CN113872344A - Wireless foreign matter detection device that charges - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a wireless charging foreign matter detection device, which comprises a processor and also comprises: the detection module is communicated with the processor; the detection module has at least: the device comprises a detection component, a power component, a transmitting antenna, a receiving antenna and a change-over switch; the transmitting antenna is communicated with the detection assembly, and the receiving antenna is alternatively communicated with the detection assembly and the power assembly through the selector switch; the transmitting antenna transmits detection electromagnetic waves, and the detection electromagnetic waves are reflected to form echo signals when reflectors exist; when the receiving antenna is communicated with the detection assembly, an echo signal is received; when the receiving antenna is communicated with the power component, the receiving antenna receives radiated electromagnetic waves. The wireless charging foreign matter detection device can detect the existence of the foreign matter and can judge whether the foreign matter causes potential safety hazard to wireless charging. If there is not the potential safety hazard, even there is the foreign matter also can normally charge, not only detection efficiency is high, has guaranteed the efficiency of wireless work of charging simultaneously.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of wireless charging, in particular to a foreign matter detection device in wireless charging.
Background
The wireless charging technology has wide application prospect in the charging fields of electric vehicles, AGV, robots and the like, and is safer and more convenient compared with the traditional wired transmission mode, and the development prospect is considerable. The electric automobile wireless charging system adopting magnetic coupling resonance comprises a power transmitting part and a power receiving part, wherein an inductor and a capacitor of the power transmitting part are connected in series or in parallel to form a resonant circuit, a receiving circuit with the same resonant frequency is formed at a receiving end, and wireless electric energy transmission can be realized through strong magnetic coupling formed by resonance between the transmitting part and the receiving part.
However, when the technology is used to charge an electric vehicle or the like, the wireless charging system may be affected by metal foreign matters, the foreign matters refer to all objects which do not belong to the wireless charging system but appear between the vehicle-mounted power receiving coil and the ground power transmitting coil, when the foreign matters appear in the energy transmission area of the wireless charging system, the transmission power and the transmission efficiency of the wireless energy transmission system may be reduced, and even the temperature of the metal foreign matters may be sharply increased due to the eddy current effect caused by the transmission magnetic field, thereby causing a safety hazard.
Patent CN112505646A "foreign matter blocking judgment method and system based on millimeter wave radar" proposes a foreign matter blocking judgment method and system based on millimeter wave radar, which detects whether a foreign matter blocks in the area where the wireless charging power transmitting coil is located in real time through the millimeter wave radar, and judges whether a foreign matter blocking the area where the wireless charging power transmitting coil is located and the type of the corresponding foreign matter exist according to the corresponding relationship between the type of the foreign matter and the characteristics of the millimeter wave radar echo according to the feedback millimeter wave radar echo. However, the foreign objects existing in the power radiation coil may be any kind of objects, and obviously, the foreign objects cannot be exhausted, and the echo characteristics are different due to the difference of the characteristics such as the shape, the thickness, the composition and the like of the foreign objects, so that the possibility of misjudgment or the possibility of missing judgment of the foreign objects can occur by adopting the above manner. Meanwhile, the wireless charging device can only detect the existence of foreign matters, but whether the foreign matters have safety influence on wireless charging cannot be judged.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides a wireless charging foreign matter detection device which can detect foreign matters and judge whether the foreign matters have potential safety hazards on wireless charging, so that foreign matter detection is more efficient.
Wireless foreign matter detection device that charges, including the treater, still include: a detection module in communication with the processor; the detection module has at least: the device comprises a detection component, a power component, a transmitting antenna, a receiving antenna and a change-over switch; the transmitting antenna is communicated with the detection component, and the receiving antenna is alternatively communicated with the detection component and the power component through the selector switch; the transmitting antenna transmits a detection electromagnetic wave, and the detection electromagnetic wave can be reflected to form an echo signal when a reflector exists; when the receiving antenna is communicated with the detection assembly, the echo signal is received; and when the receiving antenna is communicated with the power assembly, the receiving antenna receives radiated electromagnetic waves.
Preferably, the frequency domain of the detected electromagnetic wave is 30GHz-300 GHz.
Preferably, the detection electromagnetic wave is a chirp continuous wave, and the modulation method is at least one of triangular wave modulation, sawtooth wave modulation and sine wave modulation.
Preferably, the detection assembly comprises a radio frequency front end and a transceiver unit which are communicated; the transmitting antenna is connected with the transceiving unit; when the receiving antenna is selectively communicated with the transceiving unit through the selector switch.
