WIRELESS POWER RECEPTION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME
A wireless power reception device includes a first resonant circuit having a first resonant frequency; a second resonant circuit connected in parallel with the first resonant circuit and having a second resonant frequency; and a rectifier configured to receive power received wirelessly by either one or both of the first resonant circuit and the second resonant circuit to output a charging current.
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This application is a Continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 14/695,217, filed on Apr. 24, 2015, which claims the benefit under 35 USC 119(a) of Korean Patent Application Nos. 10-2014-0052696 filed on Apr. 30, 2014 and 10-2014-0120459 filed on Sep. 11, 2014, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.
BACKGROUND 1. FieldThis application relates to a wireless power reception device and an electronic device including the same.
2. Description of Related ArtWireless power transfer technologies have the potential to be extensively applied to a wide range of communications devices, including smartphones and home appliances, and are expected to be applied to the charging of electric vehicles in the future, and as such, the wireless power transfer technologies have a very wide field of utilization.
As types of wireless power transfer technologies, magnetic inductive coupling and magnetic resonant coupling have been developed. Magnetic inductive coupling in compliance with the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) standard uses a frequency ranging from 110 kHz to 205 kHz, while magnetic resonance coupling in compliance with the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) standard uses a frequency of 6.78 MHz.
Recently, a scheme in which inductive coupling and magnetic resonance coupling are integrated has also been developed. For example, a technique of performing a magnetic resonance operation in an inductive coupling scheme using a frequency ranging from 110 kHz to 205 kHz to thus realize remote wireless charging has been developed.
However, the use of inductive coupling makes it difficult to perform remote wireless charging, and the use of magnetic resonance coupling leads to relatively complicated circuits, and since a single resonant frequency is fixed, there are limitations on wireless power reception.
In addition, various schemes for wireless power reception using a variety of resonant frequencies have been proposed, but related art techniques use a switch for selecting a resonant frequency, and thus need a control circuit for controlling the switch, making circuits complicated, which may be somewhat technically infeasible.
SUMMARYThis Summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in a simplified form that are further described below in the Detailed Description. This Summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subject matter.
In one general aspect, a wireless power reception device includes a first resonant circuit having a first resonant frequency; a second resonant circuit connected in parallel with the first resonant circuit and having a second resonant frequency; and a rectifier configured to rectify power received wirelessly by either one or both of the first resonant circuit and the second resonant circuit to output a charging current.
The first resonant circuit and the second resonant circuit may be directly connected to each other.
The first resonant circuit and the second resonant circuit may be connected to each other without a switch.
The power may be received wirelessly by the first resonant circuit and supplied to the rectifier in response to a frequency of the power being the first resonant frequency due to the second resonant circuit having a high impedance at the first resonant frequency relative to an impedance of the first resonant circuit at the first resonant frequency, and the power may be received wirelessly by the second resonant circuit and supplied to the rectifier in response to the frequency of the power being the second resonant frequency due to the first resonant circuit having a high impedance at the second resonant frequency relative to an impedance of the second resonant circuit at the second resonant frequency.
The first resonant circuit may include a first capacitor; and a first coil connected in series with the first capacitor.
The second resonant circuit may include a second capacitor; and a second coil connected in series with the second capacitor.
The second resonant frequency may be greater than or equal to five times the first resonant frequency.
The first resonant frequency may be a Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) standard frequency or a Power Matters Alliance (PMA) standard frequency, and the second resonant frequency may be an Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) standard frequency.
In another general aspect, a wireless power reception device includes a printed circuit board (PCB), and the PCB includes a first region in which a rectifier is disposed; and a second region in which a first coil, a second coil, a first capacitor, and a second capacitor are disposed; wherein one end of the first coil is connected to the rectifier and another end of the first coil is connected to the first capacitor, one end of the first capacitor is connected to the first coil and another end of the first capacitor is connected to the rectifier, one end of the second coil is connected to the rectifier and another end of the second coil is connected to the second capacitor, one end of the second capacitor is connected to the second coil and another end of the second capacitor is connected to the rectifier, and the first coil and the first capacitor connected to each other are connected in parallel with the second coil and the second capacitor connected to each other.
The first capacitor and the second capacitor may be embedded in the second region of the PCB.
The first coil and the second coil may be disposed on a same surface of the second region of the PCB.
The first coil may be disposed inside an inner periphery of the second coil.
The second coil may be disposed outside the first coil.
The first coil may be disposed on one surface of the second region of the PCB, and the second coil may be disposed on another surface of the second region of the PCB.
A second resonant frequency determined by the second coil and the second capacitor may be greater than or equal to five times a first resonant frequency determined by the first coil and the first capacitor.
