Wireless charging device, wireless charging system, and wireless charging method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021296937-A1
Application number	US-202117209310-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 23, 2021
Priority date	Mar 23, 2020
Publication date	Sep 23, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

The disclosure provides a wireless charging device including a metal frequency-selective box and an internal charging system disposed inside the metal frequency-selective box for wireless charging. The internal charging system includes a multi-antenna subsystem including N antenna units; N is an integer greater than 2, and the antenna units are dipole antennas, microstrip patch antennas, microstrip slot antennas, helical antennas, or dielectric resonator antennas. The N antenna units are evenly disposed, in a two-dimensional ring, on inner sides of four side faces of the metal frequency-selective box, or disposed on a three-dimensional curved surface of the entire inner side of the metal frequency-selective box. The device to be energized is disposed in the metal frequency-selective box and is surrounded by the N antenna units.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A wireless charging device, comprising:
1) a metal frequency-selective box; and 2) an internal charging system disposed inside the metal frequency-selective box for wireless charging equipment;
wherein:
the internal charging system comprises a multi-antenna subsystem comprising N antenna units; N is an integer greater than 2, and the antenna units are dipole antennas, microstrip patch antennas, microstrip slot antennas, helical antennas, or dielectric resonator antennas;
the N antenna units are evenly disposed, in a two-dimensional ring, on inner sides of four side faces of the metal frequency-selective box, or disposed on a three-dimensional curved surface of an inner side of the metal frequency-selective box; and
when in use, a device to be energized is disposed in the metal frequency-selective box and is surrounded by the N antenna units.

2 . The wireless charging device of claim 1 , wherein:
an operation and display panel is disposed on one side face or a top of the metal frequency-selective box; the N antenna units are polarized by linear polarization or circular polarization; the linear polarization comprises horizontal linear polarization, vertical linear polarization, and ±45° slant polarization; and the circular polarization comprises left-hand circular polarization and right-hand circular polarization; the multi-antenna subsystem further comprises a plurality of receiving-transmitting components; one receiving-transmitting component corresponds to one antenna unit to form an active antenna; each receiving-transmitting component comprises a receiving antenna unit and a transmitting antenna unit; a height direction of the metal frequency selective box is z-axis; receiving antenna units and transmitting antenna units are disposed on one plane, placed along the z-axis, with a distance of 120 mm between adjacent transmitting antenna units, and 16 antenna units form a square with sides of length 500 mm; and frequencies for the communication and data exchange of mobile devices to be energized with outside comprise 3G, 4G, 5G, WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS, the electromagnetic waves of which penetrates a band-pass frequency-selective network without hindrance, while the electromagnetic waves corresponding to a charging frequency fails to penetrate the band-pass frequency-selective network.

3 . A system, comprising:
the wireless charging device of claim 1 ; a wireless charging subsystem, the wireless charging subsystem comprising an information receiving module, configured to receive an amplitude and phase data of a reference signal at a charging frequency, the reference signal coming from the device to be charged, and an electromagnetic field forming module, configured to transmit a wireless charging signal to form a focused electromagnetic field through configuration of the amplitude and phase during signal transmission; and a mobile terminal subsystem, the mobile terminal subsystem comprising an information transmission module, configured to transmit the amplitude and phase data of the reference signal at the charging frequency, and an electromagnetic energy receiving module, configured to charge batteries of a mobile device by a receiving antenna and a rectification and output circuit.

4 . A wireless charging method using the wireless charging system of claim 3 , the method comprising:
transmitting, by a mobile device to be energized, amplitude and phase data of a reference signal at a charging frequency; receiving the amplitude and phase data of the reference signal at the charging frequency transmitted by the mobile device to be energized; transmitting a wireless charging signal to the mobile device to be energized, to form a focused electromagnetic field at the mobile device to be energized by the configuration of the amplitude and phase during the signal transmission; and charging the batteries of the mobile device to be energized by the receiving antenna and the rectification and output circuit of the mobile device to be energized; the mobile device to be energized transmits the reference signal at the charging frequency, receives reference signals for different antenna units in a multi-antenna subsystem, and calculates relative phase delay and amplitude information of a signal received by the antenna units based on the reference signals; according to the phase data of the reference signal received by an antenna unit, an initial phase for the feed of the antenna unit is set by the electromagnetic field forming module, and acquired phase delay data is converted into a phase lead of the same magnitude, so that the charging signals transmitted by the antenna units are superposed in-phase when reaching the mobile device to be energized; the amplitude at each antenna unit is controlled at the same amplitude as a received signal, or is divided into several levels and power is supplied at integral multiples according to a strength interval of the received signal.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein:
the phase and amplitude of the multi-antenna subsystem are fed, the signals transmitted by the antenna units are received when reaching the mobile device to be energized, and power is then rectified and output; and after the charging of the mobile device to be energized is completed, a confirmation signal is transmitted and the power supply is stopped upon receiving the confirmation signal, a prompt is displayed, and a charging process ends.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the wireless charging method further comprises: when the mobile device to be energized is configured to charge a plurality of mobile phones at the same time, the control system collects in sequence, for the antenna units of the multi-antenna subsystem, the phase and amplitude of the reference signals from the mobile phones in the receiving stage, and during the transmission, for the antenna units of the multi-antenna subsystem, directly magnifies the conjugate of the reference signals from the mobile phones by a certain multiple and then linearly superpose the signals; from the 1st to the Nth antenna unit, the reference signals for the 1st to the Mth mobile phone received in order are respectively:
S ij =A ij *exp(φ ij )
where S ij indicates that an i-th antenna receives the reference signal of a j-th mobile phone, i=1, . . . N; j=1, . . . M, A represents amplitude, and φ represents phase; during the transmission of each antenna unit, the power supply signal is:
P i =E*ΣA ij *exp(−φ ij )

where i=1, . . . N, E is a magnification multiple, Σ is a summation, which is a linear superposition operation, and a negative sign − indicates that a complex phase has been conjugated during the transmission.

Assignees

• Univ Electronic Sci & Tech China

Inventors

• Zong Xianzheng
• Nie Zaiping
• Xiong Wen
• Hu Jun
• Yang Shiwen
• Ye Xuyu
• Que Xiaofeng
• Chen Yongpin

Classifications

• H02J2105/44

  Portable electronic devices · CPC title

• H02J7/731

  specially adapted for holding portable devices containing batteries (H02J7/751 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

• H02J50/402

  the two or more transmitting or the two or more receiving devices being integrated in the same unit, e.g. power mats with several coils or antennas with several sub-antennas · CPC title

• H02J50/005

  Mechanical details of housing or structure aiming to accommodate the power transfer means, e.g. mechanical integration of coils, antennas or transducers into emitting or receiving devices · CPC title