Electronic device with resonator

• US 9,966,787 B2
• Filed: 01/04/2016
• Issued: 05/08/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Song, Keum-Su, Kim, Do-Won, Park, Sung-Bum, Park, Jae-Hyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Donovan, Lincoln
• Assistant Examiner(s): Almo, Khareem E
• Application Number:
  US14/987,575
• Publication Number:
  US 20160197512A1
• Time in Patent Office: 855 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0176 characterised by mechanical features
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0042 characterised by the mechanical construction

Abstract

Disclosed is an electronic device including a resonator that generates an induced current by electromagnetic coupling. The resonator includes a first conductor, a plurality of second conductors, a one end of each of the second conductors being electrically coupled to a first point of the first conductor, and an other end of each of the second conductors being electrically coupled to a second point of the first conductor, and at least one impedance load connected with the second conductors in series or in parallel. Thus, the resonator may generate current through the first and second conductors.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a resonator configured to generate an induced current by electromagnetic coupling,

wherein the resonator includes;

a first conductor;

a plurality of second conductors, one end of each of the plurality of second conductors being electrically coupled to a first point of the first conductor, and an other end of each of the plurality of second conductors electrically coupled to a second point of the first conductor; and

at least one impedance load connected with at least one of the plurality of second conductors in series or in parallel, wherein;

the resonator comprises a plurality of loop shapes, each of the plurality of the loop shapes being formed by each of the plurality of second conductors, and

the resonator generates a plurality of loop type currents each of which flows through the first conductor and a corresponding second conductor of the plurality of second conductors.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the one end of each of the plurality of second conductors extends towards the first conductor.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

a power feeding unit connected in series between the first conductor and the plurality of second conductors,

wherein the power feeding unit is configured to supply power to the plurality of second conductors.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the impedance load includes a capacitive load or an inductive load that is connected in series between the first conductor and the plurality of second conductors at the other end of each of the plurality of second conductors.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, further comprising:

a power feeding unit that is connected in series between the first conductor and the plurality of second conductors,

wherein the power feeding unit is connected with the impedance load in series or in parallel to feed power to the plurality of second conductors.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein:

the first conductor is a flat plate that is made of a conductive material and provides a ground, and

each of the plurality of second conductors is a conductive flat plate disposed in parallel with the first conductor, the one end and the other end of each of the plurality of second conductors bent to be close to the first conductor.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, further comprising:

a power feeding unit connected with the first conductor and the plurality of second conductors in series at the one end of each of the plurality of second conductors so as to feed power to the plurality of second conductors,

wherein the impedance load is connected with the first conductor and the plurality of second conductors in series at the other end of each of the plurality of second conductors.

8. The electronic device of claim 6, further comprising:

at least one slit extending from the one end of each of the plurality of second conductors to the other end of each of the plurality of second conductors.

9. The electronic device of claim 6, further comprising:

a magnetic material or a dielectric material interposed between the first conductor and the plurality of second conductors.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein:

the plurality of second conductors are formed in the plurality of loop shapes in which the plurality of second conductors extend in parallel to each other from the first conductor in a form of being branched at different first points, respectively, and

the one end and the other end of each of the plurality of second conductors are positioned adjacent to different second points of the first conductor, respectively.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the impedance load is disposed between at least one of the one end and the other end of each of the plurality of second conductors, and the first conductor.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, further comprising:

a power feeding unit disposed between another one of the plurality of second conductors and the first conductor, and

the power feeding unit feeds power to the plurality of second conductors.

13. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein:

the plurality of second conductors form the plurality of loop shapes in which the one end and the other end of each of the plurality of second conductors are positioned adjacent to the first conductor, and

the impedance load is disposed between at least one of the opposite ends of the plurality of second conductors and the first conductor.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, further comprising:

a power feeding unit disposed between another one of the opposite ends of the plurality of second conductors and the first conductor,

wherein the power feeding unit is configured to feed power to the plurality of second conductors.

15. An electronic device comprising:

a main body;

a wearing part that allows the main body to be worn on a user'"'"'s body; and

a resonator configured to generate an induced current by electromagnetic coupling,

wherein the resonator is equipped in one of the main body and the wearing part and includes;

a first conductor;

a plurality of second conductors, one end of each of the second conductors being electrically coupled to a first point of the first conductor, and an other end of each of the plurality of second conductors electrically coupled to a second point of the first conductor; and

at least one impedance load connected with the second conductors in series or in parallel, wherein the resonator generates a loop type current that flows in the first conductor and the plurality of second conductors.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, further comprising:

a conductive member provided on an outer surface of the main body or the wearing part,

wherein the conductive member forms one of the first conductor and the plurality of second conductors.

17. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein:

the main body includes a display device mounted on a front surface thereof, and

the wearing part includes a pair of bands extending away from each other from the main body.

18. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the resonator is embedded in one side of the display device, a rear surface of the main body, or at least one of the bands.

19. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein:

the main body includes at least one lens and is seated to enclose at least a part of a user'"'"'s face, and

the wearing part includes temples extending from the main body to be seated on ears of the user, respectively.

20. The electronic device of claim 19, further comprising:

a display unit mounted on the main body, the display unit configured to project an image on the lens,

wherein the resonator is embedded in at least one of the display unit and the temples.