Receiving antenna and wireless power receiving device including the same

• US 9,997,950 B2
• Filed: 06/16/2014
• Issued: 06/12/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nera Innovations Limited (Atlantic IP Services Limited)
• Original Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Bae, Seok, Kim, Yu Seon, Lee, Sang Hak, Choi, Don Chul, Hyun, Soon Young
• Primary Examiner(s): Dunn, Drew A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Thapa, Sailesh
• Application Number:
  US14/900,467
• Publication Number:
  US 20160156215A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,457 Days
• Field of Search: 320108
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 38/14 Inductive couplings for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling H02J50/10
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 7/00 Loop antennas with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/70 involving the reduction of electric, magnetic or electromagnetic leakage fields
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/26 using coils
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer

Abstract

A receiving antenna of a wireless power receiving device wirelessly charging electric power according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate, a first soft magnetic layer stacked on the substrate, and including a soft magnetic material, and a receiving coil configured to receive electromagnetic energy emitted from a wireless power transmission device, and including a first coil layer wound in parallel with the soft magnetic layer, and a second coil layer electrically connected to the first coil layer and wound in parallel with the first coil layer, and a current direction of the first coil layer is opposite to a current direction of the second coil layer.

Claims

1. A wireless power receiving device wirelessly charging electric power, comprising:

a magnetic layer;

a wireless power receiving coil including a first coil layer disposed on the magnetic layer, and a second coil layer disposed on the first coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil;

a near field communication coil including a first coil layer disposed on the magnetic layer, and a second coil layer disposed on the first coil layer of the near field communication coil;

a support film disposed between the first coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil and the second coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil, and between the first coil layer of the near field communication coil and the second coil layer of the near field communication coil;

a terminal connected to the wireless power receiving coil and the terminal also connected to the near field communication coil,

a circuit unit connected to the wireless power receiving coil through the terminal, and configured to convert electromagnetic energy into electrical energy; and

a storage unit configured to store the electrical energy,

wherein the wireless power receiving coil is surrounded by the near field communication coil,

wherein the support film includes a plurality of holes,

wherein the first coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil is connected to the second coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil through a first hole of the plurality of holes,

wherein the first coil layer of the near field communication coil is connected to the second coil layer of the near field communication coil through a second hole of the plurality of holes,

wherein the first coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil includes a first connection portion and a second connection portion,

wherein the second coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil includes a first connection portion and a second connection portion,

wherein the first connection portion of the first coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil is connected to the first connection portion of the second coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil through the first hole of the plurality of holes.

2. The wireless power receiving device of claim 1, further comprising an adhesive layer disposed between the magnetic layer and the first coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil, and between the magnetic layer and the first coil layer of the near field communication coil.

3. The wireless power receiving device of claim 2, wherein the terminal is disposed at an outer portion of the near field communication coil,

wherein the terminal is connected to the first connection portion of the first coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil through a first connection part, and the terminal is connected to the second connection portion of the first coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil through a second connection part;

wherein the terminal is connected to the first connection portion of the first coil layer of the near field communication coil through a third connection part, and the terminal is connected to the second connection portion of the first coil layer of the near field communication coil through a fourth connection part;

wherein the first connection part is connected to the first connection portion of the second coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil, and the second connection part is connected to the second connection portion of the second coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil; and

wherein the third connection part is connected to the first connection portion of the second coil layer of the near field communication coil, and the fourth connection part is connected to the second connection portion of the second coil layer of the near field communication coil.

4. The wireless power receiving device of claim 3, wherein the first connection portion of the first coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil is disposed an inner portion of the wireless power receiving coil,

wherein the second connection portion of the first coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil is disposed an outer portion on the wireless power receiving coil,

wherein the first connection portion of the first coil layer of the near field communication coil is disposed an inner portion of the near field communication coil,

wherein the second connection portion of the first coil layer of the near field communication coil is disposed the outer portion of the near field communication coil, and

wherein the second connection portion of the first coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil and the first connection portion of the first coil layer of the near field communication coil are disposed between the outer portion of the wireless power receiving coil and the inner portion of the near field communication coil.

5. The wireless power receiving device of claim 4, wherein the wireless power receiving coil has an outer diameter of 50 mm or less and an inner diameter of 20 mm or more.

6. The wireless power receiving device of claim 5, wherein the first coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil is parallel with the second coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil, and

wherein the first coil layer of the near field communication coil is parallel with the second coil layer of the near field communication coil.

7. A wireless power receiving device comprising:

a magnetic layer;

a wireless power receiving coil including a first coil layer disposed on the magnetic layer, and a second coil layer disposed on the first coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil;

a near field communication coil including a first coil layer disposed on the magnetic layer, and a second coil layer disposed on the first coil layer of the near field communication coil;

a support film disposed between the first coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil and the second coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil, and the support film also disposed between the first coil layer of the near field communication coil and the second coil layer of the near field communication coil; and

an adhesive layer disposed between the magnetic layer and the first coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil, and disposed between the magnetic layer and the first coil layer of the near field communication coil;

wherein the wireless power receiving coil is surrounded by the near field communication coil,

wherein the support film includes a plurality of holes,

wherein the first coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil is connected to the second coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil through a first hole of the plurality of holes and a second hole of the plurality of holes,

wherein the first coil layer of the near field communication coil is connected to the second coil layer of the near field communication coil through a third hole of the plurality of holes and a fourth hole of the plurality of holes,

wherein the first hole of the plurality of holes is disposed an inner portion of the wireless power receiving coil,

wherein the second hole of the plurality of holes and the third hole of the plurality of holes are disposed between an outer portion of the wireless power receiving coil and an inner portion of the near field communication coil,

wherein the fourth hole of the plurality of holes is disposed an outer portion of the near field communication coil,

wherein the first coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil including a first connection portion and a second connection portion,

wherein the second coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil including a first connection portion and a second connection portion,

wherein the first connection portion of the first coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil is connected the first connection portion of the second coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil through the first hole of the plurality of holes,

wherein the second connection portion of the first coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil is connected the second connection portion of the second coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil through the second hole of the plurality of holes,

wherein the first coil layer of the near field communication coil includes a first connection portion and a second connection portion,

wherein the second coil layer of the near field communication coil includes a first connection portion and a second connection portion,

wherein the first connection portion of the first coil layer of the near field communication coil is connected the first connection portion of the second coil layer of the near field communication coil through the third hole of the plurality of holes,

wherein the second connection portion of the first coil layer of the near field communication coil is connected the second connection portion of the second coil layer of the near field communication coil through the fourth hole of the plurality of holes,

wherein the first coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil is parallel with the second coil layer of the wireless power receiving coil,

wherein the first coil layer of the near field communication coil is parallel with the second coil layer of the near field communication coil, and

wherein the wireless power receiving coil has an outer diameter of 50 mm or less and an inner diameter of 20 mm or more.