Preferably, the power assembly comprises a power meter and a power sensor which are communicated; when the receiving antenna is selectively communicated with the power sensor through the switch.
Preferably, the operating ranges of the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna at least cover the area between the power transmitting coil and the power receiving coil.
The wireless charging foreign matter detection device can detect the existence of the foreign matter and can judge whether the foreign matter causes potential safety hazard to wireless charging. If there is not the potential safety hazard, even there is the foreign matter also can normally charge, not only detection efficiency is high, has guaranteed the efficiency of wireless work of charging simultaneously.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless charging foreign matter detection device;
fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the working range of the wireless charging foreign object detection device XOZ coordinate system;
fig. 3 is a schematic view of the working range of the wireless charging foreign matter detection device in the YOZ coordinate system;
fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the wireless charging foreign object detection apparatus.
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a processor 0; a detection module 1; a detection assembly 2; a power component 3; a transmitting antenna 4; a receiving antenna 5; a changeover switch 6; a radio frequency front end 21; a transceiver unit 22; a power meter 31; a power sensor 32.
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Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are illustrative only and should not be construed as limiting the invention.
The invention discloses a wireless charging foreign matter detection device, which is shown in figure 1 and comprises a processor 0 and a detection module 1. The processor 0 is communicated with the detection module 1, and can complete signal processing, workflow control and the like.
The detection module 1 at least includes: a detection component 2, a power component 3, a transmitting antenna 4, a receiving antenna 5 and a switch 6.
The detection assembly 2 is communicated with the transmitting antenna 4, and the receiving antenna 5 is alternatively communicated with the detection assembly 2 and the power assembly 3 through the selector switch 6. The receiving antenna 5 has different functions when communicating different components.
The detection component 2 modulates the electric signal, the transmitting antenna 4 transmits detection electromagnetic waves, and when a reflector exists, the detection electromagnetic waves are reflected to form echo signals. When the receiving antenna 5 is connected to the detecting component 2, the echo signal can be received and sent back to the detecting component 2 to determine whether there is a reflector in the detecting area. The number of the transmitting antenna 4 and the receiving antenna 5 may be one or more.
Besides receiving the echo signal, the receiving antenna can also receive radiated electromagnetic waves, substances above absolute zero can radiate the electromagnetic waves outwards according to Planck's law, the receiving antenna 5 can receive the radiated electromagnetic waves, at the moment, the receiving antenna 5 is communicated with the power component 3, and the signal of the radiated electromagnetic waves can be sent to the power component 3 to complete subsequent work. Whether or not there is a reflector in the area received by the receiving antenna 5, there will be a corresponding radiated electromagnetic wave, for example, the outer surface of the power transmitting coil will also have a radiated electromagnetic wave, and thus can be received.
The power module 3 includes a power meter 31 and a power sensor 32. Under the control of the switch 6, the receiving antenna 5 can be connected with the power sensor 32, the signal of the radiated electromagnetic wave is connected to the power meter 31 through the power sensor 32, the power meter 31 can measure the thermal radiation energy in the millimeter wave band, the power meter 31 obtains the magnitude of the radiation energy in the measured area according to the parameters such as the signal output voltage of the received radiated electromagnetic wave or the antenna temperature, and the like, namely the corresponding radiation value, and the radiated electromagnetic wave is related to the temperature of the measured area.
With regard to the above-mentioned radiated electromagnetic wave, it is noted that, according to planck's law, a substance above absolute zero radiates an electromagnetic wave outward, and the total radiation energy thereof is mainly composed of three parts, i.e., self radiation, reflection of ambient noise, and transmission of background noise, which are related to the reflectivity, transmissivity, and absorptivity of an object, and the emissivity of the object at thermal equilibrium is equal to the absorptivity.
The switch 6 can be switched on time, and is generally communicated with the detection component 2 to detect whether foreign matters exist in a working area or not, and then communicated with the power component 3 to detect radiation electromagnetic waves in the working area. The operating region is generally the region between the power transmitting coil and the power receiving coil in a wireless charging system.
The frequency domain of the electromagnetic wave emitted by the detection assembly 2 is preferably 30GHz-300GHz, and is generally a linear frequency-modulated continuous wave, and the modulation mode is at least one of triangular wave modulation, sawtooth wave modulation and sine wave modulation. When the triangular wave is modulated, the frequency starts to rise to the highest frequency through linear frequency modulation from the initial frequency, and then the frequency is re-modulated from the highest frequency to fall to the initial frequency, so that the signal frequency domain waveform is represented as a group of centrosymmetric triangular structures.
