EP2380397A1

EP2380397A1 - Household appliance for inductive transmission of energy

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Publication number: EP2380397A1
Application number: EP09774882A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Ingo Bally; Armin Kiefer; Claudia Leitmeyr; Michael Reindl; Jens Sauerbrey; Wolfgang Schnell; Matthias Sorg; Günter ZSCHAU
Original assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
Current assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
Priority date: 2008-12-18
Filing date: 2009-12-09
Publication date: 2011-10-26
Anticipated expiration: 2029-12-09
Also published as: DE102008054904A1; EP2380397B1; WO2010069828A1

Abstract

A household attachment device or a household operating device can comprise in each case at least one power coil with in each case at least one power winding for inductively tapping energy from an electromagnetic excitation field or for the generation thereof, wherein the respective power winding lies in a power winding plane, and can further comprise in each case at least one signal coil with in each case at least one signal winding, wherein the signal winding lies in a signal winding plane. The power winding plane lies essentially parallel to the signal winding plane.

Description

Household appliance for inductive energy transfer

The invention relates to a household attachment device with a power coil for inductive tapping of energy from an electromagnetic excitation field, a household operating device for operating a household attachment with a power coil for generating the electromagnetic excitation field and a system of household attachment and household control gear.

For example, DE 103 43 01 1 A1, DE 10 2005 022 352 A1, DE 10 2006 017 800 A1 and DE 10 2006 017 801 A1 disclose a power transmission from a working zone of an operating device to an attachment device by means of inductive coupling. An inductive coupling is understood to be the coupling of a primary coil of the operating device and a secondary coil of the attachment device via an alternating magnetic field, which is generated by the primary coil and tapped by the secondary coil. In the secondary coil, an induction voltage is generated by means of the alternating magnetic field, which can be used to operate the attachment device. Primary coil and secondary coil can also be considered as two halves of a separable transformer, which is why this type of coupling and power transmission is also called "transformer coupling".

From: Kiefer, A .; Reindl, LM, "Inductively Coupled Sensor / Actuator System for Closed Loop Control Applications at High Temperature and Aggressive Environments", Sensors, 2007 IEEE, October 28-31, 2007, pp. 1396-1399, or from Kiefer, A. ; Reindl, LM "Inductively Coupled Sensor / Actuator System for Digital Closed-Loop Control Applications at High Operating Temperatures", 2nd WSEAS Int. Conf. on CIRCUITS, SYSTEMS, SIGNAL and TELECOMMUNICATIONS (CISST'08), Acapulco, Mexico, January 25-27, 2008, a sensor / actuator system for high-temperature applications is known that integrates the complete measurement electronics and sensors into the actuator , The data transmission is implemented as a point-to-point "Power Line Communication" (PLC) between the sensor / actuator system and its control unit. A separable transformer acts as an inductively coupled, non-contact connection for both power transmission and bidirectional PLC data, enabling perfect hermetic sealing. From JP 2003284264 A, a contactless power supply system is known in which energy is transferred from an operating device to an attachment device by means of transformer coupling via corresponding power coils. To detect the attachment device signals are transmitted to an opposite signal receiving circuit of the operating device via a signal generating device of the attachment, which has a resonant circuit.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a possibility for particularly space-saving and cost-effective data transmission between an attachment device and an operating device, which supplies the attachment device with power by means of transformer or inductive coupling.

This object is achieved by means of a household attachment, a household appliance and a system according to the respective independent claim. Preferred embodiments are in particular the dependent claims.

The household attachment device has at least one coil, each with at least one turn ("power winding") for the inductive tapping of energy from an electromagnetic excitation field ("power coil"). The power windings lie in a common power winding plane. By means of the inductive tap, an induction voltage caused by the electromagnetic excitation field can be generated on the coil for operation of the household attachment device, which has at least one load as an electrical load. Such energy transfer to the household attachment is often referred to as transformer energy transfer or coupling. A load can be operated directly with an induction AC voltage, z. B. a resistance heating conductor; Alternatively or additionally, a load can be operated after rectification with a DC voltage, for. As an electronics with a low voltage DC voltage in the range of up to 50 V. The electromagnetic excitation field is preferably a magnetic alternating field.

