1443 results about "Wireless power transfer" patented technology

An apparatus for use in a magnetic induction wireless power transfer system comprises at least one booster coil positioned adjacent an active coil of a magnetic induction wireless power transfer system and a capacitor electrically connected to the booster coil. A capacitance of the capacitor is selected such that a current in the booster coil is approximately equal to a current in the active coil during wireless power transfer. The apparatus may comprise at least one shielding coil positioned adjacent an active coil of a magnetic induction wireless power transfer system, a capacitor electrically connected to the shielding coil, and a conductor positioned adjacent the shielding coil opposite the active coil. The conductor encompasses the shielding coil.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. For instance, a first wireless device may transmit, to a second wireless device, a first signal for probing an energy state of the second wireless device. The first wireless device may monitor for a second, backscattered signal indicating the energy state of the second wireless device and may transmit, to the second wireless device, an indication of resources for harvesting energy based on monitoring for the second, backscattered signal. The first wireless device may transmit, to the second wireless device and over the resources, a third signal distinct from the first signal and associated with harvesting energy.

A wireless power transmission apparatus for induction heating includes: a working coil configured to change operation based on selection of a mode of operation from among a plurality of operating modes, the plurality of operating modes including a wireless power transmission mode configured to wirelessly transmit power and a heating mode configured to heat one or more objects, an inverter configured to output, to the working coil, current at an operation frequency, and a controller. The controller is configured to calculate an eccentricity degree between the working coil and a reception coil of a target object, and control, in the wireless power transmission mode, the operation frequency based on the calculated eccentricity degree while performing wireless power transmission to the target object.

The present disclosure relates to a device and method for controlling transmission of power in a wireless power transmitting system. The present specification discloses a wireless power transmitting method comprising the steps of: performing a digital ping on each of a plurality of coil combinations formed from a plurality of primary coils; receiving a signal intensity packet of each of the coil combinations from the wireless power receiving device; and forming the magnetic coupling by operating a coil combination selected on the basis of the signal intensity packet, and transmitting wireless power to the wireless power receiving device on the basis of the magnetic coupling. Therefore, an optimal multi-coil can be rapidly selected according to the location of the wireless power receiving device.

A wireless power transmission method executed by a power transmitter comprising multi-coils, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: detecting a second power receiver while transmitting power to a first power receiver; determining at least one primary coil adequate for power transmission; by using the determined at least one primary coil, determining whether the second power receiver supports a shared mode protocol; and if the second power receiver supports the shared mode protocol, transmitting power to the first and second power receivers according to the shared mode protocol, wherein the shared mode protocol may be a protocol for simultaneously managing information exchanges between the power transmitter and multiple power receivers.

A wireless power transfer (WPT) device includes a polyphase coil network comprising a plurality of phases for transfer of high-frequency AC power, each one of the plurality of phases comprising a phase coil, wherein the polyphase coil network is configured to operate in a polyphase configuration to enable transfer of polyphase high-frequency AC power with a mating WPT device operating in a polyphase mode; and operate in a single phase interoperability configuration to enable transfer of single phase high-frequency AC power with a mating WPT device operating in a single phase mode.

A wireless power transmission method executed by a power transmitter comprising multi-coils, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: detecting a second power receiver while transmitting power to a first power receiver; determining at least one primary coil adequate for power transmission; by using the determined at least one primary coil, determining whether the second power receiver supports a shared mode protocol; and if the second power receiver supports the shared mode protocol, transmitting power to the first and second power receivers according to the shared mode protocol, wherein the shared mode protocol may be a protocol for simultaneously managing information exchanges between the power transmitter and multiple power receivers.

A wireless charging system may include a wireless power receiving device that receives wireless power signals from a wireless power transmitting device. The wireless power transmitting device may transmit efficiency information to the wireless power receiving device. The wireless power receiving device may update a wireless power delivery parameter based on the received efficiency information.

The invention discloses a wireless power transmission coil optimization method and a related system, which can realize automation of coil structure parameters and multi-target global optimization by acquiring a coil geometric parameter space, constructing a comprehensive optimization function and performing iterative search in the coil geometric parameter space. The problems that in traditional design, the number of simulation iterations is large, design efficiency is low, local optimum is prone to occurring, and multiple performance indexes are difficult to balance are effectively solved, coil design efficiency and precision are remarkably improved, and dependence on artificial experience is reduced. Therefore, the number of manual intervention and simulation is remarkably reduced, the coil design efficiency is improved, and the prototype development period of the WPT system is shortened. Besides, iterative search is carried out in the parameter space, so that the whole design space can be effectively explored, a locally optimal solution trap can be jumped out, and a globally optimal or approximately globally optimal coil structure parameter combination can be obtained more possibly.