A first resonant frequency determined by the first coil and the first capacitor may be a Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) standard frequency or a Power Matters Alliance (PMA) standard frequency, and a second resonant frequency determined by the second coil and the second capacitor may be an Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) standard frequency.
In another general aspect, a wireless power reception device includes a printed circuit board (PCB), and the PCB includes a first region in which a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and a rectifier are disposed; and a second region in which a first coil and a second coil are disposed; wherein one end of the first coil is connected to the rectifier and another end of the first coil is connected to the first capacitor, one end of the first capacitor is connected to the first coil and another end of the first capacitor is connected to the rectifier, one end of the second coil is connected to the rectifier and another end of the second coil is connected to the second capacitor, one end of the second capacitor is connected to the second coil and another end of the second capacitor is connected to the rectifier, and the first coil and the first capacitor are connected to each other are connected in parallel with the second coil and the second capacitor connected to each other.
The first coil and the second coil may be disposed on a same surface of the PCB.
The first coil may be disposed on one surface of the PCB, and the second coil may be disposed on another surface of the PCB.
A second resonant frequency determined by the second coil and the second capacitor may be greater than or equal to five times a first resonant frequency determined by the first coil and the first capacitor.
A first resonant frequency determined by the first coil and the first capacitor may be a Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) standard frequency or a Power Matters Alliance (PMA) standard frequency, and a second resonant frequency determined by the second coil and the second capacitor may be an Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) standard frequency.
In another general aspect, an electronic device includes a first resonant circuit having a first resonant frequency; a second resonant circuit connected in parallel with the first resonant circuit and having a second resonant frequency; a rectifier configured to rectify power received wirelessly by either one or both of the first resonant circuit and the second resonant circuit to output a charging current; and a battery configured to receive the charging current to be charged by the charging current.
The first resonant circuit may include a first capacitor; and a first coil connected in series with the first capacitor.
The second resonant circuit may include a second capacitor; and a second coil connected in series with the second capacitor.
The second resonant frequency may be greater than or equal to five times the first resonant frequency.
The first resonant frequency may be a Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) standard frequency or a Power Matters Alliance (PMA) standard frequency, and the second resonant frequency may be an Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) standard frequency.
In another general aspect, a wireless power reception device includes a receiver including a plurality of resonant circuits each having a different resonant frequency, the receiver being configured to automatically activate one of the resonant circuits having a resonant frequency equal to a frequency of power being wirelessly transmitted without using a switch to wirelessly receive the power; and a rectifier configured to rectify the power received by the receiver to output a charging current.
Each of the resonant circuits may include a coil and a capacitor connected in series with each other.
The resonant circuits may be directly connected in parallel with each other without being connected through any switch.
Each of the resonant circuits except the resonant circuit having the resonant frequency equal to the frequency of the power being wirelessly transmitted may have an impedance at the resonant frequency of the power being wirelessly transmitted that is sufficiently high that essentially none of the power being wirelessly transmitted is received by any of the resonant circuits except the resonant circuit having the resonant frequency equal to the frequency of the power being wirelessly transmitted.
Other features and aspects will be apparent from the following detailed description, the drawings, and the claims.
The following detailed description is provided to assist the reader in gaining a comprehensive understanding of the methods, apparatuses, and/or systems described herein. However, various changes, modifications, and equivalents of the methods, apparatuses and/or systems described herein will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art. The sequences of operations described herein are merely examples, and are not limited to those set forth herein, but may be changed as will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art, with the exception of operations necessarily occurring in a certain order. Also, descriptions of functions and constructions that are well known to one of ordinary skill in the art may be omitted for increased clarity and conciseness.
Throughout the drawings and the detailed description, the same reference numerals refer to the same elements. The leftmost digit or digits of a reference numeral identify the figure in which the reference numeral first appears. The drawings may not be to scale, and the relative size, proportions, and depiction of elements in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity, illustration, and convenience.
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Accordingly, the receiver 10 may wirelessly receive two types of power having two different resonant frequencies transmitted from two different transmitters through two respective resonance operations. The resonant frequencies fr1 and fr2 may satisfy a relational expression of fr1<<fr2.
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The rectifier 20 rectifies the power received wirelessly by the receiver 10 to convert the received power into direct current (DC) power. The rectifier 20 may step up or step down a voltage of the DC power depending on the power requirements of a device to be powered by the wireless power reception device 100 according to circumstances.
The battery 200 receives the DC power from the rectifier 20 and stores energy from the DC power.