The household attachment device furthermore has at least one coil, each with at least one turn ("signal winding") for data transmission ("signal coil"). The signal turns lie in a common signal winding plane. The power winding level is substantially parallel to the signal winding plane. This makes it possible to realize a particularly space-saving, in particular flat, and cost-effective data transmission unit (transmitter, receiver or transceiver) with this signal coil. In contrast to the common data transmission via a combined power / signal coil results in a simpler generation of a data signal as well as a simpler reading of the data signal.

The data transmission unit can be used as a sender, as a receiver and / or z. B. be configured as a transceiver (transceiver). Then, a separate signal coil can be provided for the transmitter and the receiver or for the transmission branch and the reception branch of the transceiver. Alternatively, it can be provided for a combined transmit / receive signal coil, which is preferred. In a design for bidirectional communication between household attachments and household control gear so the signal coil can serve as a transceiver signal coil in unidirectional communication from the household attachment to the household control gear as a transmission signal coil or reception signal coil. The attachment device advantageously has at least one transmitter for realizing a control circuit, while the operating device then has at least one receiver. The transmitter or transceiver of the attachment and the receiver or the transceiver of the control gear are matched so that they can communicate. In particular, the transmitter and the receiver can operate on the same or the same data protocol (s) and use a same frequency band or bands.

The data transmission unit can in particular be adapted to be energized by means of the tapped on the secondary coil induction current, possibly after a rectification. This means that the data transmission unit can only transmit if the add-on device can draw energy from the transformer coupling. The energy may be stored in an optional energy storage, e.g. B. a supercapacitor. For operation of the data transmission unit, the power coil may be followed by a switching regulator, which rectifies energy coupled out of the power supply to a voltage level suitable for operating low-voltage components. Since the transformer coupling is typically a near-field or near-field coupling, the data transmission unit will only be able to work when the attachment is already close to the working zone. Preferably, a effective vertical distance of the attachment from the working zone, within which a still sufficient for the operation of the data transmission unit power is transmitted, less than 2 cm, preferably not more than 0.75 mm. A lateral offset within which sufficient power is still transmitted for the operation of the data transmission unit is preferably not more than 3 cm.

The set-top box may have at least one integrated circuit for processing data and outputting and / or receiving data to and from the data transmission unit. The integrated circuit may, for. B. process data, for. B. read, change, link, caching, format, etc., and output this data or derived data to the data transmission unit for transmission to the operating device or received by the operating device via the data transmission unit. Data to be processed may be provided by another unit, e.g. As a sensor, data supplied or be stored in or on the integrated circuit data, z. As an identifier (serial number, etc.) or a property of the attachment. The data transmission unit may be at least partially integrated in the integrated circuit. As a result, a particularly compact design is achieved. Alternatively, the data transmission unit is a different component of the integrated circuit or different assembly.

The data transmission unit can have as a transmitter a modulator and a signal coil connected downstream of the modulator, as a receiver a demodulator connected downstream of the signal coil and / or as a transceiver a modem connected to the signal coil. Then the modulator, the demodulator and / or the modem may be integrated into the integrated circuit, but not the signal coil.

The powered or energized attachment may independently send or receive data to or from the operating device, e.g. B. cyclically within predetermined time intervals, z. B. every 100 ms, whereby an optimal data rate is adjustable. Advantageously, in particular measurement data, z. As a temperature, humidity or pressure, independently transmitted to the operating device, as a memory overflow can be prevented. A household attachment device may in particular be any electrically operable food handling device, such as a small domestic appliance (coffee maker, waffle iron, etc.) or a cookware (pot, pan, etc.).