Provided herein are reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) including a surface, a source tile positioned on or proximate a first side of the surface and including a source power layer including a power amplifier and a transmitter coil configured to generate an electromagnetic field and a radio frequency (RF) layer configured to receive power from the source electromagnetic field, and a patch antenna grid for reflecting a RF signal, and a plurality of extender tiles positioned on or proximate the first side of the surface, the extender tiles each including an extender power layer including a passive transceiver coil for receiving the source electromagnetic field and relaying the source electromagnetic field as an extender electromagnetic field and an extender RF layer configured to receive power from the extender electromagnetic field, and an extender patch antenna grid for reflecting at least one of the RF signal or a second RF signal.

The invention provides a method for extracting equivalent parameters of a cavity resonant wireless power transmission system. The method comprises the following steps: S1, acquiring system input impedance spectrum data; s2, taking the input impedance spectrum data of the system as input, and utilizing a trained LSTM regression model to obtain a preliminary predicted value of an equivalent parameter of the system; s3, based on the preliminary prediction value of the equivalent parameters of the system, performing regression fitting by adopting a nonlinear fitting algorithm to obtain an accurate value of the equivalent parameters of the system; the system equivalent parameters comprise cavity internal resistance and cavity equivalent inductance of the resonant cavity and a mutual inductance value between the coil and the resonant cavity. The method has the advantages that equivalent parameters of the cavity resonant wireless power transmission system in all current mainstream modes can be effectively extracted; the NLS algorithm is prevented from convergence failure or falling into local optimum due to the fact that an initial value seriously deviates from a real value, and the fitting precision and stability are extremely high.

A device for transmission of wireless power according to an embodiment of the present specification comprises: a power conversion circuit for transmitting the wireless power to a wireless power receiving device; and a communication / control circuit for communicating with the wireless power receiving device and controlling the wireless power, wherein the communication / control circuit transmits a response to a reception data packet received from the wireless power receiving device or a transmission data packet transmitted to the wireless power receiving device on the basis of a timeout period, and the timeout period is changed according to a communication speed between the communication / control circuit and the wireless power receiving device.

The invention discloses a laser wireless energy transfer dynamic MPPT control method based on an RL-PSO hybrid algorithm and a reconfigurable array system, and aims to solve the problems of power oscillation and mismatch loss caused by light spot offset of a photovoltaic array under laser dynamic irradiation. According to the method, reinforcement learning (RL) and particle swarm optimization (PSO) are fused, dynamic parameters such as the light spot moving speed and irradiance are sensed in real time through the RL, the inertia weight and learning factors of the PSO are adjusted in a self-adaptive mode, and collaborative optimization of global search and local tracking is achieved. According to the system level, a reconfigurable photovoltaic array is designed, and according to data of a light spot position sensor, battery series-parallel topology is dynamically adjusted through a switch matrix, and current matching is optimized. According to the method, double-loop control is adopted, wherein an outer-layer RL decision module dynamically switches PSO working modes according to the environment, and an inner-layer PSO module optimizes the working voltage. The system efficiency in a dynamic scene can be improved by 15%-30%, mismatch loss is reduced by 40% or above, and the method is suitable for unsteady-state energy supply scenes such as unmanned aerial vehicles and mobile robots.

A coil assembly for wireless electrical power transmission includes a plurality of external connecting terminals, a power feeding coil, a resonant capacitor electrically connecting with the power feeding coil, and busbars each of which electrically connects between the external connecting terminals.

A method for estimating friendly metal losses associated with wireless power transfer from a wireless power transmitter to a wireless power receiver can include obtaining an indication of received power including rectifier voltage and rectifier current of the wireless power receiver and computing a friendly metal power loss based on the indication of rectifier voltage and rectifier current of the wireless power receiver and one or more coefficients corresponding to a baseline wireless power transmission between the wireless power transmitter and the wireless power receiver. The rectifier voltage can be a rectifier output voltage, and the rectifier current can be a rectifier output current. Computing the friendly metal power loss can use an equation having a formPl⁢o⁢s⁢s=a·IT⁢X2+b·Irect2+c·Vrect2,where b is a coefficient relating to the rectifier current, c is a coefficient relating to the rectifier voltage, a is a coefficient relating to transmitter current ITX.