The detection assembly 2 comprises a radio frequency front end 21 and a transceiver unit 22 which are communicated; the transmitting antenna 4 is connected with the transceiving unit 22; when the receiving antenna 5 is connected to the detecting component 2 by the switch 6, it is connected to the transceiver unit 22. And of course, the power supply can be included to supply power to all the electric equipment.
The description is as follows. The radio frequency front end 21 includes a radio frequency transmitting front end (hereinafter referred to as transmitting front end) and a radio frequency receiving front end (hereinafter referred to as receiving front end), wherein the transmitting front end is mainly responsible for modulating, up-converting, filtering, amplifying and transmitting a radio frequency signal (namely an electromagnetic wave signal) to the transmitting antenna 4, and the up-converting is to up-convert a low frequency signal to a high frequency band and transmit the high frequency signal through the transmitting antenna 4; the receiving front end is responsible for low-noise amplification, filtering, down-conversion and demodulation of the echo signal received by the receiving antenna 5 and transmitting the demodulated signal to the processor 0, and the down-conversion is to down-convert the high-frequency signal received by the receiving antenna 5 to a low-frequency band and transmit the low-frequency band to the processor 0. In short, the radio frequency front end 21 can be understood as a unit that processes electromagnetic waves. The transceiver unit 22 can be understood as a receptacle for the transmitting antenna 4 and the receiving antenna 5, i.e. the transmitting antenna 4 and the receiving antenna 5 are fixedly mounted in the transceiver unit 22.
The detection module 1 is configured such that its operating range (detection range) covers the area between the power transmitting coil and the power receiving coil. For the convenience of the following description, referring to fig. 2 and fig. 3, the spatial region is defined by three XYZ coordinates, and in the vertical distance between the power transmitting coil and the power receiving coil, as the Y axis, the transverse direction is the X axis, and the longitudinal direction is the Z axis. Taking wireless charging of an electric vehicle as an example, the X axis is the transverse direction of the vehicle, the Y axis is the height direction of the vehicle, and the Z axis is the front-back direction of the vehicle. The emitted detection electromagnetic wave is scanned in the space range in the pitching plane and the azimuth plane, the pitching plane is the plane in the YOZ coordinate system, and the azimuth plane is the plane in the XOZ coordinate system. Wherein the XOZ coordinate system comprises a point a to a point b. The pitch and azimuth planes are established based on antenna operation rather than the mechanical view.
As shown in the figure, the working range with β as the detection angle in the azimuth plane is to cover the power transmitting coil, and the incident angle of the detection electromagnetic wave emitted by the detection module 1 in the elevation plane is to satisfy the angle range θ 1 to θ 2. Generally, one detection module 1 cannot cover the surface of the transmitting coil, and a plurality of transmitting antennas 4 and receiving antennas 5 may be disposed in the detection module 1, or a plurality of detection modules 1 may be disposed in a plurality of directions.
The detection module 1 emits the detection electromagnetic wave outwards through the transmitting antenna 4, and the detection electromagnetic wave is reflected back when meeting an obstacle target object (a reflector). The receiving antenna 5 receives the echo signal reflected by the reflector in the working range. The echo signal is consistent with the waveform of the detected electromagnetic wave, but has a delay in time, and the distance between the detection module 1 and the reflector can be calculated according to the delay.
Referring to fig. 2 and 3, the signals of the detected electromagnetic waves are scanned from a point a to a point b by taking OZ as an axis, the processor 0 records the pitch angle and the azimuth angle of the transmitted detected electromagnetic waves as the position information of the target, and after receiving the echo signals, the distance between each position point in the space range and the detection module 1 is calculated. When there is no reflector in the working range, the detection electromagnetic wave will be reflected by the surface of the power transmitting coil, so that the distance between the detection module 1 and each point on the surface of the power transmitting coil can be determined by the echo signal, which may be referred to as a reference distance. The processor 0 integrates the reference distances for each position point into a reference data set.
