Wireless power transmission system having wireless power transmitter

• US 9,837,829 B2
• Filed: 03/27/2015
• Issued: 12/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nera Innovations Limited (Atlantic IP Services Limited)
• Original Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, Jay, Song, Young Kil
• Primary Examiner(s): Gannon, Levi
• Application Number:
  US14/670,878
• Publication Number:
  US 20150280450A1
• Time in Patent Office: 984 Days
• Field of Search: 307104
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/005 Mechanical details of housing or structure aiming to accommodate the power transfer means, e.g. mechanical integration of coils, antennas or transducers into emitting or receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/402 the two or more transmitting or the two or more receiving devices being integrated in the same unit, e.g. power mats with several coils or antennas with several sub-antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/70 involving the reduction of electric, magnetic or electromagnetic leakage fields
• 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 50/90 involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00 Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0042 characterised by the mechanical construction

Abstract

The wireless power transmitter includes a substrate; a first blocking unit disposed over the substrate and formed of a metallic material; a second blocking unit over the first blocking unit; and a wireless transmission unit mounted on at least one of the first blocking unit and the second blocking unit, wherein the wireless transmission unit includes: a first wireless transmission unit including a first transmission coil; a second wireless transmission unit including a second transmission coil; and a control unit to control such that AC power is output to a transmission coil of one of the wireless transmission units according to a power transmission scheme.

Claims

1. A wireless power transmitter comprising:

a substrate;

a first blocking unit disposed over the substrate and formed of a metallic material;

a wireless transmission unit provided on the first blocking unit,

wherein the wireless transmission unit includes a first transmission coil, a second transmission coil and a control unit controlling an AC power output to at least one of the first transmission coil or the second transmission coil according to a power transmission scheme,

wherein the first and second transmission coil transmit power in mutually different schemes.

2. The wireless power transmitter of claim 1, further comprising a second blocking unit over the first blocking unit,

wherein the first transmission coil is mounted on a top surface of the first blocking unit, and

the second transmission coil is mounted on a top surface of the second blocking unit.

3. The wireless power transmitter of claim 1, wherein the first transmission coil includes an induction coil to perform an electromagnetic induction scheme, and the second transmission coil is a resonant coil to perform a resonance scheme.

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

a transformation unit to convert power applied from a power supply unit into DC power;

a power converting unit to convert the DC power into AC power and to output the AC power to the wireless transmission unit,

wherein the power converting unit includes a first power converting unit and a second power converting unit, and

wherein the first power converting unit converts the DC power provided from the transformation unit into an AC power having a frequency to provide the AC power to the first transmission coil, and the second power converting unit converts the DC power provided from the transformation unit into an AC power having a frequency to provide the AC power to the second transmission coil.

5. The wireless power transmitter of claim 4, further comprising a selection unit to allow the AC power to be output to at least one of the transmission coil or the second transmission coil of the wireless power transmission unit based on a selection control signal of the control unit.

6. The wireless power transmitter of claim 5, wherein the power converting unit includes a first power converting unit and a second power converting unit and

the selection unit provides the DC power to the first power converting unit or the second power converting unit.

7. The wireless power transmitter of claim 4, wherein the transformation unit includes a DC-DC converter and a controller to adjust an output voltage of the DC-DC converter by receiving the output voltage of the DC-DC converter.

8. The wireless power transmitter of claim 7, wherein the controller includes a distributor to divide the output voltage of the DC-DC converter to output a divided voltage.

9. The wireless power transmitter of claim 8, wherein the controller controls the divided voltage according to a selection of at least one of the first transmission coil or the second transmission coil.

10. The wireless power transmitter of claim 8, wherein the controller includes:

an error amplifier to compare the divided voltage with a reference voltage to amplify an error; and

a comparator to output a pulse corresponding to an output of the error amplifier.

11. The wireless power transmitter of claim 8, wherein the controller adjusts the divided voltage based on information about communication between the wireless power transmitter and a wireless power receiver.

12. The wireless power transmitter of claim 1, wherein the wireless transmission unit is connected to the substrate by passing through an opening part formed in the first blocking unit.

13. The wireless power transmitter of claim 1, wherein the first blocking unit is coupled to an edge region of the second blocking unit to support the second blocking unit.

14. The wireless power transmitter of claim 1, wherein the second blocking unit is formed of a metallic material equal to or different from a metallic material of the first blocking unit.

15. The wireless power transmitter of claim 1, further comprising a low blocking unit disposed under the substrate.

16. The wireless power transmitter of claim 15, wherein the low blocking unit is coupled to an edge region of the first blocking unit to support the first blocking unit.

17. The wireless power transmitter of claim 15, further comprising a heat radiation unit mounted on the low blocking unit.

18. The wireless power transmitter of claim 17, wherein the heat radiation unit includes a plurality of heat radiation pins extending from the low blocking unit.

19. The wireless power transmitter of claim 1, wherein the metallic material includes aluminum and magnesium.