Wireless power transmitter

• US 10,819,160 B2
• Filed: 03/04/2016
• Issued: 10/27/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Jae-Hyun, Kim, Chang-Yeong, Ryu, Young-Ho, Kwak, Kyu-Sub, Kim, Dong-Zo
• Primary Examiner(s): Sun, Pinping
• Application Number:
  US15/061,313
• Publication Number:
  US 20160261142A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,698 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 50/402 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

Abstract

A wireless power transmitter for wirelessly transmitting power to a wireless power receiver is provided. A wireless power transmitter according to various embodiments may include: a driving unit that provides power; and a power transmission unit that wirelessly transmits power to the wireless power receiver based on the power received from the driving unit, wherein the power transmission unit may include at least one capacitor; a first coil connected to the at least one capacitor, and a second coil connected to the at least one capacitor and disposed parallel to the first coil.

Claims

1. A wireless power transmitter that wirelessly transmits power to a wireless power receiver, the wireless power transmitter comprising:

a cylindrical housing,

a power supply; and

a power transmission unit that wirelessly transmits the power to the wireless power receiver based on a first power received from the power supply,

wherein the power transmission unit comprises a first capacitor, a first coil connected to the first capacitor, a second capacitor, and a second coil connected to the second capacitor and physically disposed in parallel with the first coil,

wherein the wireless power receiver is mountable on an outer surface of the cylindrical housing with a curvature corresponding to the outer surface of the cylindrical housing, and is positioned between the first coil and the second coil, and a diameter of the first coil corresponds to a diameter of the second coil,

wherein a receiving coil of the wireless power receiver is oriented vertically with respect to the first coil and the second coil, and

wherein a first portion of the cylindrical housing contacts the wireless power receiver while the wireless power receiver is mounted on the cylindrical housing, and the first portion of the cylindrical housing constitutes a circumference between the first coil and the second coil such that the first portion is parallel with the first coil and the second coil.

2. The wireless power transmitter of claim 1, wherein, a first current is applied to the first coil in a first direction by the power supply, and

a second current is applied to the second coil in a second direction by the power supply.

3. The wireless power transmitter of claim 2, wherein the first coil generates a first magnetic field based on the first current, and

the second coil generates a second magnetic field based on the second current.

4. The wireless power transmitter of claim 3, wherein a radial magnetic field is formed between the first coil and the second coil based on the first magnetic field and the second magnetic field.

5. The wireless power transmitter of claim 2, wherein the first direction and the second direction are opposite to each other, and

the first coil, the first capacitor, the second coil, and the second capacitor have a resonance frequency of an odd mode.

6. The wireless power transmitter of claim 5, further comprising a resistor,

wherein, the first coil and the first capacitor have a first resonance frequency,

the second coil and the second capacitor have a second resonance frequency, and

the resonance frequency of the odd mode is determined by:

7. The wireless power transmitter of claim 6, wherein L1, L2, and M have values when the resonance frequency of the odd mode is a frequency defined by an induction scheme or a frequency defined by a resonance scheme.

8. The wireless power transmitter of claim 1, wherein the first coil and the second coil are connected in series or in parallel.

9. The wireless power transmitter of claim 1, wherein the first coil and the second coil are not connected by a wire.

10. The wireless power transmitter of claim 9, wherein the second coil generates an induced magnetic field and an induced electromotive force based on the induced magnetic field generated by the first coil after the first coil receives the first power from the power supply.

11. The wireless power transmitter of claim 1, wherein the first coil and the first capacitor form a first resonance circuit, and

the second coil and the second capacitor form a second resonance circuit.

12. The wireless power transmitter of claim 1, further comprising a shielding member disposed inside the first coil and the second coil.

13. The wireless power transmitter of claim 1, wherein at least one from among a size of the first coil, a size of the second coil, and a distance between the first coil and the second coil is determined corresponding to a size of a coil of the wireless power receiver.

14. The wireless power transmitter of claim 13, further comprising:

a communication circuit that receives category information of the wireless power receiver from the wireless power receiver; and

a motor that adjusts the distance between the first coil and the second coil corresponding to the size of the coil of the wireless power receiver obtained from the category information.