Power supply side equipment and resonance-type non-contact power supply system

• US 9,287,719 B2
• Filed: 07/20/2012
• Issued: 03/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Katsunaga, Hiroshi, Yamamoto, Yukihiro, Ichikawa, Shinji, Nakamura, Toru, Nakamura, Koji
• Primary Examiner(s): Tat, Binh
• Application Number:
  US14/233,042
• Publication Number:
  US 20150061579A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,334 Days
• Field of Search: 320106-115
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2210/10 DC to DC converters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2210/30 AC to DC converters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2210/40 DC to AC converters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2270/147 electro magnetic [EMI]
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/122 Circuits or methods for driving the primary coil, e.g. supplying electric power to the coil
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/126 Methods for pairing a vehicle and a charging station, e.g. establishing a one-to-one relation between a wireless power transmitter and a wireless power receiver
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/305 Communication interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/402 the two or more transmitting or the two or more receiving devices being integrated in the same unit, e.g. power mats with several coils or antennas with several sub-antennas
• 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 50/90 involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment
• 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: H03F 3/2176 Class E amplifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H03H 7/40 Automatic matching of load impedance to source impedance
• 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 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/16 Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles

Abstract

Power supply side equipment comprises a high-frequency power supply, a matching box, a primary side resonance coil, an output impedance variable unit, a matching state detection unit, and a control unit. By a magnetic field resonance, the primary side resonance coil transmits power in a non-contact manner to a load through a secondary side resonance coil. At least the matching box, the primary side resonance coil, the secondary side resonance coil, and the load constitute a resonance system having a resonant frequency. The matching state detection unit detects the matching state between the input impedance of the resonance system and the output impedance of the high-frequency power supply at the resonant frequency. The control unit adjusts the output impedance variable unit and the matching box according to the detection result by the matching state detection unit so that the input impedance of the resonance system and the output impedance of the high-frequency power supply match each other.

Claims

1. Power supplying equipment comprising:

a high frequency power supply;

an impedance matching device connected to an output portion of the high frequency power supply;

a primary resonance coil supplied with power from the high frequency power supply via the impedance matching device, wherein the primary resonance coil transmits power in a contactless manner to a load via a secondary resonance coil through magnetic field resonance, and at least the impedance matching device, the primary resonance coil, the secondary resonance coil, and the load form a resonance system having a resonant frequency;

an output impedance varying unit arranged in the high frequency power supply;

an impedance matching status detection unit that detects an impedance matching status between an input impedance of the resonance system at the resonant frequency and an output impedance of the high frequency power supply; and

a control unit that performs adjustment on the output impedance varying unit and the impedance matching device based on a detection result of the impedance matching status detection unit so that the input impedance of the resonance system is matched with the output impedance of the high frequency power supply.

2. The power supplying equipment according to claim 1, wherein the high frequency power supply includes a class E amplification circuit, and the class E amplification circuit includes the output impedance varying unit.

3. The power supplying equipment according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the output impedance varying unit so that the output impedance varying unit performs a rough adjustment of the impedance matching status, and controls the impedance matching device so that the impedance matching device performs a fine adjustment of the impedance matching status.

4. The power supplying equipment according to claim 1, wherein the impedance matching status detection unit is a reflection power detection unit.

5. A resonance type contactless power supplying system comprising:

power supplying equipment including a high frequency power supply, an impedance matching device connected to an output portion of the high frequency power supply, and a primary resonance coil supplied with power from the high frequency power supply via the impedance matching device;

mobile body equipment including a secondary resonance coil, which receives power from the primary resonance coil through magnetic field resonance, and a load, which is supplied with power received by the secondary resonance coil, wherein at least the impedance matching device, the primary resonance coil, the secondary resonance coil, and the load form a resonance system having a resonant frequency;

an output impedance varying unit arranged in the high frequency power supply;

an impedance matching status detection unit that detects a matching status between an input impedance of the resonance system at the resonant frequency and an output impedance of the high frequency power supply; and

a control unit that performs adjustment on the output impedance varying unit and the impedance matching device based on a detection result of the impedance matching status detection unit so that the input impedance of the resonance system is matched with the output impedance of the high frequency power supply.

6. The resonance type contactless power supplying system according to claim 5, wherein the high frequency power supply includes a class E amplification circuit, and the class E amplification circuit includes the output impedance varying unit.

7. The resonance type contactless power supplying system according to claim 5, wherein the control unit controls the output impedance varying unit so that the output impedance varying unit performs a rough adjustment of the impedance matching status, and controls the impedance matching device so that the impedance matching device performs a fine adjustment of the impedance matching status.

8. The resonance type contactless power supplying system according to claim 5, wherein the impedance matching status detection unit is a reflection power detection unit.

9. The resonance type contactless power supplying system according to claim 5, wherein the mobile body equipment is equipped in a vehicle, and the load includes a rectifier, a charger, and a battery.

10. The resonance type contactless power supplying system according to claim 9, wherein the mobile body equipment includes a vehicle controller, the vehicle controller is configured to check the state of charge of the battery, and the control unit is configured to acquire information on the state of charge of the battery from the vehicle controller.