Power feeding device and wireless power feeding system

• US 10,491,183 B2
• Filed: 11/29/2017
• Issued: 11/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Kamata, Koichiro, Okano, Shinya, Sato, Misako, Maeda, Shuhei
• Primary Examiner(s): Deberadinis, Robert L
• Application Number:
  US15/825,405
• Publication Number:
  US 20180091113A1
• Time in Patent Office: 727 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 38/14 Inductive couplings for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling H02J50/10
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• 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: H03C 1/36 by means of semiconductor device having at least three electrodes H03C1/34, H03C1/50, H03C1/52, H03C1/62 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H03D 1/02 Details
• CPC Class Codes: H03H 7/38 Impedance-matching networks

Abstract

A resonant power feeding system that can provide high power transmission efficiency between a power feeding device and a power reception device without dynamically controlling the oscillation frequency in accordance with the distance between the power feeding device and the power reception device. High power transmission efficiency between the power feeding device and the power reception device is obtained by addition of a structure for adjusting the matching condition to both the power reception device and the power feeding device. Specifically, a transmission-reception circuit and a matching circuit are provided in both the power reception device and the power feeding device, and wireless signals for adjusting the matching circuit are transmitted and received through a resonant coil. Thus, the power feeding device can efficiently supply power to the power reception device without adjusting the oscillation frequency.

Claims

1. A wireless power reception device comprising:

a second resonant coil configured to resonate with a first resonant coil of a wireless power feeding device;

a coil;

a rectifier circuit electrically connected to the coil;

a matching circuit configured to match impedance between the rectifier circuit and the coil; and

a battery electrically connected to the coil.

2. The wireless power reception device e according to claim 1, further comprising:

a transmission-reception circuit configured to demodulate a first wireless signal from the wireless power feeding device and generate a second wireless signal; and

a control circuit configured to generate a data of the second wireless signal including a power value received from the wireless power feeding device,

wherein the matching circuit is configured to match impedance between the rectifier circuit and the coil in accordance with a data signal of the first wireless signal, the data signal including parameters of the matching circuit.

3. The wireless power reception device according to claim 2, wherein the transmission-reception circuit comprises a load modulator configured to apply load modulation to an alternating-current signal output from the wireless power feeding device.

4. The wireless power reception device according to claim 2, wherein the matching circuit comprises a variable capacitor whose capacitance is controlled by the control circuit.

5. The wireless power reception device according to claim 2, wherein the matching circuit comprises a variable coil whose inductance is controlled by the control circuit.

6. The wireless power reception device according to claim 2, further comprising a received power detection circuit configured to detect the power value received by the wireless power reception device.