Magnetic resonance wireless power transmission device capable of adjusting resonance frequency

• US 10,476,308 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2015
• Issued: 11/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MAPS, Inc.
• Original Assignee: MAPS, Inc.
• Inventors: Hwang, Jong-Tae, Shin, Hyun-Ick, Lee, Dong-Su, Lee, Jong-Hoon, Jeon, Sang-O, Song, Ik-Gyoo, Kim, Dae-Ho, Rhee, Joon
• Primary Examiner(s): Fureman, Jared
• Assistant Examiner(s): Evans, James P
• Application Number:
  US15/502,062
• Publication Number:
  US 20170229921A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,565 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2200/243 A series resonance being added in series in the input circuit, e.g. base, gate, of an amplifier stage
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2200/391 the output circuit of an amplifying stage comprising an LC-network
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2200/541 Transformer coupled at the output of an amplifier
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2203/45512 the FBC comprising one or more capacitors, not being switched capacitors, and being coupled between the LC and the IC
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2203/45528 the FBC comprising one or more passive resistors and being coupled between the LC and the IC
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2203/45594 the IC comprising one or more resistors, which are not biasing resistor
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2203/45604 the IC comprising a input shunting resistor
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/2173 of the bridge type
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/3015 using a common source driving stage, i.e. inverting stage
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/45475 using IC blocks as the active amplifying circuit
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation

Abstract

A magnetic resonance wireless power transmission device capable of adjusting resonance frequency is disclosed. A wireless power transmission device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a power amplifier for amplifying a wireless power signal using a driving frequency signal; a resonator for configuring a resonance tank and wirelessly transmitting, through magnetic resonance, the wireless power signal output from the power amplifier using a resonance frequency of the resonance tank; and a resonance control unit for controlling a duty ratio using a frequency applied to the resonator or a frequency signal generated by the resonator and adjusting the resonance frequency of the resonator.

Claims

1. A wireless power transmitting unit, comprising:

a power amplifier configured to amplify a power signal using a driving frequency signal;

a resonator constituting a resonant tank, and configured to wirelessly transmit the amplified power signal through magnetic resonance using a resonant frequency of the resonant tank; and

a resonance controller configured to tune the resonant frequency of the resonator by controlling a duty ratio with a frequency signal generated by the resonator,

wherein the resonance controller is configured to control a duty ratio of a switch of the resonator by changing a tuning voltage that is applied to a gate of the switch, and

wherein the resonance controller is configured to control the duty ratio of the switch using the changed tuning voltage and an inductor voltage varying in a sinusoidal waveform at a source of the switch.

2. The wireless power transmitting unit of claim 1, wherein the resonator comprises:

a first capacitor,

an inductor connected in series with the first capacitor,

a second capacitor connected in parallel with the inductor, and connected in series with the first capacitor, and

the switch comprising the gate, the source and a drain, which is connected in series with the second capacitor, and

wherein the resonant frequency is tuned according to a period in which the second capacitor is charged, which is dependent on the duty ratio of the switch.

3. The wireless power transmitting unit of claim 1, wherein the resonance controller generates a switch driving signal using the frequency signal generated by the resonator, operates the switch using the switch driving signal, and tunes the resonant frequency by actively controlling an amount of capacitance through controlling the duty ratio of the switch.

4. The wireless power transmitting unit of claim 3, wherein the resonance controller extracts a frequency component from the frequency signal generated by the resonator, and directly changes a duty ratio of an extracted frequency signal.

5. The wireless power transmitting unit of claim 1, wherein the resonance controller controls the duty ratio of the switch by amplifying the tuning voltage.

6. The wireless power transmitting unit of claim 1, wherein, when the resonance controller tunes the resonant frequency of the resonator, a magnitude of a current supplied from an output terminal of the power amplifier is adjusted, and a supply power of the power amplifier is adjusted.

7. The wireless power transmitting unit of claim 1, wherein the power amplifier comprises a full-bridge structure.