Power transmitting device, electronic equipment and wireless power transmission system

• US 9,431,989 B2
• Filed: 03/29/2013
• Issued: 08/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2012
• 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: Deguchi, Futoshi, Yuasa, Yasuhito
• Primary Examiner(s): Kitov, Zeev V
• Application Number:
  US14/389,006
• Publication Number:
  US 20150054351A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,250 Days
• 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 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/40 using two or more transmitting or receiving devices H02J50/50 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/90 involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0042 characterised by the mechanical construction
• CPC Class Codes: H03H 7/38 Impedance-matching networks

Abstract

Reduction in the power transmission efficiency due to imprecise positioning between a primary power transmission coil and a secondary power reception coil is avoided. For transmitting electric power in a wireless manner to an electronic device including a secondary power reception coil and configured to receive electric power via the secondary power reception coil, a power transmission device includes a primary power transmission coil and a power transmission circuit unit for supplying electric power to the primary power transmission coil, and a transmission circuit unit is formed by the primary power transmission coil and the secondary power reception coil. A first impedance of an input end of the transmission circuit unit is matched with a second impedance of an output end of the transmission circuit unit by using a coupling coefficient between the primary power transmission coil and the secondary power reception coil.

Claims

1. A power transmission device for transmitting electric power in a wireless manner to an electronic device, the electronic device including a secondary power reception coil and a power reception circuit configured to receive electric power via the secondary power reception coil, the power transmission device comprising:

a primary power transmission coil; and

a power transmission circuit that supplies electric power to the primary power transmission coil, the electric power supplied to the primary power transmission coil being transmitted to the secondary power reception coil,

wherein a first impedance which corresponds to an input impedance of a transmission circuit, including the primary power transmission coil and the secondary power reception coil coupled to the primary power transmission coil, and to an impedance of the transmission circuit seen by the power transmission circuit, is matched with a second impedance which corresponds to an output impedance of the transmission circuit and to an impedance of the power reception circuit of the electronic device, by using a coupling coefficient between the primary power transmission coil and the secondary power reception coil,

wherein, when the power transmission circuit supplies AC electric power at angular frequency ω

to the primary power transmission coil,

ω

L₁=Z₁/K

ω

L₂=Z₂/K,

where L₁ is a first inductance of the primary power transmission coil, L₂ is a second inductance of the secondary power reception coil, Z₁ is the first impedance, Z₂ is the second impedance, and K is the coupling coefficient.

2. The power transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the first inductance of the primary power transmission coil has a value based on the coupling coefficient between the primary power transmission coil and the secondary power reception coil.

3. The power transmission device according to claim 2, wherein the value of the first inductance is determined based on the second inductance of the secondary power reception coil.

4. The power transmission device according to claim 3, wherein the value of the first inductance is determined based on the first impedance.

5. The power transmission device according to claim 1, further comprising a primary capacitor that forms a series resonance circuit in cooperation with the primary power transmission coil.

6. The power transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the primary power transmission coil comprises a helical coil.

7. The power transmission device according to claim 6, wherein the primary power transmission coil comprises a linear conductor helically wound around a central axial line of the primary power transmission coil.

8. The power transmission device according to claim 6, wherein an open end of the primary power transmission coil has an area at least twice as large as an area of the secondary power reception coil.

13. The power transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the primary power transmission coil has a rectangular shape, the rectangular shape having a short side length less than four times the diameter of the secondary power reception coil and a long side length less than six times the diameter of the secondary power reception coil.

16. The power transmission device according to claim 1, wherein a change in the coupling coefficient is within 0.2 when the secondary power reception coil moves along the primary power transmission coil.

9. An electronic device configured to receive electric power from a power transmission device, the power transmission device including a primary power transmission coil and a power transmission circuit supplying electric power to the primary power transmission coil, the electronic device comprising:

a secondary power reception coil; and

a power reception circuit that receives electric power transmitted from the primary power transmission coil via the secondary power reception coil,

wherein a second impedance which corresponds to an output impedance of a transmission circuit, including the primary power transmission coil and the secondary power reception coil coupled to the primary power transmission coil, and to an impedance of the power reception circuit, is matched with a first impedance which corresponds to an input impedance of the transmission circuit and to an impedance of the transmission circuit seen by the power transmission circuit, by using a coupling coefficient between the primary power transmission coil and the secondary power reception coil,

wherein, when the power transmission circuit supplies AC electric power at angular frequency ω

to the primary power transmission coil,

ω

L₁=Z₁/K

ω

L₂=Z₂/K,

where L₁ is a first inductance of the primary power transmission coil, L₂ is a second inductance of the secondary power reception coil, Z₁ is the first impedance, Z₂ is the second impedance, and K is the coupling coefficient.

14. The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the primary power transmission coil has a rectangular shape, the rectangular shape having a short side length less than four times the diameter of the secondary power reception coil and a long side length less than six times the diameter of the secondary power reception coil.

10. A wireless power transmission system, comprising:

a transmission circuit including a primary power transmission coil and a secondary power reception coil coupled to the primary power transmission coil;

a power transmission circuit that transmits power via the primary power transmission coil; and

a power reception circuit that receives power transmitted from the primary power transmission coil via the secondary power reception coil,

wherein a first impedance which corresponds to an input impedance of the transmission circuit and to an impedance of the power transmission circuit seen by the power transmission circuit, is matched with a second impedance which corresponds to an output impedance of the transmission circuit and to an impedance of the power reception circuit, by using a coupling coefficient between the primary power transmission coil and the secondary power reception coil,

wherein, when the power transmission circuit supplies AC electric power at angular frequency ω

to the primary power transmission coil,

ω

L₁=Z₁/K

ω

L₂=Z₂/K,

where L₁ is a first inductance of the primary power transmission coil, L₂ is a second inductance of the secondary power reception coil, Z₁ is the first impedance, Z₂ is the second impedance, and K is the coupling coefficient.

11. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 10, wherein the primary power transmission coil comprises a helical coil having a linear conductor helically wound around a central axial line of the primary power transmission coil.

12. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 10, wherein an open end of the primary power transmission coil comprises a helical coil having a rectangular shape, the rectangular shape having a short side length less than four times the diameter of the secondary power reception coil and a long side length less than six times the diameter of the secondary power reception coil.

15. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein a maximum of the coupling coefficient is less than 0.2, when the secondary power reception coil moves along the primary power transmission coil.

17. The power transmission system according to claim 10, wherein

the power reception circuit further includes a load configured to receive power from the secondary power reception coil, and

the power transmission circuit supplies power to the primary power transmission coil, an amount of power supplied being more than an amount of power necessary for the load.

18. The power transmission system according to claim 17, wherein the amount of power supplied to the primary power transmission coil is calculated based on the amount of power necessary for the load.

19. The power transmission system according to claim 17, wherein the amount of power supplied to the primary power transmission coil is calculated based on the amount of power necessary for the load and a power transmission efficiency of components of the power transmission circuit and the power reception circuit.