Electronic apparatus

• US 9,923,605 B2
• Filed: 09/16/2015
• Issued: 03/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Fukaya, Yudai
• Primary Examiner(s): Kaplan, Hal
• Application Number:
  US14/856,498
• Publication Number:
  US 20160087689A1
• Time in Patent Office: 916 Days
• Field of Search: 307104, 320108
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• 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 7/00034 Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer

Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes an antenna that wirelessly receives power; a power circuit that inputs power received by the antenna; a communication circuit that performs communication using the antenna; switches; and a resonant element that resonates with the antenna, wherein the resonant element is arranged between the antenna and one of the power circuit and the communication circuit, and wherein at least one of the switches is arranged between the resonant element and the one circuit, and at least one switch different from the switch is arranged between the other circuit and the antenna.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

an antenna that wirelessly receives power;

a power circuit that inputs power received by the antenna;

a communication circuit that performs communication using the antenna;

switches; and

a resonant element that resonates with the antenna,

wherein the resonant element is arranged between the antenna and one of the power circuit and the communication circuit, and

wherein at least one of the switches is arranged between the resonant element and the one circuit, and at least another one of the switches is arranged between the other circuit and the antenna.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one of terminals of each of the switches is connected to GND.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the switches operate to input power received by the antenna to the power circuit at the time of power supply, and to input power received by the antenna to the communication circuit at the time of communication, and

wherein an input terminal of the power circuit is short-circuited by the operations of the switches at the time of communication.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the switches operate to input power received by the antenna to the power circuit at the time of power supply, and to input power received by the antenna to the communication circuit at the time of communication, and

wherein a voltage input to the communication circuit is made lower than a voltage input to the power circuit by the operations of the switches at the time of power supply.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of the switches that inputs power to each of the power circuit and the communication circuit is formed by at least two switches in a case where a circuit connected to the antenna is balanced.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of the switches that inputs power to each of the power circuit and the communication circuit is formed by at least one switch in a case where a circuit connected to the antenna is unbalanced.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein among the switches, a switch that inputs power to the power circuit is formed using at least two FETs.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a compensating resonant element that resonates with the resonant element and the antenna,

wherein the compensating resonant element is arranged between the resonant element and the at least one of the switches arranged between the resonant element and the one circuit.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a compensating resonant element that resonates with the resonant element and the antenna,

wherein the compensating resonant element is arranged between the resonant element and the one circuit.

10. An electronic apparatus comprising:

an antenna that wirelessly receives power;

a power circuit that inputs power received by the antenna;

a communication circuit that performs communication using the antenna;

a switch that switches between a conductive state and a non-conductive state; and

a resonance circuit that resonates with the antenna,

wherein the switch switches to input power received by the antenna to the power circuit at the time of power supply, and to input power received by the antenna to the communication circuit at the time of communication, and

wherein an arrangement of the resonance circuit is changed by switching the switch.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the resonance circuit serves as a parallel resonance circuit by switching the switch at the time of communication.

12. The electronic apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the resonance circuit serves as a series resonance circuit by switching the switch at the time of power supply.

13. An electronic apparatus comprising:

an antenna that wirelessly receives power;

a power circuit that inputs power received by the antenna;

a communication circuit that performs communication using the antenna; and

switches,

wherein the switches operate to input power received by the antenna to the power circuit at the time of power supply, and to input power received by the antenna to the communication circuit at the time of communication, and

wherein one of terminals of each of the switches is connected to GND.

14. The electronic apparatus according to claim 13, wherein among the switches, a switch arranged between the communication circuit and the antenna includes an attenuation element arranged between the communication circuit and the antenna.

15. The electronic apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the attenuation element includes a capacitor.

16. The electronic apparatus according to claim 13, wherein in a case where one of the switches arranged between the communication circuit and the antenna is conducted to the GND, an impedance between an input of the communication circuit and the GND becomes not less than a predetermined value.

17. The electronic apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the communication circuit has at least an active state in which the communication circuit operates and an inactive state in which the communication circuit cannot perform a communication operation, and

wherein the predetermined value is an impedance value for generating a voltage level at which the communication circuit is kept in the active state.