Power supplying apparatus and wireless power transmitter

• US 10,063,085 B2
• Filed: 11/11/2013
• Issued: 08/28/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Bae, Su Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Cole, Brandon S
• Application Number:
  US14/442,208
• Publication Number:
  US 20160261144A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,751 Days
• Field of Search: 307 94-107, 307160-176
• 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 50/80 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

Abstract

A power supplying apparatus includes a power supply and an alternating current (AC) power generator. The power supply generates a direct current (DC) power. The alternating current (AC) power generator comprises an inductor configured to generate an AC power based on the DC power, wherein the AC power comprises a first AC power with a first AC voltage and a second AC power with a second AC voltage, and the first AC voltage and the second AC voltage have phases opposite to each other.

Claims

1. A power supplying apparatus comprising:

a power supply configured to generate a first direct current (DC) power having a first DC voltage;

a DC power generator configured to convert the first DC power having the first DC voltage into a second direct current (DC) power having a second DC voltage;

an alternating current (AC) power generator comprising an inductor configured to generate an AC power based on the second DC power; and

an oscillator configured to generate an AC signal to supply the AC signal to the AC power generator,

wherein the AC power comprises a first AC power having a first AC voltage and a second AC power having a second AC voltage, and the first AC voltage and the second AC voltage have phases opposite to each other,

wherein the AC power generator comprises a switching device connected to the inductor and switching-controlled in order to generate the first AC power and the second AC power, and an AC power controller configured to generate first and second AC power control signals based on the AC signal in order to control the switching device,

wherein the inductor comprises first and second inductors connected to the power supply in parallel,

wherein the switching device comprises first and second switching devices connected to the first and second inductors, respectively,

wherein the first and second inductors are both inductively coupled with a transmission resonant coil,

wherein a turn-on time slot of the first switching device has a time length corresponding to 50% of one period, a turn-off time slot of the first switching device has a time length corresponding to 50% of one period, a turn-on time slot of the second switching device has a time length corresponding to 50% of one period, and a turn-off time slot of the second switching device has a time length corresponding to 50% of one period,

wherein during the turn-on time slot of the first switching device, the second AC power control signal having a level to turn-off the second switching device is supplied to the second switching device during the turn-off time slot of the second switching device, and

wherein the transmission resonant coil is configured to wirelessly transmit power from the first and second inductors to another external device.

2. The power supplying apparatus of claim 1, wherein the AC power generator generates the first AC power and the second AC power under the control of the AC signal.

3. The power supplying apparatus of claim 1, wherein, when one of the first and second AC voltages is at a high level, the other is at a low level.

4. The power supplying apparatus of claim 1, wherein a winding direction of the first inductor is equal to a winding direction of the transmission resonant coil.

5. The power supplying apparatus of claim 4, wherein a winding direction of the second inductor is opposite to the winding direction of the transmission resonant coil.

6. The power supplying apparatus of claim 1, wherein the AC power control signal comprises first and second AC power control signals to be supplied to the first and second switching devices, respectively, and the first and second AC power control signals have phases opposite to each other.

7. The power supplying apparatus of claim 6, wherein the first AC power is generated by the first inductor under the switching control of the first switching device in response to the first AC power control signal.

8. The power supplying apparatus of claim 6, wherein the second AC power is generated by the second inductor under the switching control of the second switching device in response to the second AC power control signal.

9. The power supplying apparatus of claim 5, wherein the first and second inductor comprise coils, respectively.

10. The power supplying apparatus of claim 9, wherein a winding direction of the coil of the first inductor is opposite to a winding direction of the coil of the second inductor.

11. The power supplying apparatus of claim 5, wherein the first and second switching devices are commonly connected to a ground terminal.

12. The power supplying apparatus of claim 5, wherein the first and second switching devices are switching-controlled by a unit of a half period of the AC signal.

13. A wireless power transmitter comprising:

a power supply configured to generate a first direct current (DC) power; and

a DC power generator configured to convert the first DC power having the first DC voltage into a second direct current (DC) power having a second DC voltage;

an alternating current (AC) power generator comprising an inductor configured to generate an AC power based on the second DC power;

an oscillator configured to generate an AC signal to supply the AC signal to the AC power generator; and

a transmission coil configured to transmit the AC power to a wireless power receiver,

wherein the AC power comprises a first AC power with a first AC voltage and a second AC power with a second AC voltage, and the first AC voltage and the second AC voltage have phases opposite to each other,

wherein the transmission coil comprises a transmission resonant coil configured to transmit the AC power from the transmission induction coil to the wireless power receiver,

wherein the inductor comprises a first inductor and a second inductor connected to the power supply in parallel,

wherein the AC power generator comprises;

a first switching device connected to the first inductor and switching-controlled to allow the first inductor to generate the first AC power;

a second switching device connected to the second inductor and switching-controlled to allow the second inductor to generate the second AC power; and

an AC power controller configured to generate first and second AC power control signals based on the AC signal in order to control the switching device,

wherein the first and second inductors are both inductively coupled with a transmission resonant coil,

wherein a turn-on time slot of the first switching device has a time length corresponding to 50% of one period, a turn-off time slot of the first switching device has a time length corresponding to 50% of one period, a turn-on time slot of the second switching device has a time length corresponding to 50% of one period, and a turn-off time slot of the second switching device has a time length corresponding to 50% of one period,

wherein the transmission resonant coil is inductively coupled with one transmission induction coil,

wherein during the turn-on time slot of the first switching device, the second AC power control signal having a level to turn-off the second switching device is supplied to the second switching device during the turn-off time slot of the second switching device, and

wherein the one transmission resonant coil combines the first AC power and the second AC power to generate a third AC power and the one transmission resonant coil is configured to transfer the third AC power to a wireless power receiver, via the transmission resonant coil.

14. The wireless power transmitter of claim 13, wherein a winding direction of the first inductor is equal to a winding direction of the transmission resonant coil.

15. The wireless power transmitter of claim 14, wherein a winding direction of the second inductor is opposite to the winding direction of the transmission resonant coil.

16. The wireless power transmitter of claim 13, wherein the one transmission induction coil is spaced apart from the inductor.

17. The wireless power transmitter of claim 13, wherein an amplitude of an AC voltage of the third AC power is greater than an amplitude of the first AC voltage of the first AC power and an amplitude of the second AC voltage of the second AC power.