Wireless Power Transmitter Control Chip Integration

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing wireless power transmission systems, such as those adhering to the Qi Standard, have complex circuit designs and high costs, making them unsuitable for widespread use in household and industrial applications due to large control module sizes and low integration levels, limiting their application to expensive devices like mobile phones.

Innovation Solution

A wireless power transmission system featuring a power transmitter with a wave generating circuit generating a square wave control signal and a switching control drive circuit, integrated with a MOSFET switching circuit on a single chip, and a power receiver with rectifying and filtering circuits, enabling efficient electromagnetic energy conversion and transmission with reduced module size and cost.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If Qi standard wireless power transmission system is used, then wireless charging function is achieved, but circuit complexity increases and cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvewireless charging functionVSAvoidcircuit complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the H-bridge switching circuit, dead-zone control logic, and power management functions into a single integrated control chip. This consolidation eliminates the need for separate external logic control chips and reduces the number of discrete components, thereby achieving wireless charging functionality while significantly reducing circuit complexity and system cost.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The control chip is designed with universal functionality that can be applied to various wireless power transmission applications beyond just mobile phone charging. The chip handles multiple functions including H-bridge control, dead-zone management, and power regulation, making it adaptable to different power levels and application scenarios, thus reducing the need for specialized custom chips.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Power

If H-bridge chip design with external logic control chips is used, then power switching control is achieved, but control circuit size increases and cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepower switching controlVSAvoidcontrol circuit size
Core Design Contradiction:
PowerVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent integrates the H-bridge switching control logic and dead-zone control functions directly into the power management chip. This merging eliminates the need for separate external logic control chips, thereby maintaining effective power switching control while significantly reducing the overall control circuit size and component count.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Manufacturing precision

If Qi standard with specialized custom chips is used, then precise control is achieved, but manufacturing cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontrol precisionVSAvoidmanufacturing cost
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs a standardized, mass-producible control chip design that can be manufactured using conventional semiconductor fabrication processes. This approach replaces expensive specialized custom chips with a more economical standardized design that maintains sufficient control precision for wireless power transmission applications, thereby significantly reducing manufacturing costs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

Solution Approach 2:

The control chip is designed with universal applicability across different wireless power transmission scenarios. By creating a standardized multi-functional chip that can handle various power levels and applications, the patent eliminates the need for expensive application-specific custom chips, thereby reducing manufacturing costs while maintaining adequate control precision.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

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 reduced size and cost of control modules, improved integration, and effective non-contact power and signal transmission, enabling broader applications in conventional closed-loop systems like refrigerators and other appliances.

Implementation Method 1

a power transmitter adapted to convert an input DC power into an electromagnetic energy

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectromagnetic induction: Electromagnetic Induction

Implementation Method 2

a power receiver electromagnetically coupled with the power transmitter and adapted to receive an electromagnetic energy output from the power transmitter

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectromagnetic coupling: Electromagnetic Induction

Data Source

PatentEP3257137B1Wireless power transmission device
Publication Date: 2019.12.04 TYCO ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO LTD
  • EP3257137B1 patent drawingFigure 1
  • EP3257137B1 patent drawingFigure 2~3

AI summary

Disclosed is a wireless power transmission device comprising a power transmitter adapted to convert an input DC power into an electromagnetic energy,and a power receiver electromagnetically coupled with the power transmitter and adapted to receive an electromagnetic energy output from the power transmitter. The power transmitter includes a wave generating circuit adapted to generate a square wave control signal having a predetermined frequency according to the input DC power, a switching control drive circuit configured to convert the input DC power into an alternating electrical signal according to the received square wave control signal, and a first coil coupling circuit electrically configured to convert the alternating electrical signal output from the switching control drive circuit into the electromagnetic energy. In the disclosure, through employing a universal control drive chip, the cost of control modules is greatly reduced and the entire size of the control modules is also reduced.