When a reflector is present between the power transmitting coil and the power receiving coil, the echo signal reflects the distance between the detection module 1 and the reflector, which is smaller than the distance between the detection module 1 and the surface of the power transmitting coil. When the distance at which a certain position is detected is found to be smaller than the reference distance, it can be judged that a foreign object is present at the position point. All the position points where the reflector appears are connected to obtain the whole foreign object image, each position point is equivalent to the pixel of the foreign object image, and the information such as the size, the dimension, the height, the position on the transmitting coil and the like can be obtained according to the imaging data of the foreign object.
The above determination of the reflection object is based on the communication between the receiving antenna 5 and the detecting component.
All objects which do not belong to the wireless charging system but appear between the power receiving coil and the power transmitting coil are considered to belong to foreign objects, and the situation that non-metal objects appear in the area of the transmitting coil is common, and the wireless charging process is generally not influenced. How to judge whether this reflector is the metal material, whether influence wireless charging's safety, just need receiving antenna 5 and power component 3 UNICOM, further judge through the radiation electromagnetic wave. The principle of which has been explained above, that is, substances above absolute zero according to planck's law radiate electromagnetic waves outward. The receiving antenna 5 is used for receiving signals (radiation signals for short) of radiation electromagnetic waves in millimeter wave bands, and the radiation signals are accessed to the power meter 31 through the power sensor 32 to obtain the magnitude of the measured target radiation energy.
A specific example will be described below with an example of wireless charging of an electric vehicle.
Before the wireless charging system starts charging, the wireless charging system firstly enters an initialization state, starts the inspection before charging, and firstly starts the wireless charging foreign object detection device to detect whether foreign objects (namely reflectors) exist. Referring to fig. 4, step S1 is included: and detecting whether foreign matters exist in the working area, otherwise, entering step S11, and if so, entering step S12. In step S1, the switch 6 switches the receiving antenna 5 to communicate with the detecting member 2. The transmitting antenna 4 transmits millimeter-level detection electromagnetic waves, scans each position point of the power transmitting coil, and determines whether foreign matter exists according to comparison between the distance measured by the echo signal and the reference data set.
Step S11 is: measuring and recording an initial radiation power value M11 in a working area, and starting wireless charging power transmission; i.e. without foreign bodies, only the initial radiation power value of the surface of the power transmitting coil in the working area is recorded.
Step S12 is: measuring and recording an initial radiation power value M12 at a foreign matter-free position in a working area and an initial radiation power value N12 at a foreign matter-containing position in the working area, and starting wireless charging power transmission; that is, the receiving antenna 5 is switched to communicate with the power module 3, and the radiation power values of the radiation electromagnetic waves of the region without the foreign object and the region with the foreign object on the surface of the power transmitting coil are measured by the receiving antenna 5, and a plurality of position points can be generally measured and marked in these regions, and the average value thereof is taken.
If there are a plurality of foreign matter regions, the other regions may be respectively referred to as a second foreign matter region, a third foreign matter region, and the like, and the radiation power values thereof are sequentially referred to as N’12. N "12, etc., and so on.
As can be understood from the above steps S11 and S12, the wireless charging operation proceeds to the next step regardless of whether or not a foreign object is found. The following steps are basically performed in a state of wireless charging.
Step S2 after step S11, step S2 is: detecting whether a newly added foreign matter exists in the working area, if so, entering a step S21, otherwise, entering a step S3; i.e. during wireless charging, the detection module 1 continuously probes the power transmitting coil surface.
Step S21 is divided into step S211 and step S212, and step S211 is: measuring and recording an initial radiation power value O211 of a newly added foreign matter in a working area; then, the process proceeds to step S212: measuring and recording a new radiation power value M212 at a foreign matter-free position in the working area and a new radiation power value O212 at a newly added foreign matter position in the working area;
step S3 is: continuing the wireless charging, and repeating step S2;
step S4 after step S212, step S4 is: comparing whether the difference of the radiation power value difference exceeds a set value, comparing the difference of the new radiation power value O212 and the initial radiation power value O211 at the position where foreign matters are newly added with the difference of the new radiation power value M212 and the initial radiation power value M11 at the position where no foreign matters exist, judging whether the difference of the two differences exceeds the set value, namely [ (O212-O211) - (M212-M11) ] exceeds the set value, if so, stopping wireless charging or reducing the wireless charging power, otherwise, entering the step S3.
Step S5 after step S12, step S5 is: detecting whether a newly added foreign matter exists in the working area, if so, entering a step S51, otherwise, entering a step S6; this detection can be compared with the foreign matter detected in step S1 to distinguish the newly added foreign matter from the original foreign matter (the original foreign matter is the foreign matter detected in step S1).
