Method and Apparatus for Wireless Charging Using a Multi-Band Antenna

• US 20090322285A1
• Filed: 06/25/2008
• Published: 12/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Hautanen, Jukka Olavi
• Application Number:
  US12/146,033
• Publication Number:
  US 20090322285A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/137
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/248 provided with an AC/DC converting device, e.g. rectennas
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/23 characterised by the type of transmitting antennas, e.g. directional array antennas or Yagi antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/27 characterised by the type of receiving antennas, e.g. rectennas
• 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 7/00034 Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge

Abstract

In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a multi-band antenna is configured to receive signal information at a signal frequency and electric power at an energy frequency.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving signal information and electric power using a multi-band antenna.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising routing the electric power based on an energy frequency.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising routing the signal information based on a signal frequency.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving signal information at a lower frequency than the electric power.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving signal information at a higher frequency than the electric power.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving signal information from a base station.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving electric power from a power source.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising applying the electric power to a battery.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

applying the electric power to a battery; and

processing the signal information.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the multi-band antenna is a dielectric resonator antenna.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the multi-band antenna is ceramically loaded.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the multi-band antenna is located in a cradle.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the multi-band antenna is a Planar Inverted-F type antenna.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein the multi-band antenna is an Inverted F antenna.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein the signal information comprises at least one of the following:

Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Global System for Mobile communication (GSM), Global System for Mobile communication Global Positioning System (GPS), or Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS).

16. A apparatus, comprising:

a multi-band antenna configured to receive signal information at a signal frequency and electric power at an energy frequency.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 further comprising:

an antenna routing system configured to route the electric power based on the energy frequency.

18. The apparatus of claim 16 further comprising:

an antenna routing system configured to route the signal information based on the signal frequency.

19. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the multi-band antenna is further configured to:

receive signal information at a lower frequency than the electric power.

20. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the multi-band antenna is further configured to:

receive signal information at a higher frequency than the electric power.

21. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the multi-band antenna is further configured to:

receive signal information from a base station.

22. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the multi-band antenna is further configured to:

receive electric power from a power source.

23. The apparatus of claim 16 further comprising:

a charging management circuit configured to apply the electric power to a battery.

24. The apparatus of claim 16 further comprising:

a charging management circuit configured to apply the electric power to a battery; and

a mobile communication circuit configured to process the signal information.

25. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the multi-band antenna is a dielectric resonator antenna.

26. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the multi-band antenna is ceramically loaded.

27. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the multi-band antenna is located in a cradle.

28. An electronic device comprising the apparatus of claim 16.

29. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the multi-band antenna is a Planar Inverted-F type antenna.

30. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the multi-band antenna is an Inverted F antenna.

31. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the signal information comprises at least one of the following:

Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Global System for Mobile communication (GSM), Global System for Mobile communication Global Positioning System (GPS), or Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS).

32. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium bearing computer program code embodied therein for use with a computer, the computer program code comprising:

code for receiving signal information and electric power using a multi-band antenna.

33. The computer program product of claim 32 further comprising:

code for routing the electric power based on an energy frequency.

34. The computer program product of claim 32 further comprising:

code for routing the signal information based on a signal frequency.

35. The computer program product of claim 32 further comprising:

code for applying the electric power to a battery.

36. The computer program product of claim 32 further comprising:

code for applying the electric power to a battery; and

code for processing the signal information.

37. A computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, perform:

receiving signal information and electric power using a multi-band antenna.

38. The computer-readable medium of claim 37 further comprising:

routing the electric power based on an energy frequency.

39. The computer program product of claim 37 further comprising:

routing the signal information based on a signal frequency.

40. The computer-readable medium of claim 37 further comprising:

applying the electric power to a battery.

41. The computer-readable medium of claim 37 further comprising:

applying the electric power to a battery; and

processing the signal information.