Wireless power delivery over medium range distances using magnetic, and common and differential mode-electric, near-field coupling
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a power source configured to provide a signal at an oscillation frequency;
a transmitter coupled to the power source, wherein the transmitter comprises at least one transmit resonator, wherein the at least one transmit resonator comprises at least one of;
a transmit inductor or at least one transmit capacitor, wherein the at least one transmit capacitor is at least a transmit common mode capacitor, wherein the transmit common mode capacitor comprises a transmitter conductor and a ground reference, wherein the at least one transmit resonator is configured to resonate at one or more transmitter resonance frequencies, wherein the one or more transmitter resonance frequencies comprise at least the oscillation frequency;
one or more receivers, wherein each receiver of the one or more receivers comprises at least one receive resonator, wherein the at least one receive resonator comprises at least one of;
a receive inductor or at least one receive capacitor, wherein the at least one receive capacitor is at least a receive common mode capacitor, wherein the receive common mode capacitor comprises a receiver conductor and the ground reference, wherein the at least one receive resonator is configured to resonate at one or more receiver resonance frequencies, wherein the one or more receiver resonance frequencies comprise at least one of the one or more transmitter resonance frequencies, and wherein the at least one receive resonator is operable to be coupled to the transmit resonator via a wireless resonant coupling link;
one or more loads, wherein each of the one or more loads is switchably coupled to one or more respective receive resonators; and
a controller configured to;
determine an operational state of the system, wherein the operational state comprises at least one of three coupling modes, wherein the three coupling modes are common mode, differential mode, and inductive mode,cause the transmitter to provide electrical power to each of the one or more loads via the wireless resonant coupling link according to the determined operational state.
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Abstract
Embodiments described herein may relate to a system comprising a power source configured to provide a signal at an oscillation frequency; a transmitter coupled to the power source, wherein the transmitter comprises at least one transmit resonator; one or more receivers, wherein the at least one receive resonator is operable to be coupled to the transmit resonator via a wireless resonant coupling link; one or more loads, wherein each of the one or more loads is switchably coupled to one or more respective receive resonators. The system includes a controller configured to determine an operational state of the system, wherein the operational state comprises at least one of three coupling modes (common mode, differential mode, and inductive mode), and is configured to cause the transmitter to provide electrical power to each of the one or more loads via the wireless resonant coupling link according to the determined operational state.
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1. A system comprising:
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a power source configured to provide a signal at an oscillation frequency; a transmitter coupled to the power source, wherein the transmitter comprises at least one transmit resonator, wherein the at least one transmit resonator comprises at least one of;
a transmit inductor or at least one transmit capacitor, wherein the at least one transmit capacitor is at least a transmit common mode capacitor, wherein the transmit common mode capacitor comprises a transmitter conductor and a ground reference, wherein the at least one transmit resonator is configured to resonate at one or more transmitter resonance frequencies, wherein the one or more transmitter resonance frequencies comprise at least the oscillation frequency;one or more receivers, wherein each receiver of the one or more receivers comprises at least one receive resonator, wherein the at least one receive resonator comprises at least one of;
a receive inductor or at least one receive capacitor, wherein the at least one receive capacitor is at least a receive common mode capacitor, wherein the receive common mode capacitor comprises a receiver conductor and the ground reference, wherein the at least one receive resonator is configured to resonate at one or more receiver resonance frequencies, wherein the one or more receiver resonance frequencies comprise at least one of the one or more transmitter resonance frequencies, and wherein the at least one receive resonator is operable to be coupled to the transmit resonator via a wireless resonant coupling link;one or more loads, wherein each of the one or more loads is switchably coupled to one or more respective receive resonators; and a controller configured to; determine an operational state of the system, wherein the operational state comprises at least one of three coupling modes, wherein the three coupling modes are common mode, differential mode, and inductive mode, cause the transmitter to provide electrical power to each of the one or more loads via the wireless resonant coupling link according to the determined operational state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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determining an operational state of the system, wherein the operational state comprises at least one of three coupling modes, wherein the three coupling modes are common mode, differential mode, and inductive mode; causing a source coupled to a transmitter to provide a signal at an oscillation frequency;
in response to the signal, causing a transmit resonator of the transmitter to resonate at the oscillation frequency, wherein the transmit resonator comprises at least one of;
a transmit inductor or at least one transmit capacitor, wherein the at least one transmit capacitor is at least a transmit common mode capacitor, wherein the transmit common mode capacitor comprises a transmitter conductor and a ground plane;in response to the transmit resonator resonating at the oscillation frequency, causing at least one receive resonator of one or more receivers to resonate at the oscillation frequency, wherein each receive resonator comprises at least one of;
a receive inductor or at least one receive capacitor, wherein the at least one receive capacitor is at least a receive common mode capacitor, wherein the receive common mode capacitor comprises a receiver conductor and the ground plane, wherein each one of one or more loads is associated with one or more receivers, wherein each of the one or more loads is switchably coupled to the respective receive resonator of its associated receiver, and wherein each respective receive resonator is operable to be coupled to the transmit resonator via a wireless resonant coupling link;causing the transmitter to transmit electrical power to each of the one or more loads via the wireless resonant coupling link according to the determined operational state. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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