Terminal device and wireless power feeding system

• US 10,381,873 B2
• Filed: 03/28/2016
• Issued: 08/13/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: Enami, Tatsuya, Akita, Hironobu
• Primary Examiner(s): Cox, Cassandra F
• Application Number:
  US15/562,050
• Publication Number:
  US 20180090990A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,233 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/05 using capacitive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/0009 Devices or circuits for detecting current in a converter
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/4208 Arrangements for improving power factor of AC input
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/4225 using a non-isolated boost converter
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/44 Circuits or arrangements for compensating for electromagnetic interference in converters or inverters
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/217 using semiconductor devices only
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/10 Technologies improving the efficiency by using switched-mode power supplies [SMPS], i.e. efficient power electronics conversion e.g. power factor correction or reduction of losses in power supplies or efficient standby modes
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 80/10 Efficient use of energy, e.g. using compressed air or pressurized fluid as energy carrier

Abstract

A terminal device configured in a system is provided. The system includes a power feeding apparatus and a power receiving apparatus. The power receiving apparatus receives an electric power waveform from the power feeding apparatus through a harness. The power feeding apparatus supplies the power receiving apparatus with an electric power by coupling with the power receiving apparatus. The coupling is conducted by a magnetic field through the harness or an electric field through the harness. The terminal device includes a power conversion portion and a control portion. The power conversion portion is connected to a part of the harness. The control portion controls a power conversion state of the power conversion portion. The control portion controls an input impedance of the power conversion portion to be equal to a characteristic impedance of the harness.

Claims

1. A terminal device, wherein the terminal device is configured in a system, the system includes a power feeding apparatus and a power receiving apparatus, the power receiving apparatus receives an electric power waveform from the power feeding apparatus through a harness, the power feeding apparatus supplies the power receiving apparatus with an electric power by coupling with the power receiving apparatus, and the coupling is conducted by a magnetic field through the harness or an electric field through the harness,

the terminal device comprising:

a power conversion portion connected to a part of the harness; and

a control portion controlling a power conversion state of the power conversion portion,

wherein the control portion controls an input impedance of the power conversion portion to be equal to a characteristic impedance of the harness.

2. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein

the power conversion portion includes:

a bridge circuit connected to the harness and performing a full wave rectification;

a resistance voltage divider circuit detecting an output voltage of the bridge circuit; and

a current detection circuit detecting an output current flowing output from the bridge circuit, and

the control portion calculates the input impedance of the power conversion portion based on a detection result of the resistance voltage divider circuit and a detection result of the current detection circuit.

3. The terminal device according to claim 2, wherein

the current detection circuit is provided by a shunt resistance that is connected to an output node of the bridge circuit in series.

4. The terminal device according to claim 2, wherein

the current detection circuit is provided by a transformer that is connected to an output node of the bridge circuit in series.

5. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein

the power conversion portion includes:

a bridge circuit connected to the harness and performing a full wave rectification;

a resistance voltage divider circuit detecting an output voltage of the bridge circuit;

a coil connected to an output node of the bridge circuit;

a switching element switching a current flowing through the coil; and

a diode allowing the current to pass in a single direction to a power supply object circuit after an electric power conversion, and

the control portion controls the input impedance of the power conversion portion by switching on or switching off the switching element.

6. The terminal device according to claim 5, further comprising

a current detection circuit detecting an output current flowing out from the bridge circuit,

wherein the control portion switches on or switches off the switching element based on a detection result of the current detection circuit, and controls the current to continuously flow through the coil in a continuous conduction mode.

7. The terminal device according to claim 5, further comprising

a current detection circuit detecting an output current flowing out from the bridge circuit,

wherein

the control portion switches on or switches off the switching element based on a detection result of the current detection circuit, and

when the current detection circuit detects that the output current from the bridge circuit is equal to zero, the control portion switches on the switching element and controls an average current in a critical conduction mode.

8. The terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising

a filter connected between the harness and the power conversion portion, the filter restricting a signal having a frequency identical to an operation frequency of the power conversion portion.

9. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein

the control portion controls the input impedance of the power conversion portion, and

the power conversion portion supplies a converted electric power to a power supply object circuit.

10. The terminal device according to claim 9, wherein

the power supply object circuit is disposed in the power feeding apparatus.

11. The terminal device according to claim 9, further comprising

a first power supply apparatus,

wherein the power conversion portion and the first power supply apparatus are interconnected.

12. The terminal device according to claim 9, further comprising:

a voltage detection portion detecting an output voltage of the power conversion portion or a voltage related to the output voltage of the power conversion portion; and

a first power supply apparatus,

wherein the first power supply apparatus supplies, to the power supply object circuit, a sum voltage of an output voltage of the first power supply apparatus and the output voltage of the power conversion portion, and the first power supply apparatus controls the sum voltage to be constant.

13. The terminal device according to claim 9, further comprising

a voltage detection portion detecting an output voltage of the power conversion portion or a voltage related to the output voltage of the power conversion portion;

and

a voltage control portion,

wherein

the power feeding apparatus includes an AC driver functioning as the power supply object circuit, the AC driver outputs a signal through the harness based on a power source of a second power supply apparatus, and

the voltage control portion supplies, to the AC driver, a sum voltage of an output voltage of the voltage detection portion and the output voltage of the second power supply apparatus, and the voltage control portion controls the sum voltage to be constant.

14. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein

the power feeding apparatus and the power receiving apparatus are configured to be capable of performing a data communication.

15. A wireless power feeding system comprising:

a power feeding apparatus;

a power receiving apparatus, wherein the power receiving apparatus receives an electric power waveform from the power feeding apparatus through a harness, the power feeding apparatus supplies the power receiving apparatus with an electric power by coupling with the power receiving apparatus, and the coupling is conducted by a magnetic field through the harness or an electric field through the harness; and

a terminal device including;

a power conversion portion connected to a part of the harness; and

a control portion controlling a power conversion state of the power conversion portion,

wherein the control portion controls an input impedance of the power conversion portion to be equal to a characteristic impedance of the harness.