Wireless charging system

• US 9,819,215 B2
• Filed: 07/17/2015
• Issued: 11/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cloud Network Technology Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Tseng, Chuang-Wei, Chen, Che-Hsun, Chien, Yu-Ching
• Primary Examiner(s): DIAO, M BAYE
• Application Number:
  US14/802,690
• Publication Number:
  US 20170018948A1
• Time in Patent Office: 851 Days
• Field of Search: 320108, 307104
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2207/20 Charging or discharging characterised by the power electronics converter
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00 Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00034 Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/26 using coils
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer

Abstract

A wireless charging system uses a transformer to adjust output voltage of the charging antenna to reduce the voltage in the resonant capacitor for a wireless charging coupling.

Claims

1. A wireless charging system comprising:

a DC/AC converting unit providing an AC power, wherein the DC/AC converting unit comprises a DC power supply, a first inductor, a first field effect transistor (FET), a first capacitor, and a controller, a cathode of the DC power supply is grounded, an anode of the DC power supply is electrically coupled to a drain of the first FET through the first inductor, a gate of the first FET is grounded through the controller, a source of the first FET is grounded, a first terminal of the first capacitor is electrically coupled to a node between the first inductor and the first FET, and a second terminal of the first capacitor is grounded;

a transformer having a primary and secondary coil, the transformer obtaining the AC power from the DC/AC converting unit, and enlarging the AC power provided by the DC/AC converting unit according to a ratio of turns between the primary coil and the secondary coil;

a charging antenna obtaining the enlarged AC power from the transformer; and

a receiving antenna receiving power transmission wirelessly from the charging antenna.

2. The wireless charging system of claim 1, wherein the receiving antenna receives the power transmission via electromagnetic resonant coupling.

3. The wireless charging system of claim 2, wherein the wireless charging system comprises a matching unit electrically coupled to the charging antenna through the transformer to match impedance with the receiving antenna and adjust resonance frequencies for resonant coupling.

4. The wireless charging system of claim 3, wherein the wireless charging system further comprises an AC/DC converting unit, the AC/DC converting unit converts the AC power generated by the receiving antenna to a DC power to charge a battery.

5. The wireless charging system of claim 4, wherein the DC/AC converting unit comprises a second inductor, a second FET, a second capacitor, a cathode of the DC power supply is grounded, the anode of the DC power supply is electrically coupled to a drain of the second FET through the second inductor, a source of the second FET is grounded, a gate of the second FET is grounded through the controller, a first terminal of the second capacitor is electrically coupled to a node between the second inductor and the second FET, and a second terminal of the second capacitor is grounded.

6. An electronic device, comprising:

a DC/AC converting unit providing an AC power, wherein the DC/AC converting unit comprises a DC power supply, a first inductor, a first field effect transistor (FET), a first capacitor, and a controller, a cathode of the DC power supply is grounded, an anode of the DC power supply is electrically coupled to a drain of the first FET through the first inductor, a gate of the first FET is grounded through the controller, a source of the first FET is grounded, a first terminal of the first capacitor is electrically coupled to a node between the first inductor and the first FET, a second terminal of the first capacitor is grounded;

a transformer having a primary and secondary coil, the transformer obtaining the AC power from the DC/AC converting unit, and enlarging the AC power provided by the DC/AC converting unit according to a ratio of turns between the primary coil and the secondary coil;

a charging antenna obtaining the enlarged AC power from the transformer;

a receiving antenna receiving power transmission wirelessly from the charging antenna, and

a matching unit coupling to the charging antenna through the transformer to match impedance with the receiving antenna and adjust resonance frequencies for resonant coupling.

7. The wireless charging system of claim 6, wherein the receiving antenna receives the power transmission via electromagnetic resonant coupling.

8. The wireless charging system of claim 6, wherein the wireless charging system further comprises an AC/DC converting unit, the AC/DC converting unit converts the AC power generated by the receiving antenna to a DC power to charge a battery.

9. The wireless charging system of claim 8, wherein the DC/AC converting unit further comprises a second inductor, a second FET, a second capacitor, a cathode of the DC power supply is grounded, the anode of the DC power supply is electrically coupled to a drain of the second FET through the second inductor, a source of the second FET is grounded, a gate of the second FET is grounded through the controller, a first terminal of the second capacitor is electrically coupled to a node between the second inductor and the second FET, and a second terminal of the second capacitor is grounded.