RESONANCE POWER GENERATOR AND RESONANCE POWER RECEIVER

• US 20110159812A1
• Filed: 12/15/2010
• Published: 06/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kown, Sang Wook, KIM, Nam Yun
• Granted Patent: US 9,252,844 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.1
• 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: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer

Abstract

Disclosed is a resonate power generator and a resonate power receiver. The resonate power generator may include a modulator to control modulation of transmission data transmitted to a target resonator, and to control transmission of the modulated transmission data to a power carrier signal of a source resonator, a demodulator to demodulate received data received from the target resonator, and a coupling unit to couple the modulator, the demodulator, and the source resonator.

Claims

1. A resonate power generator, comprising:

a modulator to control modulation of transmission data transmitted to a target resonator, and to control transmission of the modulated transmission data to a power carrier signal of a source resonator;

a demodulator to demodulate received data received from the target resonator; and

a coupling unit to couple the modulator, the demodulator, and the source resonator.

2. The resonate power generator of claim 1, wherein the demodulator comprises:

a mixer to mix the received data and the power carrier signal; and

a switching unit to switch a reception path of the received data and a transmission path of the power carrier signal,

wherein the resonate power generator analog to digital (A/D) converts an output signal of the mixer to read a bit value transmitted from the target resonator.

3. The resonate power generator of claim 1, wherein the demodulator comprises:

an envelope detector to detect an envelope of the received data,

wherein the resonate power generator compares an output signal of the envelope detector and the power carrier signal to read a bit value transmitted from the target resonator.

4. The resonate power generator of claim 1, wherein the modulator comprises:

a switching unit to switch the power carrier signal based on a bit stream corresponding to the transmission data.

5. The resonate power generator of claim 1, wherein the modulator comprises:

a phase control unit to shift a phase of the power carrier signal; and

a mixer to mix an output of the phase control unit and a bit stream corresponding to the transmission data.

6. A resonate power receiver, comprising:

a modulator to control modulation of transmission data transmitted to a source resonator, and to control transmission of the modulated transmission data to a power carrier signal;

a demodulator to demodulate received data received from the source resonator; and

a coupling unit to couple the modulator, the demodulator, and the target resonator.

7. The resonate power receiver of claim 6, wherein the demodulator comprises:

a mixer to mix the received data and the power carrier signal; and

a switching unit to switch a reception path of the received data and a transmission path of the power carrier signal,

wherein the resonate power receiver analog to digital (A/D) converts an output signal of the mixer to read a bit value transmitted from the source resonator.

8. The resonate power receiver of claim 6, wherein the demodulator comprises:

an envelope detector to detect an envelope of the received data,

wherein the resonate power receiver compares an output signal of the envelope detector and the power carrier signal, to read a bit value transmitted from the source resonator.

9. The resonate power receiver of claim 6, wherein the modulator comprises:

a switching unit to switch the power carrier signal based on a bit stream corresponding to the transmission data.

10. The resonate power receiver of claim 6, wherein the modulator comprises:

a phase control unit to shift a phase of the power carrier signal; and

a mixer to mix an output of the phase control unit and a bit stream corresponding to the transmission data.

11. A resonate power generator, comprising:

a modulator to modulate a power carrier signal according to an input transmission data bit stream to send outgoing data to a target resonator; and

a demodulator to demodulate incoming data received from the target resonator.

12. The resonate power generator of claim 11, further comprising:

a source resonator to transmit the outgoing data to the target resonator; and

a coupling unit to couple the modulator, demodulator, and source resonator.

13. The resonate power generator of claim 11, further comprising a controller to control input of the input transmission data bit stream to the modulator.

14. The resonate power generator of claim 13, wherein the demodulated incoming data is sent to the controller to be used in a predetermined operation.