Wireless power transmission system, wireless power receiving apparatus, and wireless power receiving method

• US 9,203,475 B2
• Filed: 12/21/2012
• Issued: 12/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LS Cable And System Limited (LS Cable)
• Original Assignee: LS Cable And System Limited (LS Cable)
• Inventors: Park, Un Kyu, You, Sung Han, Han, Min Seok, Kim, Young Sun
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Danny
• Application Number:
  US13/723,821
• Publication Number:
  US 20140152114A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,075 Days
• Field of Search: 307/104, 361/18, 361/91.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/12 Inductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H02H 9/041 using a short-circuiting device
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• 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: H02J 7/007182 in response to battery voltage
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/04 Regulation of charging current or voltage
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/266 One coil at each side, e.g. with primary and secondary coils
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles

Abstract

Disclosed are a wireless power receiving apparatus, a wireless power transmission system, and a wireless power receiving method. The wireless power receiving apparatus includes a power receiving coil for receiving a power signal wirelessly transmitted, a rectifier circuit for rectifying the power signal into direct current (DC) output power, a switching unit for controlling input of the power signal to the rectifier circuit at an rear end of the power receiving coil, and a control unit for measuring a voltage of the DC output voltage, comparing the voltage with a predetermined allowable voltage, and controlling an operation of the switching unit.

Claims

1. A wireless power receiving apparatus comprising:

a power receiving coil for receiving a power signal wirelessly transmitted;

a rectifier circuit for rectifying the wirelessly received power signal into direct current (DC) output power;

a switching unit for controlling input of the power signal to the rectifier circuit at an rear end of the power receiving coil; and

a control unit for measuring a voltage of the DC output power rectified by the rectifier, comparing the voltage with a predetermined allowable voltage, and controlling an operation of the switching unit,

wherein the control unit lowers a voltage of the power signal being input into the rectifier by controlling a duty ratio about periods of time that the switching unit is turned on and off, when the measured voltage of the DC output power exceeds the allowable voltage.

2. The wireless power receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the switching unit is disposed between both ends of the power receiving coil or a matching circuit or is disposed on a path between the power receiving coil and the rectifier circuit.

3. The wireless power receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit selects a duty ratio set for each respective voltage level in a circuit operating voltage table, based on the measured voltage, and controls the switching unit with the duty ratio.

4. The wireless power receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the switching unit controls supply of the DC output power to a battery between the rectifier circuit and the battery.

5. The wireless power receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the power receiving coil and a power transmitting coil of a wireless power transmitting apparatus are magnetically coupled to each other to transmit the power signal using a magnetic induction method or a magnetic resonance method.

6. The wireless power receiving apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a matching circuit disposed between the power receiving coil and the rectifier circuit and comprising at least one of a serial resonance circuit and a parallel resonance circuit.

7. A wireless power transmission system comprising:

a wireless power transmitting apparatus for transmitting a power signal to a power transmitting coil to generate a magnetic field around the power transmitting coil; and

one or more wireless power receiving apparatuses coupled to the magnetic field, for wirelessly receiving the power signal,

wherein the wireless power receiving apparatuses measure a change in a voltage of the power signal and control received power, based on the measurement result,

wherein each of the wireless power receiving apparatuses comprises;

a power receiving coil magnetically coupled to the power transmitting coil, for receiving the power signal;

a rectifier circuit for rectifying the wirelessly received power signal into direct current (DC) output power;

a switching unit for controlling input of the power signal to the rectifier circuit at a rear end of the power receiving coil or on a path between the power receiving coil and the rectifier circuit; and

a control unit for measuring a voltage of the DC output power rectified by the rectifier, comparing the voltage with a predetermined allowable voltage, and controlling an operation of the switching unit,

wherein the control unit lowers a voltage of the power signal being input into the rectifier by controlling a duty ratio about periods of time that the switching unit is turned on and off, when the measured voltage of the DC output power exceeds the allowable voltage.

8. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 7, wherein the control unit selects a duty ratio set for each respective voltage level in a circuit operating voltage table, based on the measured voltage, and controls the switching unit with the duty ratio.

9. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 7, wherein the power receiving coil and the power transmitting coil are magnetically coupled to each other to transmit the power signal using a magnetic induction method or a magnetic resonance method.

10. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 7, wherein the each of the wireless power receiving apparatuses further comprises a matching circuit disposed between the power receiving coil and the rectifier circuit and comprising at least one of a serial resonance circuit and a parallel resonance circuit.

11. A wireless power receiving method of a wireless power receiving apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving a power signal wirelessly via magnetic resonance coupling at a power receiving circuit;

connecting the power receiving coil and an internal circuit to each other through a switching unit;

measuring a voltage induced in the internal circuit by the wirelessly received power signal; and

controlling the switching unit so as to maintain the measured voltage within an operating voltage range of the internal circuit,

wherein the method further comprises predetermining at least one of the operating voltage range of the internal circuit and a maximum allowable voltage, prior to the receiving the power signal,

wherein the controlling the switching unit comprises controlling the operation of the switching unit with a predetermined duty ratio to reduce the voltage induced in the internal circuit by the wirelessly received power signal, when the measured voltage is equal to or greater than the maximum allowable voltage.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the controlling the switching unit comprises selecting a duty ratio set for each respective level in a circuit operating voltage table based on the measured voltage, and controlling the operation of the switching unit with the duty ratio.