In one example, the electronic device including the wireless power reception device 100 performs various operations using energy stored in the battery 200. For example, the electronic device may be any of various types of a portable terminal, such as a smartphone, a tablet PC, a notebook computer, or a personal digital assistant (PDA) that may perform various operations such as a voice call, wireless Internet access, and any other operation known to one of ordinary skill in the art that may be performed by a portable terminal.
In another example, the electronic device including the wireless power reception device 100 is a power supply device including the wireless power reception device 100 and the battery 200 that may be charged with power wirelessly transmitted from an external power source, and supply power to an external device.
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In one example, the first resonant frequency fr1 and the second resonant frequency fr2 are resonant frequencies complying with different wireless power transmission standards. For example, the first resonant frequency fr1 may comply with the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) standard or the Power Matters Alliance (PMA) standard, and the second resonant frequency fr2 may comply with the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) standard. The WPC standard frequency ranges from 110 kHz to 205 kHz, the PMA standard frequency ranges from 277 kHz to 357 kHz, and the A4WP standard frequency is 6.78 MHz. Thus, the wireless power reception device 100 is able to receive power wirelessly according to various standards without controlling a switch to select a resonant frequency.
When the power having the first resonant frequency fr1 is received wirelessly, an operation of the wireless power reception device 100 will be described with reference to
As described above,
and fr1<<fr2.
When power having the first resonant frequency fr1 is received wirelessly, an impedance ω1·L2 of the second coil L2 (ω1=2π·fr1) at the first resonant frequency fr1 is low enough to be ignored compared with an impedance
of the second capacitor C2 at the first resonant frequency fr1. Thus, the second coil L2 and the second capacitor C2 of
Also, when power having the first resonant frequency fr1 is received wirelessly, a combined impedance of the first coil L1 and the first capacitor C1 has a very low value (ideally, 0), and thus the impedance of the second capacitor C2 has a very high value compared to the combined impedance of the first coil L1 and the first capacitor C1. Thus, the second capacitor C2 connected in parallel with the first coil L1 and the first capacitor C1 may be considered to be an open circuit, so that the second capacitor C2 does not affect the resonant circuit of the first coil L1 and the first capacitor C1.
Thus, when the power having the first resonant frequency fr1 is received wirelessly, the receiver 10 of wireless power reception device 100 may be considered to include only the first coil L1 and the first capacitor C1, so that the receiver 10 is able to receive the power having the first resonant frequency fr1 wirelessly through a resonance operation.
When the power having the second resonant frequency fr2 is received wirelessly, an operation of the wireless power reception device 100 will be described with reference to
As described above,
and fr1<<fr2.
When the power having the second resonant frequency fr2 is received wirelessly, an impedance
of the first capacitor C1 (ω2=2π·fr2) at the second resonant frequency fr2 is low enough to be ignored compared with an impedance ω2. L1 of the first coil L1 at the second resonant frequency fr2. Thus, the first coil L1 and the first capacitor C1 of
Also, when the power having the second resonant frequency fr2 is received wirelessly, a combined impedance of the second coil L2 and the second capacitor C2 has a very low value (ideally, 0), and thus, the impedance of the first coil L1 has a relatively high value compared to the combined impedance of the second coil L2 and the second capacitor C2. Thus, the first coil L1 connected in parallel with the second coil L2 and the second capacitor C2 may be considered to be an open circuit, so that first coil L1 does not affect the resonant circuit of the second coil L2 and the second capacitor C2.
Thus, when the power having the second resonant frequency fr2 is received wirelessly, the receiver 10 of the wireless power reception device 100 may be considered to be configured to include only the second coil L2 and the second capacitor C2, and so that the receiver 10 is able to receive the power having the second resonant frequency fr2 wirelessly through a resonance operation.
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In this example, the rectifier 20 (see
The first coil L1 and the second coil L2 of the receiver 10 (see
The first capacitor C1 and the second capacitor C2 of the receiver 10 (see
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Alternatively, the first capacitor C1 and the second capacitor C2 may be disposed in the first region 40 rather than in the second region 50.
In the example in
Alternatively, in the example in
The first capacitor C1 and the second capacitor C2 may be disposed in the first region 40 or the second region 50, and in the case in which the first capacitor C1 and the second capacitor C2 are disposed in the second region 50, the first capacitor C1 and the second capacitor C2 may be embedded within the PCB as illustrated in
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In addition, the wireless power reception device 100, may be integrally formed with the battery 200, or may be integrally formed with the electronic device 300.
The wireless power reception device 100 including two coils and two capacitors has been described above as an example, but the number of coils and capacitors may be three or more to enable the wireless power reception device 100 to wirelessly receive three or more types of power having three or more different resonant frequencies through three or more different respective resonance operations.