The household operating device (base station) has at least one working zone for operating a set-top device at the working zone, z. B. by attachment to the work area. For this purpose, the operating device has at least one coil per working zone, each having at least one power winding lying in a power winding plane for generating an electromagnetic excitation field, in particular an alternating magnetic field, at the working zone ("power coil"). By means of the generation of an electromagnetic excitation field, an attachment device arranged at the working zone can be operated by means of inductive or "transformatory" energy transmission or coupling. In the context of a cooktop, the work zone may also be referred to as a cooking zone, however, the present invention is not limited thereto.

The household operating device may for example be in the form of a compact unit or be equipped with at least one separate working zone which is or can be operated via a control device (common in the case of several work zones).

The household operating device further comprises at least one signal coil per working zone, each having at least one signal winding in a signal winding plane, wherein the power winding plane is substantially parallel (i.e., exactly parallel or with insubstantial variations) to the signal winding plane. This also makes it possible to realize a particularly space-saving, in particular flat, and cost-effective data transmission unit with this signal coil.

The data transmission unit can also in the case of the household control gear a receiver, a transmitter and / or z. B. be a transceiver. Then, a separate signal coil can be provided for the transmitter and the receiver or for the transmission branch and the reception branch of the transceiver. Alternatively, it can be provided for a combined transmit / receive signal coil, which is preferred.

In the household attachment and the household operating device, the winding plane of the respective power windings and signal windings can be the same or in the to be equal to each other, as well as offset against each other. In the same or substantially the same winding level no additional height is needed. In an offset arrangement, the associated power winding (s) and signal winding (s) may also be stacked, thereby minimizing lateral expansion.

It can be used in each case at least one power coil, each with at least one power winding, z. B. in the form of separate concentrically arranged turns. For easy control, however, a power coil is preferred, which is designed as a spiral coil with one or more windings. The spiral coil can have continuously curved turns, angularly rotating turns or freely designed turns.

If the power winding plane and the signal winding plane are parallel to one another, in particular even if the power winding plane and the signal winding plane coincide, the at least one signal winding of the signal coil can rotate around the at least one power coil on the outside. In particular, the outside arrangement can ensure a sufficient conductor length for a wide range of transmission frequencies, even with only one turn. Alternatively, the at least one signal winding can rotate around the at least one power coil. With an internal arrangement, the number of turns may be increased to ensure a sufficient conductor length.

The at least one power coil and the at least one signal coil of a device may have a common coil core or transformer core for data and power transmission, which saves components in contrast to a separate arrangement. The coil core is advantageously made of an iron core, in particular a ferrite core. The ferrite core preferably has an outer diameter of between 1 cm and 20 cm, especially between 6 cm and 15 mm. Alternatively, one of the coils or both coils may also be air coils. For a simple embodiment of the spool core, the at least one power winding and the at least one signal winding are arranged in a same recess of the spool core. Preference is given to the provision of only one signal coil per device. A winding diameter of the coils can be Preferably be between 1 cm and 20 cm, in particular between 6 cm and 12 cm, especially between 8 cm and 10 cm.

The number of turns of a coil is not limited and may for example be between 1 and 100. Preference is given to a number of turns of a signal coil of one and / or a number of turns of a power coil between four and ten. The signal windings may advantageously consist of HF strand or enameled wire, the power windings may advantageously consist of HF strand. The diameter of the conductor (eg, RF strand 30 x 0.05) of the signal winding may advantageously be thinner than the diameter of the RF strand (eg, RF strand 840 x 0.07) of the power winding. It is preferred for easy arrangement and ensuring a maximum conductor length, when the signal winding is guided along a side wall of the recess.

As the data transmission method, NRZ (Non-Return-to-Zero) or Manchester code method (including a differential Manchester code method) is preferable, but the invention is not limited thereto.

For suppressing crosstalk between a power signal transmitted through the power coil and a data signal transmitted via the signal coil, it is preferable that a minimum frequency of the power signal or the data signal is at least ten times higher than a maximum frequency of the data signal and the power signal, respectively. The signal winding can preferably be operated in the MHz range or higher, preferably in the range from a frequency of 4 MHz or z. B. at a frequency in the frequency range between 4 MHz and 32 MHz.

