Contactless power feeding system

• US 9,564,760 B2
• Filed: 01/19/2016
• Issued: 02/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Kamata, Koichiro
• Primary Examiner(s): PATEL, DHARTI HARIDAS
• Application Number:
  US15/000,109
• Publication Number:
  US 20160134133A1
• Time in Patent Office: 385 Days
• Field of Search: 307/104
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/502 the energy repeater being integrated together with the emitter or the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/80 involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00034 Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge

Abstract

A contactless power feeding system includes a power transmitting device and a power receiving device. The power transmitting device includes a first AC power source configured to generate an AC power with a first frequency, a second AC power source configured to generate an AC power with a second frequency which is different from the first frequency, a first electromagnetic induction coil, and a first resonant coil. The power receiving device includes a second resonant coil, a second electromagnetic induction coil, and a power storage unit. Power is wirelessly supplied to the power storage unit at the second frequency by a magnetic resonance phenomenon which occurs between the first resonant coil and the second resonant coil.

Claims

1. A power receiving device comprising:

a first antenna configured to form resonant coupling and receive first power through the resonant coupling;

a second antenna configured to form electromagnetic induction coupling with the first antenna and receive second power from the first antenna through the electromagnetic induction coupling with the first antenna;

a rectifier circuit configured to convert the second power received by the second antenna into a DC power;

a smoothing circuit configured to smooth the DC power converted by the rectifier circuit;

a voltage conversion circuit configured to convert a voltage value of the DC power smoothed by the smoothing circuit into a different voltage value;

a charge control circuit to which an output power from the voltage conversion circuit is input; and

a power storage device,

wherein charging the power storage device is controlled by the charge control circuit.

2. The power receiving device according to claim 1,

wherein the first antenna comprises a first resonant coil and a first capacitor,

wherein one terminal of the first resonant coil is electrically connected to a first terminal of the first capacitor, and

wherein the other terminal of the first resonant coil is electrically connected to a second terminal of the first capacitor.

3. The power receiving device according to claim 1,

wherein the second antenna comprises an electromagnetic induction coil and a second capacitor,

wherein one terminal of the electromagnetic induction coil is electrically connected to a first terminal of the second capacitor, and

wherein the other terminal of the electromagnetic induction coil is electrically connected to a second terminal of the second capacitor.

4. The power receiving device according to claim 3, further comprising:

a control circuit configured to generate a signal; and

a load modulation circuit electrically connected to the electromagnetic induction coil, the load modulation circuit being configured to generate a modulation signal based on the signal.

5. The power receiving device according to claim 1, further comprising a switch between the smoothing circuit and the voltage conversion circuit.

6. A power receiving device comprising:

a first antenna configured to form resonant coupling and receive first power through the resonant coupling;

a second antenna configured to form electromagnetic induction coupling with the first antenna and receive second power from the first antenna through the electromagnetic induction coupling with the first antenna;

a rectifier circuit configured to convert the second power received by the second antenna into a DC power;

a smoothing circuit configured to smooth the DC power converted by the rectifier circuit;

a voltage conversion circuit configured to convert a voltage value of the DC power smoothed by the smoothing circuit into a different voltage value;

a charge control circuit to which an output power from the voltage conversion circuit is input; and

a power storage device,

wherein charging the power storage device is controlled by the charge control circuit, and

wherein the second antenna is configured to form electromagnetic induction coupling with an antenna of a first device to communicate with the first device wirelessly.

7. The power receiving device according to claim 6,

wherein the first device is a power transmitting device, and

wherein the first antenna is configured to receive the first power from the power transmitting device through the resonant coupling.

8. The power receiving device according to claim 6,

wherein the first antenna comprises a first resonant coil and a first capacitor,

wherein one terminal of the first resonant coil is electrically connected to a first terminal of the first capacitor, and

wherein the other terminal of the first resonant coil is electrically connected to a second terminal of the first capacitor.

9. The power receiving device according to claim 6,

wherein the second antenna comprises an electromagnetic induction coil and a second capacitor,

wherein one terminal of the electromagnetic induction coil is electrically connected to a first terminal of the second capacitor, and

wherein the other terminal of the electromagnetic induction coil is electrically connected to a second terminal of the second capacitor.

10. The power receiving device according to claim 9, further comprising:

a control circuit configured to generate a signal; and

a load modulation circuit electrically connected to the electromagnetic induction coil, the load modulation circuit being configured to generate a modulation signal based on the signal.

11. The power receiving device according to claim 6, further comprising a switch between the smoothing circuit and the voltage conversion circuit.