Apparatus and method for wireless data and energy transmission
First Claim
1. An apparatus for the wireless transmission of energy and data, comprising:
- a transformer for transmitting energy in one direction and data in both directions, said transformer having a primary-side winding and a secondary-side winding with winding terminals;
circuit means connected to each of said windings of said transformer for controlling and evaluating a course of the transmission;
a diode having an anode connected to one of said winding terminals of said secondary-side winding;
a voltage regulator to which said diode is connected in the conducting direction;
a further diode having a cathode connected to the one winding terminal;
an additional diode having a cathode connected to the other of said winding terminals;
a resistor and a switching transistor connected between the other winding terminal and a secondary-side ground; and
trigger and evaluation means connected to said winding terminals and to said switching transistor for controlling said switching transistor.
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Abstract
An apparatus for the wireless transmission of energy and data includes a transformer with two sides for transmitting energy in one direction and data in both directions. A circuit on both of the sides of the transformer controls and evaluates a course of the transmission. In a method for controlling and evaluating the apparatus, a primary-side switching path is interrupted for transmitting energy from the primary side to the secondary side. Data are transmitted from the primary side to the secondary side during an energy storage phase by briefly interrupting a primary-side switching path. Data are transmitted from the secondary side to the primary side in a period during an energy storage phase by a secondary-side load pulse. An information transmission is controlled with a trigger and evaluation device on the primary side and on the secondary side. The information both on the primary side and on the secondary side is evaluated in the trigger and evaluation device each communicating with a respective processor.
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18 Claims
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1. An apparatus for the wireless transmission of energy and data, comprising:
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a transformer for transmitting energy in one direction and data in both directions, said transformer having a primary-side winding and a secondary-side winding with winding terminals; circuit means connected to each of said windings of said transformer for controlling and evaluating a course of the transmission; a diode having an anode connected to one of said winding terminals of said secondary-side winding;
a voltage regulator to which said diode is connected in the conducting direction;
a further diode having a cathode connected to the one winding terminal;
an additional diode having a cathode connected to the other of said winding terminals;
a resistor and a switching transistor connected between the other winding terminal and a secondary-side ground; and
trigger and evaluation means connected to said winding terminals and to said switching transistor for controlling said switching transistor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for controlling and evaluating an apparatus for the wireless transmission of energy and data having a transformer with primary and secondary sides and a primary-side switching path, which comprises:
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connecting the primary-side switching path for storing energy at the primary side during an energy storage phase, and interrupting the primary-side switching path for transmitting energy from the primary side to the secondary side during an energy transfer phase; transmitting data from the primary side to the secondary side during the energy storage phase by briefly interrupting the primary-side switching path; transmitting data from the secondary side to the primary side in a period during the energy storage phase by a secondary-side load pulse; controlling an information transmission with trigger and evaluation means on the primary side and on the secondary side; and
evaluating the information both on the primary side and on the secondary side in the trigger and evaluation means each communicating with a respective processor. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18)
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14. In a method for controlling and evaluating an apparatus for the wireless transmission of energy and data having a transformer with primary and secondary sides and a primary-side switching path being interrupted for transmitting energy from the primary side to the secondary side, the improvement which comprises:
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transmitting data from the primary side to the secondary side during an energy storage phase by briefly interrupting a primary-side switching path; transmitting data from the secondary side to the primary side in a period during an energy storage phase by a secondary-side load pulse; controlling an information transmission with trigger and evaluation means on the primary side and on the secondary side; evaluating the information both on the primary side and on the secondary side in the trigger and evaluation means each communicating with a respective processor; transmitting data from the primary side to the secondary side during the energy storage phase, by briefly interrupting the voltage pulse on the primary side resulting in a brief opposite-side phase voltage pulse at the secondary winding, and evaluating a resultant current as data information in a comparator in the secondary-side trigger and evaluation means. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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