Wireless power transmission receiving circuit, communication method, and wireless power transmission system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11909229-B2
Application number	US-201917415731-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 5, 2019
Priority date	Dec 20, 2018
Publication date	Feb 20, 2024
Grant date	Feb 20, 2024

Abstract

A wireless power transmission system includes: an electrical energy-receiving oscillation circuit including an electrical energy-receiving coil L 2 and a compensation capacitor C 2 connected in series, the electrical energy-receiving coil L 2 sensing an alternating magnetic field and generating an induction current accordingly; a rectifier circuit connected to two ends of the electrical energy-receiving oscillation circuit; and a modulation circuit including multiple modulation sub-circuits, each of the modulation sub-circuits being separately connected to the electrical energy-receiving oscillation circuit, and the modulation circuit receiving a drive signal used to select a modulation sub-circuit matching a power level of a load of the wireless power transmission receiving circuit to operate, and the modulation sub-circuits receive, during a communication process, a communication signal and load the communication signal on a carrier signal to perform modulation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wireless power transmission receiving circuit, comprising:
an electrical energy-receiving oscillation circuit, comprising an electrical energy-receiving coil and a compensation capacitor connected in series, wherein the electrical energy-receiving coil is configured to induct an alternating magnetic field to generate an induction current;
a rectifier circuit, connected to a first and second end of the electrical energy-receiving oscillation circuit to rectify the induction current into a direct current, enabling the direct current to flow to a load;
a modulation circuit, comprising a plurality of modulation sub-circuits, wherein each of the plurality of modulation sub-circuits is respectively connected to the electrical energy-receiving oscillation circuit, the modulation circuit is configured to receive a drive signal to select a modulation sub-circuit corresponding to a power level of the load of the wireless power transmission receiving circuit for operation, and during communication, the modulation sub-circuit is configured to receive a communication signal and load the communication signal on a carrier signal for modulation,
wherein the carrier signal is provided by the electrical energy-receiving oscillation circuit.

2. The wireless power transmission receiving circuit according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the plurality of modulation sub-circuits comprises two modulation capacitors and a triode, the two modulation capacitors are connected in series and further connected to the electrical energy-receiving oscillation circuit in parallel,
a node between connected ends of the two modulation capacitors is connected to a collector of the triode, an emission set of the triode is connected to the ground, the drive signal and the communication signal are received by a base electrode of the triode;
two modulation capacitors of each of the modulation sub-circuits have a same capacitance value, and the two modulation capacitors of one of the plurality of the modulation sub-circuits are different from those of another one of the plurality of the modulation sub-circuits.

3. The wireless power transmission receiving circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the modulation circuit comprises a first modulation sub-circuit and a second modulation sub-circuit, the first modulation sub-circuit is configured to receive a first drive signal, and the second modulation sub-circuit is configured to receive a second drive signal;
when the power level of the load is a first level, the first drive signal is configured to drive the first modulation sub-circuit to operate; when the power level of the load is a second level, the second drive signal is configured to drive the second modulation sub-circuit to operate; when the power level of the load is a third level, the first drive signal is configured to drive the first modulation sub-circuit to operate and the second signal driving to drive the second modulation sub-circuit to operate.

4. The wireless power transmission receiving circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the rectifier circuit comprises:
a first rectifier sub-circuit, comprising two diodes connected in series, wherein a node between the two diodes of the first rectifier sub-circuit is connected to an output of the electrical energy-receiving oscillation circuit, and a first end of each of the two diodes is connected to two ends of the load respectively;
a second rectifier sub-circuit, comprising another two diodes connected in parallel, wherein a node between the another two diodes of the second rectifier sub-circuit is connected to the first end of the electrical energy-receiving oscillation circuit, and a second end of each of the another two diodes is connected to the two ends of the load respectively;
wherein one end of the load is connected to ground.

5. A wireless power transmission system comprising a wireless power transmission transmitter circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the wireless power transmission receiving circuit is configured to receive electrical energy transmitted from the wireless power transmission transmitter circuit.

6. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 5 , wherein the wireless power transmission transmitter circuit comprises:
an electrical energy-transmitting oscillation circuit, configured to receive the electrical energy to generate the alternating magnetic field to wirelessly charge the wireless power transmission receiving circuit;
a demodulation circuit, connected to the electrical energy-transmitting oscillation circuit, configured to demodulate the carrier signal of a electrical energy-transmitting circuit to acquire the communication signal;
a controller, electrically connected to the demodulation circuit, configured to receive the communication signal to adjust an output power of a power of the wireless power transmission transmitter circuit.

7. A communication method of a wireless power transmission receiving circuit comprising:
acquiring a current power level of the wireless power transmission receiving circuit; and
selecting one modulation sub-circuit or combination of a plurality of modulation sub-circuits corresponding to a power level of the wireless power transmission receiving circuit for operation based on the current power level of the wireless power transmission receiving circuit.

8. The communication method according to claim 7 , wherein the wireless power transmission receiving circuit comprises a first modulation sub-circuit and a second modulation sub-circuit, the first modulation sub-circuit is configured to receive a first drive signal, and the second modulation sub-circuit is configured to receive a second drive signal.

9. The communication method according to claim 8 , wherein the selecting of the one modulation sub-circuit or combination of a plurality of modulation sub-circuits corresponding to the power level of the wireless power transmission receiving circuit for operation based on the current power level of the wireless power transmission receiving circuit, comprises:
determining the current power level of the wireless power transmission receiving circuit being a first level, wherein the first drive signal is configured to drive the first modulation sub-circuit to operate.

10. The communication method according to claim 8 , wherein the selecting one modulation sub-circuit or combination of a plurality of modulation sub-circuits corresponding to the power level of the wireless power transmission receiving circuit for operation based on the current power level of the wireless power transmission receiving circuit, comprises:
determining the current power level of the wireless power transmission receiving circuit as a second level, wherein the second drive signal is configured to drive the second modulation sub-circuit to operate.

11. The communication method according to claim 8 , wherein the selecting one modulation sub-circuit or combination of a plurality of modulation sub-circuits corresponding to the power level of the wireless power transmission receiving circuit for operation based on the current power level of the wireless power transmission receiving circuit, comprises:
determining the current power level of the wireless power transmission receiving circuit as a third level, wherein the first drive signal is configured to drive the first modulation sub-circuit to operate and the second drive signal is configured to drive the second modulation sub-circuit to operate.

Assignees

• Guangdong Midea White Home Appliance Tech Innovation Center Co Ltd
• Midea Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Gu Shouliang
• Yin Kunren
• Zuo Yuanyang
• Yu Sanying
• Hou Junfeng

Classifications

• H02J50/80 Primary

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

• H02J50/12 Primary

  of the resonant type · CPC title

• H02J7/025

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H02J50/90

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