To avoid heating of the attachment device, it is preferred if a power of not more than 10 watts is consumed for data communication, especially not more than 5 watts, in particular not more than 3 watts. The power may also be needed to operate an electronics of the attachment, which uses the signal coil as an antenna.

The power coil can advantageously be operated with a frequency of not more than 400 KHz, in particular in the frequency range between 100 KHz and 400 KHz. Alternatively or additionally, data about the signal winding (s) at frequencies be transmitted, which are below the frequency band for the power transmission.

The system has at least one such household attachment device and a household operating device, which can be coupled together in a transformer. In this case, only one of the transformer-coupled household appliances may be equipped with a dedicated signal coil; the other of the household appliances may also use the power coil for data transmission. A combined signal / power coil is simpler and more compact in design, but signal processing is more complex due to the superposition of the power signal with the data signal. It is therefore preferred if both devices have a dedicated signal coil.

A system is preferred in which the power coils and / or the signal windings of the household control gear and at least one household attachment are configured equal or substantially equal (i.e., with only minor variations). Alternatively, for example, the signal windings of household control gear and household attachment device may be configured differently, for. B. with a transmission ratio of 10: 1 to 1:10, but preferably with 1: 1.

The coil cores of household control gear and household attachment device can be designed differently, for. However, it is preferred if the coil cores are the same or substantially the same design, as can be carried out particularly inexpensive to manufacture on a single production line.

Overall, it is preferred that the transformer halves of household control gear and household attachment device, which are each composed of the coils and - if present - the spool core, the same or substantially the same design.

In the following figures, the invention will be described schematically with reference to exemplary embodiments. In this case, the same or equivalent elements may be provided with the same reference numerals for clarity, wherein the first digit indicates the reference to the figure in which the element is located. 1 shows a system comprising an operating device for operating a set-top device by means of transformatory energy transmission and a pot arranged thereon as a top-mounted device;

Fig. 2 shows a sketch of a simplified control structure of the system of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 shows in a sectional view of the operating device and the attachment device with structural design of transformer halves of a separable transformer;

4 shows a plan view of an arrangement of elements of a transformer half from FIG. 3.

Fig. 1 shows an attachment device in the form of a smart pot 101, which represents an electrical consumer. The pot 101 has a main body 102 with a lid and handles, and a secondary coil 1 14 designed as a drive unit as a power coil. The pot 101 is arranged to operate on a surface of a worktop 105 of an operating device 106. Under the worktop 105, a power transmission unit 107 is mounted. This has a housing 108 with an actuating element 109 for switching the energy transfer unit 107 on and off. Further, the power transmission unit 107 includes a primary coil 11 1 as a power coil and a power generating unit 1 12 for supplying the primary coil 1 11 with an alternating current. The power generation unit 112 is formed as an inverter in this embodiment. The primary coil 11 1 is wound in the form of a planar spiral winding. During operation of the energy transfer unit 107 and the pot 101, the primary coil 1 11 is supplied with the alternating current and generates an alternating magnetic field. By means of a field flux of this alternating field, the primary coil 1 11 transmits by induction energy to the secondary coil 114, which is arranged on a drawn on the surface of the work surface 105 working zone (energy transfer area) 113 a. At an adjacent work zone 1 13b no attachment device is arranged. The secondary coil 114 is formed as a planar spiral winding. The working zones 113a and 113b are indicated on the work plate 105 by means of a respective line 115a, 115b. In the secondary coil 114, a secondary voltage is induced by the magnetic field flux, which is used as the operating voltage for an operation of the pot 101. The pot 101 can of the working zone 1 13 are removed, whereby the secondary coil 114 is separated from the primary coil 11 1. To the work zone 113 then other attachment devices can be brought, such. As a coffee maker, a mixer, a charger, a fryer, a toaster, a kettle, etc. (also referred to as 'small household appliances'), each having one or more secondary coils and a wireless interaction of the respective secondary coil with the primary coil 1 11th ("Transformer coupling") receive an operating power.