A power transmitter (101) provides wireless power transfer to a power receiver (105) via a wireless inductive power transfer signal. The power transmitter (101) comprises transmitter coil (203) for generating the power transfer signal and a driver (201) generating a drive signal for this. A communicator (207) communicates with the power receiver (105) via a communication channel that does not use the power transfer signal as a communication carrier. A power loop controller (205) implements a power control loop by adapting a power level of the power transfer signal in response to power control error messages received from the power receiver (105). A generator (209) introduces a power level variation sequence to the power transfer signal and a validity detector (211) detects data received by the communicator (207) to be invalid data for the power transfer in response to a comparison of the power level variation sequence and power change requests of the power control error messages.

An efficiently compensated Inductive Wireless Power Transfer (IWPT) system, comprising an LCT having a primary side and a secondary side; an inverter that converts the input DC power to AC power at a predetermined operating frequency, the output of the inverter is being connected to the self-inductance of the primary side of the LCT via a compensation network consisting of a combination of capacitors and at least one inductor and residing solely at the primary side; a rectifier for converting AC power, induced at the secondary side of the LCT, to DC power, the input of the rectifier is being connected to the self-inductance of the secondary side of the LCT; a load being connected to the output of the rectifier; a DC power supply for feeding DC power to the input of the inverter and generating an induced power that is fed to the load.

A wireless power transmitter (WPT) 12 can include WPT circuitry having a wireless WPT coil 36 that transmits wireless power signals; and control circuitry 16 coupled to the WPT circuitry that: measures a present value of a first function of quality factor and resonant frequency of the wireless power transmitting coil and a present value of a second function of quality factor and resonant frequency of the WPT coil while the WPT is coupled to a wireless power receiver 24; determines a change between the measured present values and corresponding baseline values of the first and second functions of quality factor and resonant frequency of the WPT coil; determines whether a foreign object is present responsive to the change between the measured present values and corresponding baseline values of the first and second functions of quality factor and resonant frequency exceeding a threshold in a magnetic state space.

Operating a wireless power transfer system can include using wireless power transmitter control circuitry to: initiate a temporary pause of wireless power transfer; provide a stimulus signal to cause a resonant voltage in the wireless power transmitter coil during the temporary pause of wireless power transfer; use the resonant voltage to measure or characterize one or more parameters characterizing a wireless power transfer link, via the wireless power receiver coil, between the wireless power transmitter and the wireless power receiver; and thereafter resume wireless power transfer by ending the temporary pause of wireless power transfer.

A bearing assembly includes an annular carrier, an outer ring disposed within the carrier, the outer ring having an outer raceway and a transmitter coil spaced axially from the outer raceway. The transmitter coil is electrically connectable with a battery and is configured to generate an electromagnetic field when current flows through the transmitter coil. An inner ring is disposable about a rotor shaft and has an inner raceway and a receiver coil spaced axially from the inner raceway so as to be located proximal to and inductively coupled with the transmitter coil such that electric current is generated within the receiver coil when current flows through the transmitter coil. The receiver coil is connected to electromagnetic coils of a motor rotor such that electric current flows from receiver coil to the coils. A plurality of rolling elements are disposed between rotatably couple the outer ring with the inner ring.

A method for operating a wireless transmission system includes (i) receiving, as input, direct current (DC) power from a power and data connector that comprises a power input and a bi-directional data connector, (ii) generating a driving signal for driving an antenna of the wireless power transmission system, (iii) generating alternating current (AC) wireless signals based on the input DC power and the driving signal, (iv) propagate AC wireless power signals that are based on the AC wireless signals via the antenna, (v) couple with a wireless receiver system via the AC wireless power signals, (vi) receiving data associated with a peripheral device by decoding in-band data signals from the AC wireless power signals that are encoded by the wireless receiver system, and (vii) providing the data associated with the peripheral device to a client device operatively associated with the wireless transmission system, via the bi-directional data connector.

A wireless power transmission device is provided. The wireless power transmission device includes a power source, a first power amplifier configured to provide a first radio frequency (RF) signal based on a driving voltage provided from the power source, a transmission coil configured to be used to transmit power to an outside based on the first RF signal, a matching circuit configured to provide impedance matching between the transmission coil and the first power amplifier, and a bias circuit configured to provide a bias voltage to the matching circuit, wherein an input terminal of the bias circuit is connected to a first terminal of a first transistor included in the first power amplifier, wherein an output terminal of the bias circuit is connected to a second terminal of a second transistor included in the matching circuit, and wherein the bias circuit is configured to provide the bias voltage to the second terminal of the second transistor based on the first RF signal at the first terminal of the first transistor.

The present specification provides a wireless power transmission device comprising: a power conversion unit configured so as to transmit, in a power transfer phase, wireless power generated on the basis of magnetic coupling to a wireless power receiving device; and a communication / control unit configured so as to perform an initial calibration for a power parameter prior to the power transfer phase, receive, from the wireless power receiving device, a first received power packet indicating the power received by the wireless power receiving device during the power transfer phase, and detect a foreign object by using the received power and a first power loss determined on the basis of the initial calibration.

