Contactless power feeding system

• US 9,246,357 B2
• Filed: 12/05/2012
• Issued: 01/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Kamata, Koichiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Dharti
• Application Number:
  US13/705,317
• Publication Number:
  US 20130147281A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,147 Days
• Field of Search: 307/104
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/502 the energy repeater being integrated together with the emitter or the receiver
• 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

A contactless power feeding system includes a power transmitting device and a power receiving device. The power transmitting device includes a first AC power source configured to generate an AC power with a first frequency, a second AC power source configured to generate an AC power with a second frequency which is different from the first frequency, a first electromagnetic induction coil, and a first resonant coil. The power receiving device includes a second resonant coil, a second electromagnetic induction coil, and a power storage unit. Power is wirelessly supplied to the power storage unit at the second frequency by a magnetic resonance phenomenon which occurs between the first resonant coil and the second resonant coil.

Claims

1. A contactless power feeding system comprising:

a power transmitting device comprising;

a first AC power source configured to generate a first AC power with a first frequency;

a second AC power source configured to generate a second AC power with a second frequency which is different from the first frequency;

a first electromagnetic induction coil;

a first resonant coil;

a switch electrically connected to the first electromagnetic induction coil, the switch being configured to control switching a connection to the first electromagnetic induction coil between the first AC power source and the second AC power source; and

a control circuit configured to control the switch; and

a power receiving device comprising a power storage unit, a second electromagnetic induction coil, and a second resonant coil,

wherein the first electromagnetic induction coil is configured to resonate with the second electromagnetic induction coil at the first frequency

wherein the first resonant coil is configured to resonate with the second resonant coil at the second frequency, and

wherein the power storage unit is configured to store a power supplied from the second AC power source through the first electromagnetic induction coil and the first resonant coil.

2. The contactless power feeding system according to claim 1,

wherein wireless communication is performed at the first frequency by an electromagnetically induced resonance between the first electromagnetic induction coil and the second electromagnetic induction coil, and

wherein the power is wirelessly supplied to the power storage unit at the second frequency by a magnetic resonance phenomenon which occurs between the first resonant coil and the second resonant coil.

3. The contactless power feeding system according to claim 1,

wherein the second AC power source includes a DC power source and a plurality of transistors, and

wherein the second frequency is a drive frequency of the plurality of transistors.

4. The contactless power feeding system according to claim 1, wherein the first resonant coil is not physically connected to any of the first AC power source, the second AC power source, the switch, the first electromagnetic induction coil, and the control circuit.

5. The contactless power feeding system according to claim 1,

wherein the power transmitting device further comprises a capacitor,

wherein one terminal of the first resonant coil is electrically connected to a first terminal of the capacitor, and

wherein the other terminal of the first resonant coil is electrically connected to a second terminal of the capacitor.

6. A contactless power feeding system comprising:

a power transmitting device comprising;

a first AC power source configured to generate a first AC power with a first frequency;

a second AC power source configured to generate a second AC power with a second frequency which is different from the first frequency;

a first electromagnetic induction coil configured to transmit the first AC power;

a first resonant coil configured to receive the first AC power transmitted from the first electromagnetic induction coil;

a first switch electrically connected to the first electromagnetic induction coil, the first switch being configured to control switching a connection to the first electromagnetic induction coil between the first AC power source and the second AC power source; and

a first control circuit configured to control the first switch; and

a power receiving device comprising;

a second electromagnetic induction coil configured to communicate with the first electromagnetic induction coil by electromagnetic coupling at the first frequency;

a second resonant coil configured to communicate with the first resonant coil by a magnetic resonance phenomenon which occurs at the second frequency;

a second control circuit configured to generate a response signal;

a power storage unit; and

a charge control circuit,

wherein the power storage unit is configured to store a power transmitted from the second AC power source through the first electromagnetic induction coil, the first resonant coil, the second resonant coil, and the second electromagnetic induction coil, and

wherein the charge control circuit is configured to control charging of the power storage unit.

7. The contactless power feeding system according to claim 6,

wherein wireless communication is performed at the first frequency by an electromagnetically induced resonance between the first electromagnetic induction coil and the second electromagnetic induction coil, and

wherein the power is wirelessly supplied to the power storage unit at the second frequency by the magnetic resonance phenomenon which occurs between the first resonant coil and the second resonant coil.

8. The contactless power feeding system according to claim 6,

wherein the second AC power source includes a DC power source and a plurality of transistors, and

wherein the second frequency is a drive frequency of the plurality of transistors.

9. The contactless power feeding system according to claim 6, wherein the first resonant coil is not physically connected to any of the first AC power source, the second AC power source, the first switch, the first electromagnetic induction coil, and the first control circuit.

10. The contactless power feeding system according to claim 6,

wherein the power transmitting device further comprises a capacitor,

wherein one terminal of the first resonant coil is electrically connected to a first terminal of the capacitor, and

wherein the other terminal of the first resonant coil is electrically connected to a second terminal of the capacitor.

11. The contactless power feeding system according to claim 6,

wherein the power transmitting device is configured to transmit a request signal to the power receiving device in the case where an existence of the power receiving device is detected, and

wherein the power transmitting device is configured to transmit the second AC power to the power receiving device based on the response signal.

12. The contactless power feeding system according to claim 6,

wherein the power receiving device further comprises:

a load modulation circuit electrically connected to the second electromagnetic induction coil, the load modulation circuit being configured to generate a modulation signal based on the response signal;

a rectifier circuit configured to convert the second AC power transmitted to the second resonant coil into a DC power;

a smoothing circuit configured to smooth the DC power converted by the rectifier circuit;

a voltage conversion circuit configured to convert a voltage value of the smoothed DC power into another voltage value; and

a second switch between the smoothing circuit and the voltage conversion circuit.

13. A contactless power feeding system comprising:

a power transmitting device comprising;

a frequency-variable AC power source configured to generate a first AC power with a first frequency and a second AC power with a second frequency;

a first electromagnetic induction coil;

a first resonant coil; and

a control circuit configured to control the frequency-variable AC power source whether the frequency-variable AC power source supplies the first AC power or the second AC power; and

a power receiving device comprising a power storage unit, a second electromagnetic induction coil, and a second resonant coil,

wherein the first electromagnetic induction coil is configured to resonate with the second electromagnetic induction coil at the first frequency

wherein the first resonant coil is configured to resonate with the second resonant coil at the second frequency, and

wherein the power storage unit is configured to store a power supplied from the frequency-variable AC power source through the first electromagnetic induction coil and the first resonant coil.

14. The contactless power feeding system according to claim 13,

wherein wireless communication is performed at the first frequency by an electromagnetically induced resonance between the first electromagnetic induction coil and the second electromagnetic induction coil, and

wherein the power is wirelessly supplied to the power storage unit at the second frequency by a magnetic resonance phenomenon which occurs between the first resonant coil and the second resonant coil.

15. The contactless power feeding system according to claim 13,

wherein the frequency-variable AC power source includes a DC power source and a plurality of transistors, and

wherein the second frequency is a drive frequency of the plurality of transistors.

16. The contactless power feeding system according to claim 13, wherein the first resonant coil is not physically connected to any of the frequency-variable AC power source, the first electromagnetic induction coil, and the control circuit.

17. The contactless power feeding system according to claim 13,

wherein the power transmitting device further comprises a capacitor,

wherein one terminal of the first resonant coil is electrically connected to a first terminal of the capacitor, and

wherein the other terminal of the first resonant coil is electrically connected to a second terminal of the capacitor.