Wireless power receiver and wireless power transferring method

• US 9,601,942 B2
• Filed: 12/09/2015
• Issued: 03/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nera Innovations Limited (Atlantic IP Services Limited)
• Original Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Bae, Su Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Barnie, Rexford
• Assistant Examiner(s): WILLOUGHBY, TERRENCE RONIQUE
• Application Number:
  US14/963,993
• Publication Number:
  US 20160126780A1
• Time in Patent Office: 468 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/04 Regulation of charging current or voltage
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/02 Conversion of ac power input into dc power output without possibility of reversal

Abstract

Disclosed is a wireless power receiver to transfer power wirelessly received from a wireless power transmitter to a load. The wireless power receiver includes a first reception induction coil coupled with a reception resonant coil to receive AC power; a first rectifying diode to rectify the AC power received through the first reception induction coil; a second reception induction coil connected to the first reception induction coil and coupled with the reception resonant coil to receive the AC power; and a second rectifying diode to rectify the AC power received through the second reception induction coil, wherein the wireless power receiver changes a transferring path of the power provided to the load according to a polarity variation of the AC power received through the first and second reception induction coils.

Claims

1. A wireless power receiver to receive power wirelessly from a wireless power transmitter, the wireless power receiver comprising:

a first reception coil coupled with a resonant coil to receive a positive AC power from the resonant coil;

a first capacitor connected in series to the first reception coil;

a first rectifying diode configured to rectify the positive AC power received through the first capacitor;

a second reception coil connected to the first reception coil and coupled with the resonant coil to receive a negative AC power from the resonant coil;

a second capacitor connected in series to the second reception coil;

a second rectifying diode configured to rectify the negative AC power received through the second capacitor; and

a smoothing capacitor connected directly to both the first rectifying diode and the second rectifying diode;

wherein the wireless power receiver changes a transferring path of the power provided to a load according to a polarity variation of the AC power received through the first and second reception coils, and

wherein the smoothing capacitor includes a first terminal connected directly to a ground terminal and a second terminal connected directly to the load.

2. The wireless power receiver of claim 1, wherein either the first rectifying diode or the second rectifying diode rectifies the AC power according to the polarity variation of the AC power.

3. The wireless power receiver of claim 2, wherein the first rectifying diode is turned on to transfer the power to the load when a polarity of the AC power is positive, and the second rectifying diode is turned on to transfer the power to the load when the polarity of the AC power is negative.

4. The wireless power receiver of claim 3, wherein the wireless power receiver transfers the power to the load through a first loop and a second loop,

wherein the first loop is a power transferring path extending through the first reception coil, the first rectifying diode and the load, and

the second loop is a power transferring path extending through the second reception coil, the second rectifying diode and the load.

5. The wireless power receiver of claim 4, wherein one terminal of the first reception coil is connected to one terminal of the second reception coil.

6. The wireless power receiver of claim 5, wherein the first and second reception coils are wound in a same direction.

7. The wireless power receiver of claim 6, wherein the first rectifying diode includes a first anode connected to the first capacitor, which is connected to an opposite terminal of the first reception coil, and a first cathode connected to the one terminal of the load,

wherein the second rectifying diode includes a second cathode connected to the first cathode and a second anode connected to the second capacitor, which is connected to an opposite terminal of the second reception coil,

wherein the one terminal of the first reception coil and the one terminal of the second reception coil are connected to an opposite terminal of the load, and

wherein the opposite terminal of the load is grounded.

8. The wireless power receiver of claim 1, wherein the load is a rechargeable battery.

9. The wireless power receiver of claim 1, wherein the load is a DC power source of 1.3 V.

10. The wireless power receiver of claim 1, wherein the first rectifying diode includes a first anode connected to the first capacitor and a first cathode connected to a first terminal of the load,

wherein the second rectifying diode includes a second cathode connected to the first cathode and a second anode connected to the second capacitor,

wherein a first terminal of the first reception coil is connected to both a first terminal of the second reception coil and a second terminal of the load opposite to the first terminal of the load, and

wherein the second terminal of the load is grounded.

11. The wireless power receiver of claim 10, wherein the first capacitor is connected to a second terminal of the first reception coil opposite to the first terminal of the first reception coil, and

wherein the second capacitor is connected to a second terminal of the second reception coil opposite to the first terminal of the second reception coil.