Step S51 is divided into step S511 and step S512, and step S511 is: measuring and recording an initial radiation power value O511 of a newly added foreign matter in a working area and a middle radiation power value X511 of a place without the foreign matter; then, the process proceeds to step S512: measuring and recording a new radiation power value M512 at a foreign matter-free position in the working area, a new radiation power value O512 at a newly added foreign matter position in the working area and a new radiation power value N512 at an original foreign matter position in the working area;
step S6 is: measuring and recording a new radiation power value M6 at a position without foreign matters in the working area and a new radiation power value N6 at a position with foreign matters in the working area;
step S7 after step S6 and step S512, step S7 is: comparing whether the difference between the radiation power values exceeds a set value or not, namely comparing the difference between the new radiation power value N6 at the position with foreign matters and the initial radiation power value N12 at the position with foreign matters with the difference between the new radiation power value M6 at the position without foreign matters and the initial radiation power value M12 at the position without foreign matters, and judging whether the difference between the two difference values exceeds the set value or not;
comparing the difference value of the new radiation power value O512 of the newly added foreign matter in the working area and the initial radiation power value O511 of the newly added foreign matter in the working area with the difference value of the new radiation power value M512 of the foreign matter-free position in the working area and the intermediate radiation power value X511 of the foreign matter-free position, and judging whether the difference value between the two difference values exceeds a set value;
and comparing the difference value of the new radiation power value N512 at the original foreign matter position and the initial radiation power value N12 at the foreign matter position in the working area with the difference value of the new radiation power value M512 at the foreign matter-free position and the initial radiation power value M12 at the foreign matter-free position, and judging whether the difference value of the two difference values exceeds a set value. Namely, judging: whether one of [ (N6-N12) - (M6-M12) ] and [ (O512-O511) - (M512-X511) ], [ (N512-N12) - (M512-M12) ] exceeds a set value or not is judged, if yes, the wireless charging is stopped or the wireless charging power is reduced, and if not, the step S8 is carried out.
Step S8 is: the wireless charging is continued, and step S5 is repeated.
Generally, the non-metallic foreign matter and the power transmitting coil are made of different materials, and the radiation difference value is different due to different reflectivity under the same temperature condition, but the difference value is smaller and is within the range of the set value. And the reflectivity of the metal substance at the millimeter wave band is close to 1 at the normal temperature. At the same temperature as the non-metallic substance, the metallic article radiates at a lower temperature (i.e., is cooler). Particularly in outdoor environment, the radiation temperature of the metal mainly reflects the sky, and has obvious difference with the radiation temperature of the nonmetal. The reflectivity of the metal substance can be increased along with the increase of the temperature, the metal substance can cause the rapid increase of the heat and the temperature due to the eddy current effect under the magnetic field environment, and the condition that the difference of the radiation difference exceeds a set value occurs.
After the wireless charging starts to work, the power transmitting coil generates heat due to the rise of current, the surface of the power transmitting coil is heated through the shell, and the surface of the transmitting coil increases the outward radiation power value due to the rise of heat. Whether the foreign matters exist before wireless charging or the foreign matters newly added in the charging process, if the foreign matters are made of metal materials, the temperature is also increased in the wireless charging process, so that the radiation power value is increased. It should be noted that the radiation power value is temperature dependent, and even for different materials, temperature changes are reflected in the same trend of the radiation value.
In the above description, reference is basically made to the comparison using two differences, based on the change in radiation at the point of no foreign object, i.e. (M212-M11), (M6-M12), (M512-X511) (M512-M12) mentioned above. The difference at the position without the foreign matter reflects the normal temperature change of the power transmitting coil, such as the temperature rise, from the ambient temperature of 30 ℃ to about 60 ℃ (the temperature difference is 30 ℃), or the change of the ambient temperature is added. The difference at the position with the foreign matter reflects the temperature rise of the foreign matter, if the foreign matter is non-metallic, the change rule of the radiation value of the transmitting coil should be similar, for example, the radiation value is increased from 30 ℃ to 62 ℃ (the temperature difference is 32 ℃), the change of the radiation value corresponding to the temperature difference is different from the difference at the position without the foreign matter, but the difference (corresponding to the change of the radiation value at 2 ℃) should be within the set value range. If the metal foreign body is present, the temperature will rise rapidly, for example, to 80 ℃ (temperature difference of 50 ℃), and the difference will be much higher than that of the foreign body-free part, and the difference (corresponding to the change of 20 ℃ radiation value) will exceed the set value.
