Electromagnetically coupled device

• US 6,750,560 B1
• Filed: 01/13/2003
• Issued: 06/15/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yamatake Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yamatake Corporation
• Inventors: Ueno, Tatsuya, Nishimoto, Ikuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Riley, Shawn
• Application Number:
  US10/332,926
• Time in Patent Office: 519 Days
• Field of Search: 363/147, 343/720, 340/333, 340/425.1, 340/425.2, 340/310.01, 340/310.08, 340/310.07, 307/1, 307/3, 307/104, 455/270, 455/402, 455/41.1, 361/18, 327/309
• US Class Current: 307/1
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/0087 adapted for receiving as input a current source
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/06 using discharge tubes without control electrode or semiconductor devices without control electrode
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/217 using semiconductor devices only
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/00 Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive or capacitive transmission systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/24 Inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer

Abstract

A device includes a coil (11) coupled to a magnetic field having power energy by electromagnetic induction, a rectifier (12) for subjecting the power energy fetched by the coil to full-wave rectification, a smoothing circuit (13) for smoothing a rectified output from the rectifier and forming a fixed internal power source, an MOS transistor (14) having a source and a drain connected in parallel across the coil, and a constant-voltage control circuit (15) adapted to be actuated to control the gate voltage of the MOS transistor in response to the output of the smoothing circuit, thereby limiting voltage (power) applied to the rectifier. The device further includes a data reception unit (21) for detecting a modulated component of the power energy fetched by means of the coil and receiving an information signal represented by the modulated, component and a data transmission unit (24) for controlling the gate voltage of the MOS transistor in response to transmission information, changing the extent of electromagnetic-induction coupling to the magnetic field of the coil, and transmitting the transmission information.

Claims

1. An electromagnetic-induction coupling device comprising:

a coil (11) coupled to a magnetic field having power energy by electromagnetic induction;

a rectifier (12) for subjecting the power energy fetched by means of the coil to full-wave rectification;

a smoothing circuit (13) for smoothing a rectified output from the rectifier and forming a fixed internal power source;

an MOS transistor (14) having a source and a drain connected in parallel across the coil; and

a constant-voltage control circuit (15) adapted to be actuated to control the gate voltage of the MOS transistor in response to the output of the smoothing circuit, thereby limiting voltage applied to the rectifier.

3. An electromagnetic-induction coupling device according to claim 1, wherein said rectifier is constructed by bridge-connecting four MOS transistors as rectifier elements and is integrated concurrently with the MOS transistors connected in parallel with the coil on a given semiconductor.

4. An electromagnetic-induction coupling device according to claim 3, wherein said given semiconductor is formed of a ball semiconductor having the coil on the surface thereof.

2. An electromagnetic-induction coupling device comprising:

a coil (11) coupled to a magnetic field having power energy by electromagnetic induction;

a rectifier (12) for subjecting the power energy fetched by means of the coil to full-wave rectification;

a smoothing circuit (13) for smoothing a rectified output from the rectifier and forming a fixed internal power source;

an MOS transistor (14) having a source and a drain connected in parallel across the coil;

a constant voltage control circuit (15) adapted to be actuated to control the gate voltage of the MOS transistor in response to the output of thee smoothing circuit, thereby limiting voltage applied to the rectifier;

a data reception unit (21) for detecting a modulated component of the power energy fetched by means of the coil and receiving an information signal represented by the modulated component; and

a data transmission unit (24) for controlling the gate voltage of the MOS transistor in response to transmission information, changing the extent of electromagnetic-induction coupling to the magnetic field of the coil, and transmitting the transmission information.

5. An electromagnetic-induction coupling device according to claim 2, wherein said rectifier is constructed by bridge-connecting four MOS transistors as rectifier elements and is integrated concurrently with the MOS transistors connected in parallel with the coil on a given semiconductor.