Wireless power supply system for cooking appliance and cooking appliance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11478103-B2
Application number	US-201716630699-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 11, 2017
Priority date	Aug 25, 2017
Publication date	Oct 25, 2022
Grant date	Oct 25, 2022

Abstract

A wireless power supply system for a cooking appliance includes a power transmission device and a power reception device. The power transmission device includes a transmission coil and a coil driving circuit coupled to the transmission coil and configured to drive the transmission coil to generate an alternating electromagnetic field and vary a resonance voltage of the transmission coil. The power reception device includes a reception coil matching the transmission coil and configured to sense the alternating electromagnetic field to generate a varying induction voltage signal that varies according to the varying resonance voltage and a communication and demodulation circuit configured to demodulate the varying induction voltage signal to output demodulated data.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wireless power supply system for a cooking appliance comprising:
a power transmission device including:
a transmission coil;
a first control chip; and
a coil driving circuit coupled to the transmission coil and configured to be controlled by the first control chip to:
drive the transmission coil to generate an alternating electromagnetic field; and
vary a resonance voltage of the transmission coil; and

a power reception device including:
a second control chip;
a reception coil matching the transmission coil and configured to sense the alternating electromagnetic field to generate a varying induction voltage signal that varies according to the varying resonance voltage;
a communication and demodulation circuit configured to demodulate the varying induction voltage signal to output demodulated data; and

a voltage processing circuit coupled to the reception coil and configured to process the induction voltage signal to output a power supply for powering the second control chip and the communication and demodulation circuit
wherein the communication and demodulation circuit is further configured to output the demodulated data to the second control chip.

2. The wireless power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein the voltage processing circuit is further configured to output the power supply to a load provided in a pot cover of the cooking appliance.

3. The wireless power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the coil driving circuit includes:
a driving unit coupled to the first control chip; and
a bridge circuit coupled to the driving unit; and

the first control chip is further configured to adjust an output power of the bridge circuit by adjusting a duty ratio or a frequency of a control signal output to the driving unit, so as to control the coil driving circuit to vary the resonance voltage of the transmission coil.

4. The wireless power supply system according to claim 3 , wherein:
the bridge circuit includes a half-bridge circuit including:
a first switch transistor, a control terminal of the first switch transistor being connected with a first driving output terminal of the driving unit, and a first terminal of the first switch transistor being connected with a preset power supply; and
a second switch transistor, a control terminal of the second switch transistor being connected with a second driving output terminal of the driving unit, a first terminal of the second switch transistor being connected with a second terminal of the first switch transistor, and a second terminal of the second switch transistor being grounded; and

one end of the transmission coil is connected to a node between the first switch transistor and the second switch transistor via a first capacitor, and another end of the transmission coil is grounded.

5. The wireless power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein the voltage processing circuit includes:
a rectifier bridge, a first input terminal of the rectifier bridge being connected with one end of the reception coil via a capacitor, and a second input terminal of the rectifier bridge being connected with another end of the reception coil; and
a voltage stabilizer connected with a positive output terminal of the rectifier bridge and configured to output the voltage supply.

6. The wireless power supply system according to claim 5 , wherein:
an input terminal of the communication and demodulation circuit is connected with the other end of the reception coil;
an output terminal of the communication and demodulation circuit is connected with the second control chip; and
a power supply terminal of the communication and demodulation circuit is connected with an output terminal of the voltage stabilizer.

7. The wireless power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the power reception device further includes:
a power feedback circuit coupled to the reception coil via the first communication and demodulation circuit, and configured to detect an output power of the power reception device; and
an energy storage circuit coupled to the voltage processing circuit and the power feedback circuit, the energy storage circuit being configured to:
be charged by the power supply outputted by the voltage processing circuit; and
supply power to the power feedback circuit in response to a decrease of power supply outputted by the voltage processing circuit;

the communication and demodulation circuit is a first communication and demodulation circuit that is further configured to modulate the output power of the power reception device to apply a power modulation signal to the reception coil;
the power transmission device further includes a second communication and demodulation circuit coupled to the first control chip and the transmission coil, the second communication and demodulation circuit being configured to:
receive the power modulation signal from the transmission coil; and
demodulate the power modulation signal; and

the first control chip is further configured to adjust a transmission power of the power transmission device according to the demodulated power modulation signal.

8. The wireless power supply system according to claim 7 , wherein the energy storage circuit includes an energy storage capacitor or an energy storage battery.

9. The wireless power supply system according to claim 8 , wherein the energy storage circuit includes the energy storage capacitor, and a capacity of the energy storage capacitor is determined according to a power consumption of the power feedback circuit.

10. The wireless power supply system according to claim 7 , wherein the power reception device further includes a diode, an anode of the diode being connected with an output terminal of the voltage processing circuit, and a cathode of the diode being connected with the energy storage circuit.

11. The wireless power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission coil and the reception coil are equivalent in size and are arranged coaxially.

12. The wireless power supply system according to claim 11 , wherein a distance between the transmission coil and the reception coil is in a range of 0 to 50 cm.

13. The wireless power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the cooking appliance includes a pot cover and a pot body;
the power reception device is provided at the pot cover; and
the power transmission device is provided at the pot body.

14. A cooking appliance comprising:
a pot cover;
a pot body; and
a wireless power supply system including:
a power transmission device provided at pot body and including:
a transmission coil;
a first control chip; and
a coil driving circuit coupled to the transmission coil and configured to be controlled by the first control chip to:
drive the transmission coil to generate an alternating electromagnetic field; and
vary a resonance voltage of the transmission coil; and

a power reception device provided at the pot cover and including:
a second control chip;
a reception coil matching the transmission coil and configured to sense the alternating electromagnetic field to generate a varying induction voltage signal that varies according to the varying resonance voltage;
a communication and demodulation circuit configured to demodulate the varying induction voltage signal to output demodulated data; and
a voltage processing circuit coupled to the reception coil and configured to process the induction voltage signal to output a power supply for powering the second control chip and the communication and demodulation circuit
wherein the communication and demodulation

Assignees

• Foshan Shunde Midea Electrical Heating Appliances Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Fan
• Wang Yunfeng
• Jiang Deyong
• Lei Jun
• Liu Wenhua
• Huang Shufeng
• Zeng Lutian

Classifications

• H02J7/40

  characterised by the exchange of charge or discharge related data · CPC title

• A47J27/004 Primary

  with integral electrical heating means (drinking cups with integral heating means A47J36/2466) · CPC title

• H02J2207/20

  Charging or discharging characterised by the power electronics converter · CPC title

• H02J7/04

  Regulation of charging current or voltage · CPC title

• H02J7/34

  Parallel operation in networks using both storage and other DC sources, e.g. providing buffering (H02J7/14 takes precedence) · CPC title