Whether the change of through the comparison radiation value realizes influencing wireless work of charging to the foreign matter, because the radiation value is relevant with the temperature, use transmitting antenna and receiving antenna itself just can accomplish the measurement to the radiation value to need not add extra equipment, need not use temperature sensor, can reduce equipment cost, solve the problem that the temperature sensor that generally is the metal material can't normally work in the magnetic field environment.
In some cases, such as a case where the size of the metallic foreign object is small, the foreign object is a metal and a nonmetal which may coexist, and the corresponding difference (i.e., difference between the differences) may not be reached to the point where the wireless charging needs to be stopped, and the operation may be continued.
If the method finds that the radiation difference value of the foreign matter area exceeds the set limit value, the signal processing unit reports a fault to a master controller of the wireless charging system, the master controller can select to immediately stop charging and start an alarm module, and information such as the position of the foreign matter is displayed on the terminal; the master controller can also select to reduce the wireless charging output power to continue charging, and if the difference of the radiation difference values still exceeds the set limit value after the output power is reduced, the wireless charging system stops charging and starts alarming and other operations. If the alarm state is confirmed by the user, the metal foreign bodies are cleaned, the state can be re-entered into the initialization state, the foreign body detection process is started, and then the state is restored to be entered into the normal charging state. If no foreign matter is found in the charging process or the foreign matter is found but the difference of the radiation power difference does not exceed the set limit value, the wireless charging system outputs power to continue charging, and the wireless charging foreign matter detection device continues to detect until the charging process is finished.
This application judges corresponding temperature rise according to the radiant power value of foreign matter, because only the metal object can cause the risk because of quick temperature rise, and the possibility of wrong report has been reduced to this kind of design. The foreign matters entering the power transmitting area in the charging process can be timely found and removed, and the use experience of the wireless charging system is improved on the premise of ensuring the safety of the system.
The detection module 1 of this application distributes around receiving coil, can integrate inside receiving coil, also can independently install at receiving coil periphery, and in some embodiments, detection module also can install at transmitting coil's periphery.
The construction, features and functions of the present invention are described in detail in the embodiments illustrated in the drawings, which are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited by the drawings, and all equivalent embodiments modified or changed according to the idea of the present invention should fall within the protection scope of the present invention without departing from the spirit of the present invention covered by the description and the drawings.
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1. A wireless charging foreign matter detection device comprises a processor (0) and is characterized in that,
further comprising: a detection module (1) in communication with the processor (0);
the detection module (1) has at least: the device comprises a detection component (2), a power component (3), a transmitting antenna (4), a receiving antenna (5) and a switch (6);
the transmitting antenna (4) is communicated with the detection component (2), and the receiving antenna (5) is alternatively communicated between the detection component (2) and the power component (3) through the switch (6);
the transmitting antenna (4) transmits detection electromagnetic waves, and the detection electromagnetic waves are reflected to form echo signals when reflectors exist;
when the receiving antenna (5) is communicated with the detection assembly (2), the echo signal is received;
and when the receiving antenna (5) is communicated with the power component (3), the receiving antenna receives radiated electromagnetic waves.
2. The wireless charging foreign object detection device according to claim 1,
the frequency domain of the detection electromagnetic wave is 30GHz-300 GHz.
3. The wireless charging foreign object detection device according to claim 1,
the detection electromagnetic wave is a linear frequency modulation continuous wave, and the modulation mode is at least one of triangular wave modulation, sawtooth wave modulation and sine wave modulation.
4. The wireless charging foreign object detection device according to claim 1,
the detection assembly (2) comprises a radio frequency front end (21) and a transceiving unit (22) which are communicated;
the transmitting antenna (4) is connected with the transceiving unit (22);
when the receiving antenna (5) is selectively communicated with the transceiving unit (22) through the switch (6).
5. The wireless charging foreign object detection device according to claim 1,
the power assembly (3) comprises a power meter (31) and a power sensor (32) which are communicated;
when the receiving antenna (5) is selectively communicated with the power sensor (32) through the switch (6).
6. The wireless charging foreign object detection device according to claim 5,
the power meter (31) is capable of detecting thermal radiation energy at least in the millimeter wave band.
7. The wireless charging foreign object detection device according to claim 1,
the working ranges of the transmitting antenna (4) and the receiving antenna (5) at least cover the area between the power transmitting coil and the power receiving coil.
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