Apparatus and method for resonance power transmission and resonance power reception

• US 10,103,785 B2
• Filed: 06/06/2011
• Issued: 10/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Nam Yun, Kwon, Sang Wook
• Primary Examiner(s): Kessie, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US13/154,218
• Publication Number:
  US 20120049642A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,689 Days
• 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 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/502 the energy repeater being integrated together with the emitter or the receiver
• 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: H04B 5/24 Inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer

Abstract

Provided is an apparatus and method that may select a target for a wireless power transmission. A resonance power transmitter may include a source resonance unit including a plurality of source resonators that are each configured to transmit AC power to a resonance power receiver; a path-multiplexer configured to supply the AC power to each of the plurality of source resonators; a detector configured to transmit a wake-up signal to at least one resonance power receiver; and a source controller configured to control the path-multiplexer in order to transmit the AC power to the at least one detected resonance power receiver.

Claims

1. A resonance power transmitter comprising:

a source resonance unit comprising a first source resonator transmitting a first power to a first resonance power receiver during a first time period and a second source resonator transmitting a second power to a second resonance power receiver during a second time period;

a path-multiplexer to supply a source power to the first source resonator during the first time period and supply the source power to the second source resonator during the second time period;

a detector to transmit a wake-up signal to at least two resonance power receivers, and detect the first resonance power receiver and the second resonance power receiver; and

a source controller to adjust a level of the first power based on a length of the first time period, and adjust a level of the second power based on a length of the second time period, so that the first power and the second power are transmitted to the first resonance power receiver and the second resonance power receiver in a non-overlapping alternating manner that produces a total power at an average power level.

2. The resonance power transmitter of claim 1, wherein the source controller controls a switching signal in order to sequentially transmit the wake-up signal from each of the first source resonator and second source resonator to the at least two resonance power receivers during a time period, and controls the first source resonator and second source resonator based on signals received from the at least two resonance power receivers during the time period.

3. The resonance power transmitter of claim 1, wherein, when the at least two resonance power receivers are detected, the source controller controls an impedance of either one or both of the first source resonator and the second source resonator corresponding to the at least two detected resonance power receivers in order to perform impedance matching between the either one or both of the first source resonator and the second source resonator and the at least two detected resonance power receivers.

4. The resonance power transmitter of claim 1, wherein, when the at least two resonance power receivers are detected, the source controller controls a switching signal to select either one or both of the first source resonator and the second source resonator corresponding to the at least two detected resonance power receivers in order to transmit the corresponding power to the at least two detected resonance power receivers.

5. The resonance power transmitter of claim 4, wherein the either one or both of the first source resonator and the second source resonator corresponding to the at least two detected resonance power receivers transmits the corresponding power to the at least two detected resonance power receivers during a time period.

6. The resonance power transmitter of claim 1, further comprising:

a communication unit to receive, from the at least two detected resonance power receivers, a signal received in response to the wake-up signal, information associated with an identification (ID) of at least one resonator included in the at least two resonance power receivers, and information associated with an ID of the at least two resonance power receivers.

7. The resonance power transmitter of claim 6, wherein the communication unit obtains, from the at least two detected resonance power receivers, information for impedance matching between either one or both of the first source resonator and the second source resonator corresponding to the at least two detected resonance power receivers and the at least two detected resonance power receivers.

8. The resonance power transmitter of claim 1, wherein the source resonance unit comprises an array of multiple source resonators, with each of the multiple source resonators being configured to transmit a resonance power to a area of a target resonator of the at least two detected resonance power receivers.

9. A resonance power transmitter comprising:

a source resonator comprising a first source resonator transmitting a first power to a first resonance power receiver during a first time period and a second source resonator transmitting a second power to a second resonance power receiver during a second time period;

a controller to transmit a wake-up signal to at least two resonance power receivers; and

a detector to detect the first resonance power receiver and the second resonance power receiver based on a signal in response to the wake-up,

wherein a source power is supplied to the first source resonator during the first time period, and the source power is supplied to the second source resonator during the second time period, and

wherein the controller adjusts a level of the first power based on a length of the first time period, and adjusts a level of the second power based on a length of the second time period, so that the first power and the second power are transmitted to the first resonance power receiver and the second resonance power receiver in a non-overlapping alternating manner that produces a total power at an average power level.