Wireless power transfer device and wireless power transfer system

• US 10,193,392 B2
• Filed: 01/07/2015
• Issued: 01/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nera Innovations Limited (Atlantic IP Services Limited)
• Original Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Bae, Su Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Fureman, Jared
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pham, Duc M
• Application Number:
  US15/110,665
• Publication Number:
  US 20160329752A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,483 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/40 using two or more transmitting or receiving devices H02J50/50 takes precedence
• 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: H02J 7/0071 with a programmable schedule
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/24 Inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer

Abstract

A wireless power transfer system according to an embodiment of the present invention is a wireless power transfer system having a receiving part for receiving power from a transmitting part, wherein the transmitting part comprises: a power conversion part comprising a full bridge inverter; and a control part for controlling the power conversion part using a pulse width modulation (PWM) control signal, the duty ratio of the PWM control signal being determined by a duty ratio in which the ratio of the magnitude of harmonics to the magnitude of a fundamental frequency among frequency components of the output signal of the power conversion part is a minimum.

Claims

1. A transmitter for generating a wireless power transmitted to a receiver, the transmitter comprising:

a control part for generating first to fourth AC power control signals; and

a power conversion part for generating an AC power including a positive polarity output voltage and a negative polarity output voltage in response to the first to fourth AC power control signals, wherein the power conversion part includes;

a first switching element connected between a first node and a second node and controlled in response to the first AC power control signal;

a second switching element connected between the second node and a ground and controlled in response to the second AC power control signal;

a third switching element connected between the first node and a third node and controlled in response to the third AC power control signal; and

a fourth switching element connected between the third node and the ground and controlled in response to the fourth AC power control signal,

wherein when the first and fourth switching elements are turned on in response to the first and fourth AC power control signals, the positive polarity output voltage is generated, and when the second and third switching elements are turned on in response to the second and third AC power control signals, the negative polarity output voltage is generated,

wherein a duty ratio of the positive polarity output voltage is determined by a falling time of the fourth AC power control signal, and

wherein a duty ratio of the negative polarity output voltage is determined by a falling time of the third AC power control signal.

2. The transmitter of claim 1, wherein the duty ratio is regulated depending on a power receiving status of the receiver.

3. The transmitter of claim 2, wherein the falling time of the fourth AC power control signal is ahead of a falling time of the first AC power control signal.

4. The transmitter of claim 2, wherein the falling time of the third AC power control signal is ahead of a falling time of the second AC power control signal.

5. The transmitter of claim 1, wherein the maximum AC power is generated when the duty ratio is 50%, and

wherein the magnitude of the AC power is reduced when the duty ratio is decreased.

6. The transmitter of claim 1, wherein the power conversion part includes first to fourth switching elements,

wherein the second and third switching elements are turned off in a time interval when the first and fourth switching elements are turned on, and

wherein the first and fourth switching elements are turned off in a time interval when the second and third switching elements are turned on.

7. The transmitter of claim 1, wherein the control part defines a first blank interval where high level intervals of the first and second AC power control signals do not exist between a falling time of the first AC power control signal and a rising time of the second AC power control signal or between a rising time of the first AC power control signal and a falling time of the second AC power control signal.

8. The transmitter of claim 1, wherein the control part defines a second blank interval where high level intervals of the third and fourth AC power control signals do not exist between a falling time of the third AC power control signal and a rising time of the fourth AC power control signal or between a rising time of the third AC power control signal and a falling time of the fourth AC power control signal.