Non-contact charging device, and non-contact power supply system using same

• US 10,404,107 B2
• Filed: 05/01/2018
• Issued: 09/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
• Original Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
• Inventors: Ichikawa, Katsuei
• Primary Examiner(s): Grant, Robert
• Assistant Examiner(s): Trischler, John T
• Application Number:
  US15/968,145
• Publication Number:
  US 20180248417A1
• Time in Patent Office: 490 Days
• Field of Search: 320108
• 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 50/70 involving the reduction of electric, magnetic or electromagnetic leakage fields
• 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: H02J 7/00034 Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0042 characterised by the mechanical construction
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

A wide charging area and communication area are ensured in a non-contact power supply system with wireless communication. The present invention includes a resonance coil, a wireless communication antenna coil, a power supply coil, and a sensitivity adjustment circuit coupled to the power supply coil. When electric power is supplied in a contactless manner, the power supply coil and the resonance coil are coupled electromagnetically and electric power supply from the resonance coil is performed by using a magnetic resonance method. When wireless communication is performed, the magnetic fluxes of the wireless communication antenna coil are coupled with those of the resonance coil and sensitivity is enhanced by the sensitivity adjustment circuit.

Claims

1. A non-contact charging device configured to perform data transmission between the non-contact charging device and a portable terminal device, and supply electric power to the portable terminal device, the data transmission and the electric power supply being performed exclusively from each other, the non-contact charging device comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to perform data transmission;

a wireless communication antenna coil coupled to the wireless communication unit and used for the data transmission;

a power supply coil; and

a resonance coil;

wherein

the resonance coil and the wireless communication antenna coil are formed on one and the same plane,

the power supply coil is formed on another plane different from and in parallel with the one plane, the power supply coil being formed so as to overlap the resonance coil when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the another plane,

the data transmission is performed from the wireless communication antenna coil through the resonance coil,

the electric power supply is performed by coupling a magnetic flux from the power supply coil with that of the resonance coil and thereby strengthening the magnetic flux, and

the non-contact charging device further comprises a suppression circuit configured to prevent a signal induced in the wireless communication antenna coil through the resonance coil from being transferred to the wireless communication unit when electric power is supplied to the portable terminal device.

2. The non-contact charging device according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication antenna coil surrounds the resonance coil.

3. The non-contact charging device according to claim 1, wherein the resonance coil surrounds the wireless communication antenna coil.

4. The non-contact charging device according to claim 1, further comprising a variable capacitance circuit connected to the resonance coil, wherein

a resonance frequency provided by the resonance coil and the variable capacitance circuit is changed between at the time of data transmission and at the time of electric power supply.

5. The non-contact charging device according to claim 2, further comprising a variable capacitance circuit connected to the resonance coil, wherein

a resonance frequency provided by the resonance coil and the variable capacitance circuit is changed between at the time of data transmission and at the time of electric power supply.

6. The non-contact charging device according to claim 3, further comprising a variable capacitance circuit connected to the resonance coil, wherein

a resonance frequency provided by the resonance coil and the variable capacitance circuit is changed between at the time of data transmission and at the time of electric power supply.