Feed unit, feed system, and electronic device

• US 10,340,077 B2
• Filed: 05/07/2012
• Issued: 07/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Miyamoto, Takashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Kessie, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US14/116,055
• Publication Number:
  US 20150170830A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,612 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/006 with special arrangement or spacing of turns of the winding(s), e.g. to produce desired self-resonance
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/06 Mounting, supporting or suspending transformers, reactors or choke coils not being of the signal type
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 38/14 Inductive couplings for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling H02J50/10
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/46 Accumulators structurally combined with charging apparatus circuits for charging H02J7/00
• 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 50/70 involving the reduction of electric, magnetic or electromagnetic leakage fields
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/90 involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00045 Authentication, i.e. circuits for checking compatibility between one component, e.g. a battery or a battery charger, and another component, e.g. a power source
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

Provided are a feed unit, a feed system, and an electronic device that enable transmission efficiency control according to the position of a device when electric power transmission using a magnetic field is performed between devices. The feed unit includes a power transmission section including a power transmission coil configured to perform electric power transmission using a magnetic field, and an auxiliary resonance section including one or a plurality of resonators. The resonator includes an auxiliary coil wound to form a gap in at least a partial region.

Claims

1. A feed unit, comprising:

a power transmission section that includes a power transmission coil configured to transmit electric power by a magnetic field; and

an auxiliary resonance section that includes at least one resonator,

wherein the at least one resonator includes an auxiliary coil of a plurality of windings,

wherein the auxiliary coil is wound such that at least one gap is created between a first winding of the plurality of windings and a second winding of the plurality of windings,

wherein the first winding is adjacent to the second winding,

wherein a first width of the at least one gap in a first axis direction is larger than a second width of the at least one gap in a second axis direction, and

wherein the second axis direction is orthogonal to the first axis direction.

2. The feed unit according to claim 1,

wherein the auxiliary coil is wound such that a plurality of gaps is created between the plurality of windings, and

wherein the plurality of gaps includes the at least one gap.

3. The feed unit according to claim 2, wherein widths of the plurality of gaps from an outer edge of the auxiliary coil to a center of the auxiliary coil continuously increase.

4. The feed unit according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of gaps is between an inner edge of the auxiliary coil and an outer edge of the auxiliary coil.

5. The feed unit according to claim 1, wherein the auxiliary resonance section includes a single resonator.

6. The feed unit according to claim 1, wherein a first inner diameter of the auxiliary coil is smaller than a second inner diameter of the power transmission coil.

7. The feed unit according to claim 1, wherein a first center point of the power transmission coil and a second center point of the auxiliary coil are on a same axis.

8. The feed unit according to claim 1, wherein the power transmission coil and the auxiliary coil are in a same plane.

9. The feed unit according to claim 1,

wherein the power transmission coil is further configured to transmit the electric power at a main resonance frequency, and

wherein the at least one resonator is configured to transmit the electric power at an auxiliary resonance frequency different from the main resonance frequency.

10. The feed unit according to claim 9, wherein the auxiliary resonance frequency is higher than the main resonance frequency.

11. The feed unit according to claim 9, wherein the auxiliary resonance frequency is lower than the main resonance frequency.

12. The feed unit according to claim 1, wherein the power transmission coil and the auxiliary coil are electrically insulated.

13. The feed unit according to claim 1, further comprising one of a resonance capacitor or a parasitic capacitor,

wherein the power transmission coil is further configured to transmit the electric power in a main resonance operation with one of the resonance capacitor or the parasitic capacitor.

14. A feed system, comprising:

at least one electronic device that comprises a power receiving coil configured to receive electric power; and

a feed unit configured to transmit the electric power to the at least one electronic device, wherein the feed unit comprises;

a power transmission section, wherein the power transmission section includes a power transmission coil configured to transmit the electric power by a magnetic field; and

an auxiliary resonance section that includes at least one resonator,

wherein the at least one resonator includes an auxiliary coil of a plurality of windings,

wherein the auxiliary coil is wound such that at least one gap is created between a first winding of the plurality of windings and a second winding of the plurality of windings,

wherein the first winding is adjacent to the second winding;

wherein a first width of the at least one gap in a first axis direction is larger than a second width of the at least one gap in a second axis direction, and

wherein the second axis direction is orthogonal to the first axis direction.

15. The feed system according to claim 14, wherein the auxiliary resonance section is in an auxiliary unit that is independent of the power transmission section and the at least one electronic device.

16. The feed system according to claim 14,

wherein the feed unit is further configured to transmit the electric power in a main resonance operation which uses one of the power transmission coil or the power receiving coil at a main resonance frequency, and

wherein the at least one resonator is configured to transmit the electric power at an auxiliary resonance frequency different from the main resonance frequency.

17. An electronic device, comprising:

a power receiving section that includes a power receiving coil configured to receive electric power transmitted by a magnetic field; and

an auxiliary resonance section that includes at least one resonator,

wherein the at least one resonator includes an auxiliary coil of a plurality of windings,

wherein the auxiliary coil is wound such that at least one gap is created between a first winding of the plurality of windings and a second winding of the plurality of windings,

wherein the first winding is adjacent to the second winding,

wherein a first width of the at least one gap in a first axis direction is larger than a second width of the at least one gap in a second axis direction, and

wherein the second axis direction is orthogonal to the first axis direction.

18. The electronic device according to claim 17,

wherein the power receiving coil is further configured to receive the electric power at a main resonance frequency, and

wherein the at least one resonator is configured to receive the electric power at an auxiliary resonance frequency different from the main resonance frequency.

19. The electronic device according to claim 17, further comprising one of a resonance capacitor or a parasitic capacitor,

wherein the power receiving coil is further configured to receive the electric power in a main resonance operation with one of the resonance capacitor or the parasitic capacitor.