Voltage regulation in wireless power receivers
US10804742B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 23, 2017 |
| Grant date | Oct 13, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 17, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B10/60
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A wireless power receiver includes one or more tunable capacitors in parallel with an inductor. The wireless power receiver adapted to receive an induced voltage input at the inductor due to a magnetic field generated by a wireless power transmitter. The rectifier has an output with a rectified voltage and a rectified current. A controller has a first input for receiving a signal representative of the rectified voltage and a first output for supplying an adjustment signal to the tunable capacitor. The controller includes a processor coupled to the first input and is configured to operate on the signal representative of rectified voltage to produce a desired capacitance value for capacitor and provide the adjustment signal determined so as to adjust a capacitance value of capacitor to the desired capacitance value.
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