic body that is disposed between the feeding coil and receiving coil, the magnetic body being disposed inside a space between coil surfaces of the feeding coil and receiving coil; and

a phase detection circuit that detects a phase difference between a voltage phase and a current phase of the AC power,

wherein the magnetic body is disposed so that a coil axis connecting a central axis of the feeding coil and a central axis of the receiving coil passes through the magnetic body, and

the transmission control circuit adjusts the drive frequency so as to reduce the phase difference to make the drive frequency track the resonance frequency.

11. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 10, further comprising:

a signal transmission circuit that transmits an output signal representing a magnitude of output voltage to be applied to a part of the loading circuit; and

a signal receiving circuit that receives the output signal at the power feeding side, wherein

the transmission control circuit performs ex-post adjustment of the detected value of both or one of the voltage and current phases according to the output signal.