Adaptive resonant topology application in wearable devices

• US 9,979,237 B2
• Filed: 03/10/2016
• Issued: 05/22/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Integrated Device Technology Incorporated (Renesas Electronics Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Integrated Device Technology Incorporated (Renesas Electronics Corporation)
• Inventors: Nalbant, Mehmet K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Dinh T
• Application Number:
  US15/067,025
• Publication Number:
  US 20160268848A1
• Time in Patent Office: 803 Days
• Field of Search: 307104
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type

Abstract

A wireless power transmission system is presented. The wireless power circuit includes an adaptive transmitter coupled to a transmit coil; a receive coil in interaction with the transmit coil, the receive coil being thin and having an inner diameter large enough to accommodate sensors of a wearable device; and a receive circuit receiving power from the receive coil.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a receive coil for receiving power from a transmit coil, the receive coil having an inner diameter, an outer diameter, and a thickness;

one or more sensors located within the inner diameter of the receive coil;

a first transistor coupled between a first side of the receive coil and ground;

a second transistor coupled between a second side of the receive coil and ground; and

a receive switching circuit coupled to gates of the first transistor and the second transistor, the receive switching circuit adaptively switching the first transistor and the second transistor such that the receive coil operates at a resonant frequency of the transmit coil.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the one or more sensors are thicker than the thickness of the receive coil.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the device is wearable.

4. A wireless power transmitter, comprising:

a transmit coil adapted to couple with a receiver coil

a power source coupled through an inductor to a center tap of the transmit coil;

a capacitor coupled across the transmit coil;

a first transistor coupled between a first side of the transmit coil and ground;

a second transistor coupled between a second side of the transmit coil and ground; and

a transmit switching circuit coupled to gates of the first transistor and the second transistor, the transmit switching circuit adaptively switching the first transistor and the second transistor such that the transmit coil operates at a resonant frequency.

5. A wireless power receiver, comprising:

a receive coil configured, to receive power at a frequency adaptively chosen by an adaptive transmitter;

a first transistor coupled between a first side of the receive coil and ground;

a second transistor coupled between a second side of the receive coil and ground; and

a receive switching circuit coupled to gates of the first transistor and the second transistor, the receive switching circuit adaptively switching the first transistor and the second transistor such that the receiver operates at a resonant frequency of the adaptive transmitter.

6. The wireless power receiver of claim 5, wherein:

the receive coil has an inner diameter, an outer diameter, and a thickness; and

the wireless power receiver is configured to power one or more sensors located within the inner diameter of the receive coil.

7. The wireless power receiver of claim 6, wherein the one or more sensors are thicker than the thickness of the receive coil.