Power Receiver Phase Control for Balanced Wireless Charging

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional contactless power receiving apparatuses do not efficiently adjust electric power reception efficiency, leading to imbalanced power distribution among multiple receivers during simultaneous power transmission, resulting in insufficient or excessive power delivery.

Innovation Solution

A power receiver system that includes a secondary-side resonant coil, a capacitor, a series circuit of switches, and rectifiers, with a controller adjusting the phase difference between the voltage/current waveform and driving signals to optimize the power reception period, allowing for efficient power adjustment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If conventional contactless power receiving apparatus is used, then power transmission can be achieved, but power distribution balance is poor and reception efficiency cannot be adjusted

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepower reception efficiencyVSAvoidcircuit structure
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by making the power reception system adjustable through controller-based control of switch timing. The controller dynamically adjusts the switching timing of the first and second switches to optimize power reception efficiency, transforming a static circuit into a dynamically controllable system that can adapt to different power transmission conditions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the timing parameter of switch operations to control power reception. By adjusting when the first and second switches are turned on and off during the AC cycle, the system optimizes the amount of power received from the primary coil, enabling efficient power distribution without changing the physical circuit structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Quantity of substance

If multiple power receivers are supplied simultaneously, then total power delivery increases, but power distribution balance deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetotal power deliveredVSAvoidpower distribution balance
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses feedback by having each power receiver's controller detect its own power reception state and adjust its switch timing accordingly. This allows each receiver to independently optimize its power uptake, automatically balancing power distribution across multiple receivers without requiring centralized control or complex communication protocols.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

Each power receiver independently manages its own power reception through local control of its switches. The system employs self-service by allowing each receiver to autonomously adjust its power uptake based on its own operational needs and detected power conditions, eliminating the need for external intervention to maintain power distribution balance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The system achieves balanced power distribution among multiple receivers by optimizing the duty cycles and phase differences of the driving signals, ensuring each receiver receives the required amount of power effectively.

Implementation Method 1

a secondary-side resonant coil including a resonant coil part and configured to receive electric power from a primary-side resonant coil through magnetic field resonance generated between the primary-side resonant coil and the secondary-side resonant coil

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectMagnetic field resonance: Resonance

Implementation Method 2

a controller configured to adjust, in a state of adjusting a phase difference between the voltage waveform or the current waveform detected by the detector and a driving signal that includes a first signal for switching on/off the first switch and includes a second signal for switching on/off the second switch to be a predetermined phase difference

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectPhase difference adjustment:

Data Source

PatentUS10374461B2Power receiver and power transmitting system
Publication Date: 2019.08.06 FUJITSU LTD
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AI summary

A power receiver includes: a secondary-side resonant coil including a resonant coil part to receive electric power from a primary-side resonant coil through magnetic field resonance; a capacitor inserted in series in the resonant coil part; a series circuit of a first switch and a second switch; a first rectifier having a first rectification direction; a second rectifier having a second rectification direction; a detector to detect a voltage waveform or a current waveform of the power; and a controller to adjust, in a state of adjusting a phase difference between the waveform and a driving signal that includes a first signal for switching on/off the first switch and a second signal for switching on/off the second switch to be a predetermined phase difference, a length of a period, during which the switches are both on, to adjust an amount of the power received by the secondary-side resonant coil.