Wireless power transmitter and wireless power receiver

• US 9,825,485 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2015
• Issued: 11/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Byoung-Hee, Kwon, Sang-Wook, Kim, Ki-Young, Jung, Ji-Hoon
• Primary Examiner(s): Tso, Edward
• Assistant Examiner(s): Thapa, Sailesh
• Application Number:
  US14/867,957
• Publication Number:
  US 20160094081A1
• Time in Patent Office: 785 Days
• Field of Search: 320108
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/122 Circuits or methods for driving the primary coil, e.g. supplying electric power to the coil
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00712 the cycle being controlled or terminated in response to electric parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/04 Regulation of charging current or voltage
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles

Abstract

A wireless power transmitter is provided. The wireless power transmitter includes a power supply unit that supplies Alternating Current (AC) power having a predetermined voltage value, a rectification unit that is connected to the power supply unit, and rectifies the AC power, a voltage adjustment unit that is connected to the rectification unit, and adjusts a magnitude of an output voltage value of the rectified power, and outputs the adjusted power to a power transmission unit, the power transmission unit that generates the adjusted power output from the voltage adjustment unit as a signal in a form in which wireless power transmission is possible, and transmits the generated signal to a wireless power receiver, and a control unit that controls the magnitude of the output voltage value of the rectified power to be adjusted by the voltage adjustment unit in accordance with a predetermined criterion.

Claims

1. A wireless power transmitter comprising:

a power supply circuit configured to supply power;

a rectification circuit configured to rectify the power received from the power supply circuit;

a processor configured to generate a first signal for adjusting a magnitude of the rectified power based on a predetermined reference voltage and a voltage corresponding to the rectified power;

a voltage adjustment circuit configured to adjust the magnitude of the rectified power according to the first signal;

the power transmission circuit configured to generate power by using the rectified power of which the magnitude is adjusted and transmit the generated power to a wireless power receiver.

2. The wireless power transmitter of claim 1, wherein the voltage adjustment circuit includes a switch configured to be turned on or turned off according to the first signal, and

wherein the voltage adjustment circuit is further configured to adjust the magnitude of the rectified power by turning the switch on or off according to the first signal.

3. The wireless power transmitter of claim 2, wherein the voltage adjustment circuit is further configured to control a frequency of the switch to be turned on and a time during which the switch is turned on according to the first signal.

4. The wireless power transmitter of claim 2, wherein the processor is further configured to:

convert the voltage corresponding to the rectified power, and

generate the first signal for adjusting the magnitude of the rectified power based on the predetermined reference voltage and the converted voltage.

5. The wireless power transmitter of claim 4, wherein the processor comprises:

a comparator configured to;

receive the predetermined reference voltage and the converted voltage,

compare the predetermined reference voltage and the converted voltage, and

generate an output signal having a voltage corresponding to a difference between the predetermined reference voltage and the converted voltage; and

a modulation circuit configured to;

receive the output signal from the comparator, and

generate the first signal for adjusting the magnitude of the rectified power based on the output signal.

6. The wireless power transmitter of claim 5, wherein the voltage adjustment circuit is one of a step-down circuit, a step-up circuit, and a step-up down circuit.

7. The wireless power transmitter of claim 1, further comprising:

a Direct Current (DC)/DC converter circuit configured to convert power,

wherein the processor is further configured to;

control the DC/DC converter circuit to convert the rectified power of which the magnitude is adjusted according to a predetermined gain, and

transmit the converted power to the power transmission circuit.

8. The wireless power transmitter of claim 1, wherein the processor further configured to:

generate a second signal for adjusting a magnitude of the rectified power of which the magnitude is adjusted according to the first signal, based on the predetermined reference voltage and a voltage corresponding to the rectified power of which the magnitude is adjusted.

9. The wireless power transmitter of claim 8, wherein the voltage adjustment circuit includes a switch configured to be turned on or turned off according to the second signal, and

wherein the voltage adjustment circuit is further configured to adjust the magnitude of the rectified power of which the magnitude is adjusted according to the first signal, by turning on or off the switch according to the second signal.

10. A method for transmitting power by a wireless power transmitter, the method comprising:

rectifying power supplied from a power supply circuit of the wireless power transmitter;

generating a first signal for adjusting a magnitude of the rectified power based on a predetermined reference voltage and a voltage corresponding to the rectified power;

adjusting the magnitude of the rectified power according to the first signal;

generating power by using the rectified power of which the magnitude is adjusted; and

transmitting the generated power to a wireless power receiver.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein adjusting the magnitude of the rectified power according to the first signal comprises:

adjusting the magnitude of the rectified power by turning on or off a switch of the wireless power transmitter according to the first signal.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein adjusting the magnitude of the rectified power according to the first signal further comprises:

controlling a frequency of the switch to be turned on and a time during which the switch is turned on according to the first signal.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein generating the first signal for adjusting the magnitude of the rectified power comprises:

converting the voltage corresponding to the rectified power; and

generating the first signal for adjusting the magnitude of the rectified power based on the predetermined reference voltage and the converted voltage.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein generating the first signal for adjusting the magnitude of the rectified power further comprises:

comparing the predetermined reference voltage and the converted voltage;

generating an output signal having a voltage corresponding to a difference between the predetermined reference voltage and the converted voltage;

generating the first signal for adjusting the magnitude of the rectified power based on the output signal.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

converting the rectified power of which the magnitude is adjusted according to a predetermined gain.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

generating a second signal for adjusting a magnitude of the rectified power of which the magnitude is adjusted according to the first signal, based on the predetermined reference voltage and a voltage corresponding to the rectified power of which the magnitude is adjusted.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

adjusting the magnitude of the rectified power of which the magnitude is adjusted according to the first signal, by turning on or off the switch according to the second signal.