In the worktop 105, a control panel in the form of a touch-sensitive screen 104 is further embedded on the display elements and actuators are freely programmable. The touch-sensitive screen 104 may be, for example, a liquid crystal or LED screen formed by a touch-sensitive film, e.g. As an ITO film is covered. As a result, a large number of different actuation elements, such as push buttons, circular sliders, linear sliders, can be displayed essentially as desired on the control panel, which allows a very flexible user guidance. By means of the control panel 104, in particular the two working zones 1 13a and 1 13b can be controlled independently of each other, for. B. activated (turned on) and deactivated (turned off) and operating parameters arranged thereon attachment 101 are set. Also, an operation of each attachment 101 may be started.

The pot 101 is equipped with an integrated circuit 116 for processing data and outputting data to a transmitter. To an input of the integrated circuit 116, a temperature sensor 127 for determining a temperature at the pot 116 is connected. The integrated circuit 116 cyclically senses the temperature sensor 127, processes the sensed temperature signals into a predetermined data and protocol structure, and transmits the thus processed temperature data to a transmitter. The transmitter has a modulator and a downstream transmit signal coil (not shown). As a transmission signal coil here is a separate from the secondary coil 1 14 signal winding. The data signals radiated by the transmission signal coil are received by a reception signal coil of the operating device 106 (not shown), demodulated in a demodulator (not shown) of the operating device 106 and forwarded to a control unit 110 of the operating device 106. Among other things By means of the temperature data, the control unit ("hearth electronics") 110, which here comprises a microcontroller, controls or regulates the power generation unit 12.

Although only two working zones 113a, 113b are shown on the operating device, fewer or more working zones can also be realized, in particular four or five working zones.

2 shows a sketch of a simplified control structure of a system comprising an intelligent pot 201 and an operating device 206.

