Method and system for wireless power transfer calibration
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1. A wireless power transfer device, comprising:
- a coil module configured to send or receive wireless power transfer signals, the coil module including a coil circuit;
a tuning observer module configured to detect a tuning state of the wireless power transfer device, the tuning state being one of a tuned state or an out-of-tune state; and
a resonance controller module configured to adjust at least one parameter of the coil module in response to the tuning observer module detecting an out-of-tune state in order to provide the tuned state,wherein the resonance controller module is further configured to determine whether a load of a recipient device is known, and in response to a determination that the load of the recipient device is not known, select the at least one parameter to be an adjustable parameter of the coil circuit, and in response to a determination that the load of the recipient device is known, select the at least one parameter to be a frequency of an input signal input to the coil module.
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Abstract
In a WPT system, varying parameters, such as coupling coefficient, may cause the system to fall out of resonance and/or tuning. By monitoring one or more signals within a coil module of the WPT device, this detuning can be detected. Moreover, the WPT system can retune itself by modifying one or more parameters in a transmitting WPT device and/or a receiving WPT device. For example, coil circuits in the transmitting and/or receiving WPT devices can be configured to allow for adjusting of effective capacitance, effective inductance, load resistance, and/or load inductance. In addition, frequency can be modified to permit adjusting power transfer efficiency.
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20 Claims
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1. A wireless power transfer device, comprising:
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a coil module configured to send or receive wireless power transfer signals, the coil module including a coil circuit; a tuning observer module configured to detect a tuning state of the wireless power transfer device, the tuning state being one of a tuned state or an out-of-tune state; and a resonance controller module configured to adjust at least one parameter of the coil module in response to the tuning observer module detecting an out-of-tune state in order to provide the tuned state, wherein the resonance controller module is further configured to determine whether a load of a recipient device is known, and in response to a determination that the load of the recipient device is not known, select the at least one parameter to be an adjustable parameter of the coil circuit, and in response to a determination that the load of the recipient device is known, select the at least one parameter to be a frequency of an input signal input to the coil module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A wireless power transfer device, comprising:
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a coil module configured to send or receive wireless power transfer signals; a tuning observer module configured to detect a tuning state of the wireless power transfer device, the tuning state being one of a tuned state or an out-of-tune state; and a resonance controller module configured to adjust at least one parameter of the coil module in response to the tuning observer module detecting an out-of-tune state in order to provide the tuned state, wherein the coil module includes a coil circuit having a first resistor, a first capacitor, and a first inductor connected in series, the first inductor including a plurality of windings, wherein the resonance controller module includes a control transistor connected to the first inductor at a node so as to separate the plurality of windings into a first number of windings and a second number of windings, and wherein the resonance controller is configured to tune the wireless power transfer device by turning the control transistor on or off.
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13. A wireless power transfer device, comprising:
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a coil module configured to send wireless power transfer signals; a system monitor module configured to detect an absence of a calibration-prohibitive event; a tuning observer module configured to, in response to the detection of the absence of the calibration-prohibitive event, detect a tuning state of the wireless power transfer device, the tuning state being one of a tuned state or an out-of-tune state; and a resonance controller module configured to, in response to the tuning observer module detecting the out-of-tune state, adjust at least one parameter of the coil module in order to produce the tuned state, wherein the resonance controller module is further configured to determine whether a load of a recipient device is known, and in response to a determination that the load of the recipient device is not known, select the at least one parameter to be an adjustable parameter of the coil module, and in response to a determination that the load of the recipient device is known, select the at least one parameter to be a frequency of an input signal input to the coil module. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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