A wireless power transfer system includes a power transmission device and a power reception device that is wirelessly supplied with power from the power transmission device. The power reception device includes a secondary side resonance circuit, a magnetic flux generation circuit, and a secondary side detection circuit. The power transmission device transitions from a standby state to a power transmission state in which a power transmission current is supplied to a primary side coil when a primary side detection circuit detects an increase in magnetic flux, generated by the magnetic flux generation circuit, linking the primary side coil. The magnetic flux generation circuit adjusts the generated magnetic flux based on a detected value of the secondary side detection circuit.

The invention discloses a wireless power transmission system magnetic field prediction method based on an improved particle swarm optimization neural network algorithm, and the method comprises the steps: building an RBF neural network model with a transmission distance, a power voltage, a load resistance and a spatial three-dimensional coordinate as input features and a wireless power transmission system magnetic field intensity as output; uniformly distributed initial candidate solutions are generated in a high-dimensional space of RBF neural network parameters through Latin hypercube sampling, and search parameters are dynamically adjusted by using an APSO algorithm, so that an optimal parameter combination of an RBF neural network model is determined; the trained RBF neural network model with the optimal parameters reserved is embedded into prediction software, online prediction is carried out according to the parameters of the wireless power transmission system under the actual working condition, corresponding magnetic field intensity distribution is output, and real-time monitoring and early warning of the electromagnetic environment risk of the system are achieved. According to the method, the spatial magnetic field intensity under different working conditions can be accurately predicted, and timely identification and early warning of potential electromagnetic environment risks are realized.

A system and method for monitoring signal quality metrics coupled with closed-loop control improves rectifier signal quality and stability. The closed-loop control passes the metric through a high-pass filter and captures error values. This signal is then passed to a controller to adjust rectifier settings. The measured signal, where signal quality is derived could be VRECT, FCLK, network coil measurements, is used for ASK demodulation, or the like. The controller identifies noise levels and noise types in real-time, and sets parameters of the rectifier to preserve system stability. The controller may set baud rates and preamble thresholds in a wireless power transfer system in response to identified noise levels and types.

A power transmission apparatus includes a first power transmission unit configured to perform wireless power transmission to a power receiving apparatus in a first region by using at least one of a plurality of coils, a second power transmission unit configured to perform wireless power transmission to a power receiving apparatus in a second region by using at least one of the plurality of coils. In a case where, while the first power transmission unit performs wireless power transmission to a first power receiving apparatus in a common region where the first region and the second region overlap, a second power receiving apparatus is placed in a region of the first region other than the common region, the first power transmission unit stops the wireless power transmission to the first power receiving apparatus and the second power transmission unit performs wireless power transmission to the first power receiving apparatus.

A bearing assembly includes an outer ring connectable with a housing, the outer ring having an outer ring raceway and a transmitting coil axially spaced from the outer ring raceway. The transmitting coil can be electrically connected to a battery and is configured to generate an electromagnetic field when a current flows therethrough. The inner ring can be arranged around a rotating shaft of the rotor and is provided with an inner ring raceway and a receiving coil which is spaced from the inner ring raceway in the axial direction. And the receiving coil is close to the transmitting coil and is in induction connection with the transmitting coil, so that current is generated in the receiving coil when the current flows through the transmitting coil. The receiving coil is connected with an electromagnetic coil of the motor rotor, so that current flows to the electromagnetic coil from the receiving coil. A plurality of rolling bodies are disposed between the outer ring raceway and the inner ring raceway to rotatably connect the outer ring and the inner ring together.

The present invention relates to wireless power transfer technology, and particularly to an IPT system with a highly integrated magnetic coupler and an IPT system integration method; in this method, three integrated coils and the design process of the integrated coils are proposed; among them, the integrated reverse transmitting coil is to achieve better anti-offset characteristics and high efficiency; the secondary-side integrated inductance coil aims to achieve zero-voltage switching condition configuration so that the output power and anti-offset characteristics are not affected; the primary-side integrated inductance coil aims to decouple from other coils and further improve the compactness without affecting the characteristics.

The present disclosure relates to a method for transmitting a response message in a wireless power transmission system, the method being performed by a data stream responder, wherein the data stream responder enters a power transfer phase related to transferring or receiving wireless power, and transmits a response message to a data stream initiator in the power transfer phase. The response message is transmitted within a first time out period. A value of the first time out period is configured on the basis of an ADT packet of 1 byte, a time interval related to a DSR packet, and a communication error.