Electronic apparatus and display apparatus, and method for operating apparatuses

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11088571-B2
Application number	US-201716318492-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 22, 2017
Priority date	Jul 18, 2016
Publication date	Aug 10, 2021
Grant date	Aug 10, 2021

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electronic apparatus and display apparatus, and method for driving the apparatuses, and the display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a resonance circuit unit for generating voltage by means of inductive electromotive force generated due to an external apparatus; a rectification unit for rectifying the output voltage of the resonance circuit unit; and a converter for outputting the rectified voltage of the rectification unit as the target voltage by varying duty on the basis of duty data and target voltage determined in accordance with the distance from the external apparatus.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display apparatus, comprising a wireless power receiver, the wireless power receiver including:
a coil configured to receive a high-frequency magnetic field generated by a wireless power transmission apparatus based on duty data of an inverter included in the wireless power transmission apparatus determined in accordance with a distance between the display apparatus and the wireless power transmission apparatus;
a rectifier configured to rectify an output of the coil;
a converter configured to:
receive an output of the rectifier,
generate a target voltage to output for use by the display apparatus based on the output received from the rectifier; and

a processor configured to:
compare an output of the converter and a predetermined value,
based on the distance between the display apparatus and the wireless power transmission apparatus being within a first distance, adjust a frequency and a duty of the converter to change an effective resistance value of a load resistance connected to the converter; and
based on the distance between the display apparatus and the wireless power transmission apparatus being within a second distance less than the first distance, transmit a request signal for changing an operating frequency of the inverter and a duty of the inverter, to the wireless power transmission apparatus.

2. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the inverter included in the wireless power transmission apparatus operates in a half-bridge method or in a small-gain topology method based on the distance between the display apparatus and the wireless power transmission apparatus being out of a predetermined distance, and operates in a full-bridge method or in a large-gain topology method based on the distance between the display apparatus and the wireless power transmission apparatus being within the predetermined distance.

3. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the converter comprises:
a half-bridge converter configured to operate in the half-bridge method; and
a full-bridge converter configured to operate in the full-bridge method.

4. An electronic apparatus, comprising:
an interface configured to receive an input signal and process the input signal, the input signal comprising at least one of a video signal or an audio signal;
an output configured to output the processed input signal to a display apparatus; and
a wireless power transmitter comprising:
an inverter configured to operate at an operating frequency determined in accordance with a distance between the electronic apparatus and the display apparatus and change a DC voltage input from an outside into an AC voltage; and
a coil configured to generate a high-frequency magnetic field using the AC voltage for use in generating an inductive electromotive force in the display apparatus,

wherein an operating frequency of the inverter and a duty of the inverter is changed according to a request signal received from the display apparatus based on the distance between the electronic apparatus and the display apparatus being within a predetermined distance.

5. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 4 , further comprising:
a processor configured to determine the distance during initial driving of the electronic apparatus, and operate the inverter at an operating frequency corresponding to the determine distance.

6. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the distance using a down-scanning method that reduces an operating frequency or an up-scanning method that increases an operating frequency.

7. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to determine a frequency corresponding to a peak of a resonance point based on a maximum current value sensed by using the up-scanning method, and determine a pre-stored operating frequency and a pre-stored duty corresponding to the determined frequency as an operating frequency of the inverter.

8. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the electronic apparatus performs down-scanning or up-scanning while a parallel capacitor is connected to a series resonance circuit of a power receiver included in the display apparatus to prevent a no-load condition of the power receiver.

9. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the electronic apparatus, during up-scanning, scans an input voltage of the inverter by applying a voltage lower than a voltage necessary for a maximum load operation reference of a power receiver included in the display apparatus, or by setting a duty of the inverter to a low level and lowering an effective input voltage of the inverter.

10. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the electronic apparatus performs an initial scanning operation in a state in which a switch between a receiver-converter included in the display apparatus and load is turned off, and performs normal wireless power transmission in a state in which the switch is turned on.

11. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 4 , further comprising:
a ZVS element provided between an output end of the inverter and a resonance coil, and configured to perform a zero voltage switching (ZVS) operation of a plurality of switching elements included in the inverter based on the distance between the display apparatus and the wireless power transmission apparatus exceeding a threshold value.

12. A method for driving a display apparatus, comprising:
receiving, by a coil of a wireless power receiver of the display apparatus, a high-frequency magnetic field generated by a wireless power transmission apparatus based on duty data of an inverter included in the wireless power transmission apparatus determined in accordance with a distance between the display apparatus and the wireless power transmission apparatus;
rectifying, by a rectifier of the wireless power receiver, a voltage generated by the coil;
receiving, by a converter of the wireless power receiver, an output of the rectifier;
generating, by the converter, a target voltage to output for use by the display apparatus based on the output received from the rectifier;
comparing, by the converter, an output of the converter and a predetermined value; and
based on the distance between the display apparatus and the wireless power transmission apparatus being within a first distance, adjusting a frequency and a duty of the converter to change an effective resistance value of a load resistance connected to the converter and
based on the distance between the display apparatus and the wireless power transmission apparatus being within a second distance less than the first distance, transmitting, a request signal for changing an operating frequency of the inverter and a duty of the inverter, to the wireless power transmission apparatus.

13. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the output is configured for wireless signal transmission.

14. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the output is configured for wired signal transmission.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
• Korea Advanced Inst Sci & Tech

Inventors

• Choi Young-Ho
• Rim Chun-Taek
• Lee Eun-Soo
• Park Young-Chan
• Lee Kyu-Sung
• Lim Sang-Min
• Choi Byeong-Guk
• Choi Jin-Soo
• Kim Ho-Jic

Classifications

• H02M1/08

  Circuits specially adapted for the generation of control voltages for semiconductor devices incorporated in static converters · CPC title

• H02M7/48

  using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode · CPC title

• H02M3/28

  using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC · CPC title

• G09G3/2096

  Details of the interface to the display terminal specific for a flat panel (suitable for both CRT and flat panel G09G5/006; specific for a CRT G09G1/167) · CPC title

• H02M1/083

  for the ignition at the zero crossing of the voltage or the current · CPC title