Method and apparatus for wirelessly transmitting energy based on frame

• US 9,774,373 B2
• Filed: 01/03/2013
• Issued: 09/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kwon, Ui Kun, Kim, Sang Joon, Yoon, Seung keun
• Primary Examiner(s): BARNIE, REXFORD N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Willoughby, Terrence
• Application Number:
  US13/733,664
• Publication Number:
  US 20130175873A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,727 Days
• Field of Search: 307104
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/40 using two or more transmitting or receiving devices H02J50/50 takes precedence
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer

Abstract

An apparatus for wirelessly transmitting energy based on a frame is provided. The apparatus includes a transmitter configured to transmit, to at least one reception device, energy in a frame unit through a mutual resonance between a source resonator and a plurality of target resonators, and a controller configured to determine information included in the frame based on whether energy is transmitted to the at least one reception device, or based on whether data is transmitted to the at least one reception device.

Claims

1. An apparatus for wirelessly transmitting energy based on a frame, the apparatus comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit, to at least one reception device, energy for charging the at least one reception device in a frame through a mutual resonance between a source resonator and at least one target resonator;

a controller configured to determine whether energy is transmitted to the at least one reception device, or whether the energy and data are transmitted to the at least one reception device,

wherein;

the frame comprises a preamble and an energy frame body (EFB),

the EFB comprises the energy and at least one data frame, and

the at least one data frame comprises a data frame body (DFB) including data information, and

wherein the transmitter transmits the frame comprising the EFB and the DFB inserted in the EFB, in response to the determination that the energy and the data in the at least one data frame are transmitted to the at least one reception device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit, subsequent to transmission of the frame being completed, a second frame after maintaining an idle state for a time period of an inter energy frame space (IEFS).

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the first energy frame comprises a preamble comprising advance information used for the at least one reception device to receive the energy frame, an energy frame header (EFH) including control information, and the energy frame body (EFB) including energy transmitted to the at least one reception device.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the preamble comprises information used to detect the first energy frame, and to estimate a channel through which the energy is transmitted.

5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the EFH comprises information on a length of the first energy frame, an identification (ID) of a transmission device that transmits the first energy frame, an ID of a reception device that receives the first energy frame, and an ID of the at least one reception device.

6. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the controller is configured to control contention for occupying an energy transmission channel among at least one transmission device after the time period of the IEFS.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the contention is performed by setting a basic time unit to a slot time, and the slot time corresponds to the IEFS.

8. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein:

the controller is configured to insert the data frame into the EFB in a super-frame structure, and

the transmitter is configured to transmit the energy and the data in a frame.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein:

the transmitter is configured to transmit, subsequent to transmission of the first data frame being completed within a section of the EFB, a second data frame after maintaining an idle state for a time period of an inter data frame space (IDFS).

10. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a response signal from the at least one reception device that receives the first data frame after maintaining an idle state for a time period of the IDFS.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the first data frame comprises a start of frame (SoF) indicating a start of the first data frame and a data frame header (DFH) including control information, and the data frame body (DFB) including data information.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the data frame header comprises information on a length of the first data frame, a type of the first data frame, an ID of a transmission device that transmits the first data frame, an ID of a reception device that receives the first data frame, and a modulation and coding scheme (MCS).

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to control contention for occupying a data transmission channel between a transmission device that transmits the first data frame and a reception device that receives the first data frame after the time period of the IDFS.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the contention is performed by setting a basic time unit to a slot time, and the slot time corresponds to the IDFS.

15. The apparatus of claim 3, further comprising:

a training unit configured to use information included in the preamble to perform a downlink training from a transmission device to a reception device, and an uplink training from the reception device to the transmission device.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the training unit is configured to perform the downlink training and the uplink training substantially simultaneously in response to communication being performed between the transmission device and the reception device in a full duplex scheme.

23. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one reception device is a plurality of reception devices.

24. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one target resonator is a plurality of target resonators.

25. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the controller uses a carrier sense multiple access/collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) to control the contention.

17. An apparatus for wirelessly receiving energy based on a frame, the apparatus comprising:

a receiver configured to receive, from a transmission device, energy in a frame through a mutual resonance between a source resonator and a target resonator; and

a controller configured to control an operation of a reception device based on information included in a frame received by the receiver, wherein;

the frame comprises an energy frame body (EFB) including the energy,

the EFB comprises a first data frame and a second data frame, the second data frame being transmitted after a period of time following transmission of the first data frame, and

the at first data frame comprises a data frame body (DFB), including data information,

wherein the transmission device determines whether the energy is transmitted to the receiver, or whether the energy and data are transmitted to the receiver, and

wherein the transmitter transmits the frame comprising the EFB and the DFB inserted in the EFB, in response to the energy and the data being transmitted to the receiver.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the receiver is configured to receive the energy frame in a minimum inter energy frame space (IEFS).

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the controller comprises:

a detector configured to detect the energy frame based on information included in a preamble of the energy frame; and

a channel estimator configured to estimate a channel through which the energy frame is transmitted based on information included in a preamble of the energy frame.

20. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the receiver is configured to receive the first data frame in a minimum inter data frame space (IDFS) within a section of the EFB.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, further comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit the first data frame from the reception device to the transmission device after maintaining an idle state during the time period of the minimum IDFS.

22. A method of wirelessly transmitting energy based on a frame, the method comprising:

transmitting, to at least one reception device, energy in a frame through a mutual resonance between a source resonator and at least one target resonator; and

determining information included in the frame based on whether energy is transmitted to the at least one reception device, or based on whether the energy and data are transmitted to the at least one reception device,

wherein;

the frame comprises an energy frame body (EFB) including the energy,

the EFB comprises at least one data frame, and

the at least one data frame comprises a data frame body (DFB) including data information, and

wherein the frame comprises the EFB and the DFB inserted in the EFB, in response to the energy and the data being transmitted to the at least one reception device.