Mobile terminal and wireless charging module therefor

• US 9,413,190 B2
• Filed: 08/30/2012
• Issued: 08/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Youngtae, Han, Kiwon, Chong, Kabsung, Yi, Mizi
• Primary Examiner(s): Dunn, Drew A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zhou, Zixuan
• Application Number:
  US13/599,068
• Publication Number:
  US 20130221910A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,440 Days
• Field of Search: 320/108, 307/104
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/70 involving the reduction of electric, magnetic or electromagnetic leakage fields
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/90 involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00045 Authentication, i.e. circuits for checking compatibility between one component, e.g. a battery or a battery charger, and another component, e.g. a power source
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/26 using coils
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer

Abstract

The present invention provides a mobile terminal which, when wireless (contactless) charging of a battery is performed by approximating a transmission coil of a charging unit (charging pad) and a reception coil provided in a wireless charging module of a mobile terminal, can adjust the saturation magnetic flux density and eddy currents of a shield sheet to which the reception coil is attached, the shield sheet being provided in the wireless charging module. When the reception coil is placed on the shield sheet to perform wireless charging, the saturation magnetic flux density and eddy current generation in the shield sheet are adjusted for wireless charging purpose because a part of the region in which the magnetic flux density is most quickly saturated was clipped off from the shield sheet. Thus, charging efficiency can be increased, and the problem of heat generation of the shield sheet can be effectively.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a terminal body configured to allow a touch input;

a display unit for displaying a charged state of a battery;

a wireless charging module that comprises a reception coil and a shield sheet, a part of which is clipped off based on saturation magnetic flux density distribution, and is configured to charge the battery by induction current generated by electromagnetic induction between a transmission coil of a charging unit and the reception coil in the case of wireless charging; and

a controller configured to control a charging operation of the wireless charging module,

wherein the reception coil is a winding type coil including a center hole of a predetermined size,

wherein the shield sheet is not clipped at a first region corresponding to the central hole of the receiving coil and a second region that is clipped, the second region being where the receiving coil is positioned, and

wherein an outer region of the clipped second region has diagonally cuts extending outwardly from the clipped second region at regular intervals, the diagonal cuts regions not connected to the clipped second region, and

wherein the first region is partially connected to the outer region.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the first region comprises a region in which the magnetic flux density is most quickly saturated when wireless charging is performed.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the size and shape of the first region or clipped second region is determined by the size, shape, material, number of turns, and resistance value of the reception coil and the distribution of a saturation magnetic density generated by the reception coil.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the shapes of the first and second regions comprise a circular shape, an elliptical shape, and a polygonal shape corresponding to the shape of the reception coil, and the second region is discontinuously clipped off.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the wireless charging module comprises:

a charging receiver module that generates induction current by electromagnetic induction between the transmission coil and the reception coil in the case of contactless charging;

a battery that charges the induction current generated from the charging receiver module; and

a wireless charging circuit that controls wireless charging of the battery under control of a controller between the charging receiver module and the battery.

6. A wireless charging module of a mobile terminal comprising:

a reception coil having a winding type coil including a center hole of a predetermined size;

a battery configured to charge an induction current generated by electromagnetic induction when between the reception coil and a transmission coil of a charging unit;

a shield sheet positioned on the reception coil and configured to shield a magnetic flux generated from the reception coil by the electromagnetic induction; and

a wireless charging circuit configured to control wireless charging of the battery,

wherein the shield sheet is not clipped at a first region corresponding to the central hole of the receiving coil and a second region that is clipped, the second region being where the receiving coil is positioned, and

wherein an outer region of the clipped second region has diagonally cuts extending outwardly from the clipped second region at regular intervals, the diagonal cuts regions not connected to the clipped second region, and

wherein the first region is partially connected to the outer region.

7. The wireless charging module of claim 6, wherein the first region comprises a region in which the magnetic flux density is most quickly saturated when wireless charging is performed.

8. The wireless charging module of claim 6, wherein the size and shape of the first region or clipped second region is determined by the size, shape, material, number of turns, and resistance value of the reception coil and the distribution of a saturation magnetic density generated by the reception coil.

9. The wireless charging module of claim 6, wherein the shapes of the first and second regions comprise a circular shape, an elliptical shape, and a polygonal shape corresponding to the shape of the reception coil, and the second region is discontinuously clipped off.