In the examples of the wireless power reception device 100 described above, a series-connected circuit of a coil and a capacitor having a resonant frequency equal to a frequency of power being wirelessly transmitted is automatically activated among a plurality of series-connected circuits of coils and capacitor without the need of switches for selecting one of the plurality of series-connected circuits of coils and capacitors, and the power wirelessly received by the activated series-connected circuit of the coil and the capacitor is supplied to a rectifier.
The examples of the wireless power reception device and the electronic device described above enable remote wireless charging at various resonant frequencies. For example, by using the wireless power reception device capable of wirelessly receiving power having various resonant frequencies from various transmitters, flexibility in the use of the wireless power reception device may be secured. Also, since the wireless power reception device includes only coils and capacitors without switches to select the coils and capacitors, the circuit configuration of the wireless power reception device may be simplified.
While this disclosure includes specific examples, it will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made in these examples without departing from the spirit and scope of the claims and their equivalents. For example, suitable results may be achieved if the described techniques are performed in a different order, and/or if components in a described system, architecture, device, or circuit are combined in a different manner, and/or replaced or supplemented by other components or their equivalents. Therefore, the scope of the disclosure is defined not by the detailed description, but by the claims and their equivalents, and all variations within the scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included in the disclosure.
Claims
1. A wireless power reception device comprising:
- a first resonant circuit having a first resonant frequency and configured to supply a first power to a rectifier; and
- a second resonant circuit connected having a second resonant frequency, and configured to supply a second power to the rectifier,
- wherein the rectifier is configured to rectify either one or both of the first power and the second power to output a charging current, and
- the first resonant frequency and the second frequency are used in different standards, respectively.
2. The wireless power reception device of claim 1, wherein the second resonant frequency is greater than or equal to five times the first resonant frequency.
3. The wireless power reception device of claim 1, wherein the first resonant frequency is a Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) standard frequency or a Power Matters Alliance (PMA) standard frequency, and
- the second resonant frequency is an Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) standard frequency.
4. The wireless power reception device of claim 1, wherein the first resonant circuit is connected in parallel with the second resonant circuit.
5. The wireless power reception device of claim 4, wherein the first resonant circuit and the second resonant circuit are directly connected to each other.
6. The wireless power reception device of claim 4, wherein the first resonant circuit and the second resonant circuit are connected to each other without a switch.
7. A wireless power reception device comprising:
- a first resonant circuit configured to receive a first power which is wirelessly transmitted according to a first standard;
- a second resonant circuit configured to receive a second power which is wirelessly transmitted according to a second standard different from the first standard; and
- a rectifier configured to rectify either one or both of the first power and second power to output a charging current.
8. The wireless power reception device of claim 7, wherein a frequency of the second power is greater than or equal to five times a frequency of the first power.
9. The wireless power reception device of claim 7, wherein the first power is received by the first resonant circuit and supplied to the rectifier in response to a frequency of the first power being a first resonant frequency due to the second resonant circuit having a high impedance at the first resonant frequency relative to an impedance of the first resonant circuit at the first resonant frequency, and
- the second power is received wirelessly by the second resonant circuit and supplied to the rectifier in response to the frequency of the second power being a second resonant frequency due to the first resonant circuit having a high impedance at the second resonant frequency relative to an impedance of the second resonant circuit at the second resonant frequency.
10. The wireless power reception device of claim 7, wherein the first standard is a Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) standard or a Power Matters Alliance (PMA) standard, and
- the second standard is an Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) standard.
11. An electronic device comprising:
- a first resonant circuit having a first resonant frequency and configured to supply a first power to a rectifier; and
- a second resonant circuit connected having a second resonant frequency, and configured to supply a second power to the rectifier; and
- a battery configured to receive a charging current to be charged by the charging current,
- wherein the rectifier is configured to rectify either one or both of the first power and the second power to output the charging current, and
- the first resonant frequency and the second frequency are used in different standards, respectively.
12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the second resonant frequency is greater than or equal to five times the first resonant frequency.
13. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the first resonant frequency is a Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) standard frequency or a Power Matters Alliance (PMA) standard frequency, and
- the second resonant frequency is an Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) standard frequency.
14. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the first resonant circuit is connected in parallel with the second resonant circuit.
15. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the first resonant circuit and the second resonant circuit are directly connected to each other.
16. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the first resonant circuit and the second resonant circuit are connected to each other without a switch.
Type: Application
Filed: Jan 25, 2018
Publication Date: May 31, 2018
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. (Suwon-si)
Inventors: In Wha JEONG (Suwon-si), Hugh KIM (Suwon-si), Dae Hun KIM (Suwon-si)
Application Number: 15/880,150