Control method of a minimum power input

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11569696-B2
Application number	US-202117334058-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 28, 2021
Priority date	Mar 5, 2021
Publication date	Jan 31, 2023
Grant date	Jan 31, 2023

Abstract

A control method of a minimum power input applicable to a wireless power transfer system including a power transmission unit and at least one power receiving unit is provided. The power transmission unit is electrically connected with a control voltage signal and an input voltage signal and accordingly generates the minimum power input. The power transmission unit transmits the minimum power input wirelessly through a wireless transmission to the at least one power receiving unit for receiving. By adjusting the input voltage signal, the duty ratio and resonant frequency of the control voltage signal, the present invention ensures an optimal power transmission efficiency of the wireless power transmission system. Moreover, parameters of a charge pump reservoir and gate driving circuit can be further designed in view of the trend feedback of its gate drive waveforms so as to optimize the effect of the proposed invention.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control method of a minimum power input, applicable to a wireless power transfer system including a power transmission unit and at least one power receiving unit, wherein the power transmission unit is electrically connected with a control voltage signal and an input voltage signal and accordingly generates the minimum power input, and wherein the power transmission unit transmits the minimum power input wirelessly to the at least one power receiving unit for receiving, the control method comprising: measuring a distance, which is between the power transmission unit and the at least one power receiving unit and obtaining the distance;
measuring the input voltage signal and determining the input voltage signal based on the distance and a number of the at least one power receiving unit;
computing a power input curve based on the input voltage signal and determining a minimum value of the power input curve, wherein the minimum value correlates with a specific resonant frequency and a specific duty ratio of the control voltage signal;
measuring the specific duty ratio and the specific resonant frequency of the control voltage signal and retrieving the specific duty ratio and the specific resonant frequency sequentially which are corresponding to the minimum value; and
inputting the control voltage signal having the specific duty ratio and the specific resonant frequency into the power transmission unit, such that the power transmission unit accordingly generates the minimum power input which is received sufficiently by the at least one power receiving unit, wherein the power transmission unit comprises a gate driving circuit, a pair of tuning resistor, a charge pump reservoir, a switching component and an amplifier circuit, the gate driving circuit receives the control voltage signal, the pair of tuning resistor is connected between the gate driving circuit and the charge pump reservoir, the switching component is connected with the charge pump reservoir and the amplifier circuit, and wherein when the gate driving circuit receives the control voltage signal having the specific duty ratio and the specific resonant frequency, and the amplifier circuit receives the input voltage signal, the minimum power input is accordingly generated at an output terminal of the amplifier circuit through turning on and turning off of the switching component.

2. The control method of the minimum power input of claim 1 , wherein the wireless power transfer system includes a plurality of the at least one power receiving unit, and the minimum power input is transmitted wirelessly to the plurality of the at least one power receiving unit for being received and used sufficiently by the plurality of the at least one power receiving unit.

3. The control method of the minimum power input of claim 1 , wherein the switching component is a GaN high electron mobility transistor (GaN HEMT).

4. The control method of the minimum power input of claim 1 , wherein the amplifier circuit is a class E amplifier circuit.

5. The control method of the minimum power input of claim 4 , wherein the class E amplifier circuit comprises a capacitor, a first inductor, a second inductor and a load resistor, a node is configured between the switching component, the first inductor and the capacitor, another end of the first inductor which is opposite to the node is connected with the input voltage signal, another end of the capacitor which is opposite to the node is connected with the second inductor, and the second inductor is further connected to the load resistor, such that the minimum power input is accordingly generated at the output terminal which is located between the second inductor and the load resistor.

6. The control method of the minimum power input of claim 5 , wherein the switching component is a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET), a drain electrode of the MOSFET is connected to the node, a gate electrode of the MOSFET is connected to the charge pump reservoir and a source electrode of the MOSFET is connected to ground.

7. The control method of the minimum power input of claim 1 , when determining the minimum value, further comprising:
providing a plurality of transmission power successively to the at least one power receiving unit for receiving; and
finding out a minimum of the plurality of transmission power which is sufficient for the at least one power receiving unit to receive and considering the minimum as the minimum value.

8. The control method of the minimum power input of claim 1 , wherein the pair of tuning resistor comprises a first resistor and a second resistor which are connected in parallel, and the control method further comprises designing the charge pump reservoir in view of parameters of the first resistor and the second resistor so as to accordingly generate the minimum power input.

9. The control method of the minimum power input of claim 8 , wherein the gate driving circuit at least comprises a PMOS and an NMOS which are connected in series, the first resistor is connected between a drain electrode of the PMOS and the charge pump reservoir, and the second resistor is connected between a drain electrode of the NMOS and the charge pump reservoir.

Assignees

• National Yang Ming Chiao Tung Univ

Inventors

• Chieng Wei-Hua
• Chang Edward Yi
• Cheng Stone
• Jeng Shyr-Long
• Tang Newton
• Wu Chih-Chiang
• Liu Ching-Yao
• Wang Kuo-Bin

Classifications

• H02J50/40

  using two or more transmitting or receiving devices (H02J50/50 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02J50/90 Primary

  involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment · CPC title

• H03F3/2176 Primary

  Class E amplifiers · CPC title

• H03F3/193

  with field-effect devices (H03F3/195 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02J50/80

  involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices · CPC title