Wireless communication apparatus and antenna system thereof

• US 9,831,725 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2015
• Issued: 11/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Inventors: Tsai, Ming-Ting, Hung, Hsiang-Jui, Huang, Yi-Ming, Tu, Wei-Chen
• Primary Examiner(s): Dunn, Drew A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Thapa, Sailesh
• Application Number:
  US14/925,976
• Publication Number:
  US 20160126777A1
• Time in Patent Office: 761 Days
• Field of Search: 320108
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/27 characterised by the type of receiving antennas, e.g. rectennas

Abstract

A wireless power supply and power receiving device includes a sensor, a control module, a coil module and a rectifying and switching module. The control module determines a position or a direction of the wireless power supply and power receiving device according to the sensor, and the rectifying and switching module selectively operates in a wireless power supply mode or a wireless power receiving mode according to the position or the direction. When in the wireless power supply mode, the rectifying and switching module converts the power energy to wireless power energy to provide power to a first external device by using the coil module. When in the wireless power receiving mode, the rectifying and switching module receives wireless power energy from a second external device via the coil module.

Claims

1. A wireless power supply and power receiving device, comprising:

a sensor;

a control module coupled to the sensor, for generating a determining result according to a position or a direction of the wireless power supply and power receiving device determined by the sensor;

a coil module;

a battery module; and

a rectifying and switching module coupled to the control module for selectively operating at a wireless power supply mode or a wireless power receiving mode according to the determining result, including;

a charging management circuit including an output end coupled to the battery module;

a DC-DC converter including an output end coupled to the battery module;

a first switch including a first end coupled to an input end of the charging management circuit, the first switch is turned off in the wireless power supply mode, and the first switch is turned on in the wireless power receiving mode;

a second switch including a first end coupled to the output end of the DC-DC converter, the second switch is turned on in the wireless power supply mode, and the second switch is turned off in the wireless power receiving mode; and

a rectifying and switching circuit including a first end coupled to a second end of the first switch and a second end of the second switch, and a second end coupled to the coil module.

2. The wireless power supply and power receiving device according to claim 1,

wherein when the rectifying and switching module operates in the wireless power supply mode, the rectifying and switching module converts power energy to first wireless power energy to charge a first external device via the coil module;

when the rectifying and switching module operates in the wireless power receiving mode, the rectifying and switching module receives second wireless power energy from a second external device via the coil module.

3. The wireless power supply and power receiving device according to claim 2, wherein the rectifying and switching circuit comprises:

a third switch including a first end coupled to the second end of the first switch and the second end of the second switch, and a second end coupled to a first end of the coil module;

a fourth switch including a first end coupled to the second end of the first switch and the second end of the second switch, and a second end coupled to a second end of the coil module;

a fifth switch including a first end coupled to the second end of the third switch, and a second end coupled to a reference voltage; and

a sixth switch including a first end coupled to the second end of the forth switch, and a second end coupled to the reference voltage;

wherein in the wireless power supply mode, the third switch and the sixth switch are turned on, and the forth switch and the fifth switch are turned off in a first period;

the third switch and the sixth switch are turned off, and the forth switch and the fifth switch are turned on in a second period; and

in the wireless power receiving mode, when the voltage of the first end of the coil module is higher than the voltage of the second end of the coil module, the third switch and the sixth switch are turned on and the forth switch and the fifth switch are turned off;

when the voltage of the first end of the coil module is lower than the voltage of the second end of the coil module, the third switch and the sixth switch are turned off and the forth switch and the fifth switch are turned on.

4. The wireless power supply and power receiving device according to claim 2, wherein the rectifying and switching circuit comprises:

a third switch including a first end coupled to the second end of the first switch and the second end of the second switch, and a second end coupled to a first end of the coil module; and

a fourth switch including a first end coupled to the second end of the third switch, a second end coupled to a reference voltage,

wherein in the wireless power supply mode, the third switch is turned on and the forth switch is turned off in a first period;

the third switch is turned off and the forth switch is turned on in a second period; and

in the wireless power receiving mode, when the voltage of the first end of the coil module is higher than the reference voltage, the third switch is turned on and the forth switch is turned off;

when the voltage of the first end of the coil module is not higher than the reference voltage, the third switch and the forth switch are turned off.

5. The wireless power supply and power receiving device according to claim 2, wherein in the wireless power supply mode, the charging management circuit is disabled and the DC-DC converter is enabled;

and in the wireless power receiving mode, the charging management circuit is enabled and the DC-DC converter is disabled.

6. The wireless power supply and power receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the rectifying and switching module comprises:

a switch circuit including an input end coupled to the battery module, and an output end coupled to the coil module, wherein in the wireless power supply mode, the switch circuit converts the power energy provided by the battery module to the first wireless power energy via the coil module; and

a rectifying circuit including an output end coupled to the battery module, an input end coupled to the coil module, wherein in the wireless power receiving mode, the rectifying circuit converts the second wireless power energy received by the coil module to the charging power to provide to the battery module.

7. The wireless power supply and power receiving device according to claim 6, wherein the switch circuit comprises:

a first switch including a first end coupled to the battery module, and a second end coupled to a first end of the coil module;

a second switch including a first end coupled to the battery module, and a second end coupled to a second end of the coil module;

a third switch including a first end coupled to the second end of the first switch, and a second end coupled to a reference voltage; and

a fourth switch including a first end coupled to the second end of the second switch, and a second end coupled to the reference voltage;

wherein in the wireless power supply mode, the first switch and the forth switch are turned on and the second switch and the third switch are turned off, in a first period;

the first switch and the forth switch are turned off, and the second switch and the third switch are turned on, in a second period; and

in the wireless power receiving mode, the first switch, the second switch, the third switch and the forth switch are turned off.

8. The wireless power supply and power receiving device according to claim 6, wherein the rectifying circuit comprises:

a first switch including a first end coupled to the battery module and a second end coupled to a first end of the coil module;

a second switch including a first end coupled to the battery module and a second end coupled to a second end of the coil module;

a third switch including a first end coupled to the second end of the first switch and a second end coupled to a reference voltage; and

a fourth switch including a first end coupled to the second end of the second switch and a second end coupled to the reference voltage;

wherein in the wireless power supply mode, the first switch, the second switch, the third switch and the forth switch are turned off; and

in the wireless power receiving mode, when the voltage of the first end of the coil module is higher than the voltage of the second end of the coil module, the first switch and the forth switch are turned on, and the second switch and the third switch are turned off;

when the voltage of the first end of the coil module is lower than the voltage of the second end of the coil module, the first switch and the forth switch are turned off and the second switch and the third switch are turned on.