Method for performing wireless charging control with aid of admittance detection, and associated apparatus
First Claim
1. A method for performing wireless charging control, the method being applied to a wireless charging transmitter, the method comprising the steps of:
- performing current detection and voltage detection to monitor a driving current and a driving voltage within the wireless charging transmitter, respectively, wherein the driving current and the driving voltage are utilized for driving a power output coil of the wireless charging transmitter;
generating a set of indexes at least according to the driving current and the driving voltage, wherein the set of indexes comprises a power loss index indicating power loss of a wireless charging operation performed by the wireless charging transmitter, and further comprises an admittance-related index corresponding to any of a ratio of the driving current to the driving voltage or a reciprocal of the ratio of the driving current to the driving voltage; and
performing wireless charging foreign object detection (FOD) according to the set of indexes.
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Abstract
A method for performing wireless charging control and an associated apparatus are provided, where the method may include: performing current detection and voltage detection to monitor a driving current and a driving voltage within the wireless charging transmitter, respectively, wherein the driving current and the driving voltage are utilized for driving a power output coil of the wireless charging transmitter; generating a set of indexes at least according to the driving current and the driving voltage, wherein the set of indexes may include a power loss index indicating power loss of a wireless charging operation performed by the wireless charging transmitter, and may further include an admittance-related index corresponding to any of a ratio of the driving current to the driving voltage or a reciprocal of the ratio of the driving current to the driving voltage; and performing wireless charging foreign object detection (FOD) according to the set of indexes.
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1. A method for performing wireless charging control, the method being applied to a wireless charging transmitter, the method comprising the steps of:
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performing current detection and voltage detection to monitor a driving current and a driving voltage within the wireless charging transmitter, respectively, wherein the driving current and the driving voltage are utilized for driving a power output coil of the wireless charging transmitter; generating a set of indexes at least according to the driving current and the driving voltage, wherein the set of indexes comprises a power loss index indicating power loss of a wireless charging operation performed by the wireless charging transmitter, and further comprises an admittance-related index corresponding to any of a ratio of the driving current to the driving voltage or a reciprocal of the ratio of the driving current to the driving voltage; and performing wireless charging foreign object detection (FOD) according to the set of indexes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus for performing wireless charging control, the apparatus comprising
at least one portion of a wireless charging transmitter, the apparatus comprising: - at least one detection circuit, arranged for performing current detection and voltage detection to monitor a driving current and a driving voltage within the wireless charging transmitter, respectively, wherein the driving current and the driving voltage are utilized for driving a power output coil of the wireless charging transmitter;
a set of index generating circuits, coupled to the at least one detection circuit, arranged for generating a set of indexes at least according to the driving current and the driving voltage, wherein the set of indexes comprises a power loss index indicating power loss of a wireless charging operation performed by the wireless charging transmitter, and further comprises an admittance-related index corresponding to any of a ratio of the driving current to the driving voltage or a reciprocal of the ratio of the driving current to the driving voltage; and a foreign object detection (FOD) strategy module, coupled to the set of index generating circuits, arranged for performing wireless charging FOD according to the set of indexes.
- at least one detection circuit, arranged for performing current detection and voltage detection to monitor a driving current and a driving voltage within the wireless charging transmitter, respectively, wherein the driving current and the driving voltage are utilized for driving a power output coil of the wireless charging transmitter;
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19. A method for performing wireless charging control, the method being applied to a wireless charging transmitter, the method comprising the steps of:
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performing current detection and voltage detection to monitor a driving current and a driving voltage within the wireless charging transmitter, respectively, wherein the driving current and the driving voltage are utilized for driving a power output coil of the wireless charging transmitter; generating a set of indexes at least according to the driving current and the driving voltage, wherein the set of indexes comprises a power loss index indicating power loss of a wireless charging operation performed by the wireless charging transmitter, and further comprises a current-related index corresponding to the driving current, wherein generating the set of indexes at least according to the driving current and the driving voltage comprises; determining received power of at least one wireless charging receiver according to at least one received power report obtained from the at least one wireless charging receiver; determining a normalized transmitter current parameter corresponding to the received power of the at least one wireless charging receiver according to a predetermined relationship between the normalized transmitter current parameter and the received power of the at least one wireless charging receiver; and calculating a difference between the driving current and the normalized transmitter current parameter to generate the current-related index; and performing wireless charging foreign object detection (FOD) according to the set of indexes.
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20. A method for performing wireless charging control, the method being applied to a wireless charging transmitter, the method comprising the steps of:
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performing current detection and voltage detection to monitor a driving current and a driving voltage within the wireless charging transmitter, respectively, wherein the driving current and the driving voltage are utilized for driving a power output coil of the wireless charging transmitter; generating a set of indexes at least according to the driving current and the driving voltage, wherein the set of indexes comprises an admittance-related index corresponding to any of a ratio of the driving current to the driving voltage or a reciprocal of the ratio of the driving current to the driving voltage, and further comprises a current-related index corresponding to the driving current; and performing wireless charging foreign object detection (FOD) according to the set of indexes.
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