The intelligent pot 201 has a main body 202, which is closed by a pot bottom 220 down, and can be filled into the food 221. On an underside of the pot bottom 220, a heating path 222 in the form of an intertwined resistance thick-layer web, which is heated when energized and so warms the pot bottom 220 to heat the food 221 runs. To its power supply, the heating track 222 is connected to a secondary coil 214 in the form of a spiral-shaped secondary winding and represents their load. From the secondary coil 214 and an electrical power to supply a pot electronics 223 is branched off. For this purpose, the pot electronics 223 has a switching regulator 224, which converts the output power voltage output by the secondary coil 214 into a low-voltage direct voltage. By means of the low-voltage DC voltage, the remaining parts of the pot electronics 223 are operated, of which an analog measuring electronics 225, an integrated circuit 216 and a modulator 226 are shown here. By means of the analog measuring electronics 225, measuring signals of various sensors of the pot 201 are sensed. For ease of illustration only three mounted on the underside of the pot bottom 220 temperature sensors 227 are shown here, but other sensors with the analog measuring electronics 225 may be connected, for. B. pressure sensors or humidity sensors. Furthermore, a self-temperature sensor 217 is present directly at a measuring input of the analog measuring electronics 225. This thus measures the temperature in the range of this measuring input of the analog measuring electronics 225; Since the well electronics 223 are relatively compactly housed on a common board (not shown), the temperature at that measurement input is also considered to be representative of the temperature at the integrated circuit 216. The analog measuring electronics 225 are connected on the output side to an input side of the integrated circuit 216, so that temperature data from the analog measuring electronics 225 are forwarded to the integrated circuit 216 for subsequent processing. For processing the temperature data transmitted analogously by the measuring electronics 225, the integrated circuit 216 has an A / D converter (not shown). In the integrated circuit 216, the digital "raw data" provided by the analog meter electronics 225 are reformatted into a format compatible for communication with the driver 206. In particular, raw data is converted to a predetermined data format and protocol format. The formatted measurement data is then cycled by integrated circuit 216, e.g. B. every 10 ms, forwarded to the modulator 226, where they are modulated onto a carrier signal to then be transmitted from the modulator 226 via a signal coil 228 to the operating device 206. The signal coil 228 is designed here as a parallel to the pot bottom 220 extending signal winding. However, other measurement data can also be processed by the integrated circuit 216 and forwarded to the modulator 226, such as a measurement signal of a secondary-side power voltage. In addition, other data may also be processed by the integrated circuit 216 and passed to the modulator 226, such as identification data (identity code, etc.) and operational data, cyclic or, in the case of bi-directional communication, polled. The operating device 206 has a receiving signal coil 229, which is likewise designed as a signal winding, which is substantially opposite to the signal winding of the transmitting signal coil 228 of the pot 201. The receive signal coil 229 receives the modulated carrier signal radiated by the transmit signal coil 228 and passes it to a demodulator 230 in which the data modulated onto the carrier signal is extracted and output again as readable digital data. Thus, both the data sensed by the analog measuring electronics 225 and the identification data and operating data supplied by the integrated circuit 216 are now present in the operating device 206. These data are further processed in a control unit ("hearth electronics") 210 and evaluated for the operation of the pot 201. Due to the coil-like configuration and opposite arrangement of transmit signal coil 228 and receive signal coil 229, a near-field data transmission is achieved which does not radiate significantly laterally and thus is not recorded by other receivers at other work zones. This prevents crosstalk and achieves an unambiguous assignment of pot 201 and operating device 206 only on the basis of the data transmission as such and without any other means. Thus, the temperature data emitted by the pot 201 may be in the form of resistance values of the temperature sensors used, if they are designed as resistance temperature sensors. From this, the actual temperature at the underside of the pot bottom 220 can be determined in the control unit 210 by means of a look-up of the corresponding resistance / temperature characteristics in a look-up table, and the temperature of the cooking product can be deduced therefrom. For example, the temperature at the bottom of the pot bottom 220 can be equated with the temperature of the cooking product, or an empirically determined temperature difference can be added, which may also depend on the height of the measured temperature. The control unit 210 also receives inputs from a control panel 204, for example, about a target cooking temperature for a temperature control For this purpose, an operator has previously set the target cooking temperature on the control panel 204 directly or via a cooking program. From the control panel 204 - unnoticed by the operator - also other control variables such as PID coefficients are sent to the control unit. In the control unit 210, in the case of a temperature control, a control deviation between desired cooking temperature and actual cooking temperature can be determined, as well as a manipulated variable of the control loop, from which in turn a control voltage for controlling a power generating unit 212 in the form of power electronics is calculated and output. The control voltage is here in a range between 0 V (switched off) and 4 V (maximum). For this purpose, a digital / analog converter 231 is inserted between the control unit 210 and the power generation unit 212. By means of the power generation unit 212, a primary coil 211 is operated in the form of a spiral-shaped power winding, as already stated with regard to FIG. For this purpose, the power generating unit 212 generates an alternating power voltage applied to the primary coil 21 1, here for example between 10 VAC and 230 VAC at a frequency between 100 kHz and 400 kHz. The primary coil 211 generates an alternating magnetic field as an alternating field, which in turn is received by the secondary coil 214. In other words, an induction-based energy transfer ("transformer coupling") results between the primary coil 21 1 and the secondary coil 214.

If the pot 201 is placed on the operating device 206, for example on the work zone 1 13a of the work surface 105 shown in FIG. 1, energy can be transferred from the operating device 206 to the pot 201 and data signals from the pot 201 to the operating device 206 become. Due to the transformer or inductive coupling between primary coil 211 and secondary coil 214, however, the energy transfer is possible only in a near field of the primary coil 21 1 for operating the pot 201. Typical maximum vertical distances (along the z-extension) between operating device 206 and pot 201 here are between 0.3 mm and 3 mm. A maximum offset in r-extent from a centered position is here up to 3 cm. If the pot 201 further away from the primary coil 211, the transmitted power is no longer sufficient for the operation of the pot 201. Then the transmitted energy is no longer sufficient for the operation of the pot electronics 223, which then stops their operation. The power required to transfer the pot 201, including operation of the pot electronics 223, is less than 5W, advantageously not more than 3W. An interruption of the data transmission is interpreted as removal of the pot 201 from the operating device 206.

When approaching the pot 201 to an operating device 206, this can again enter the near field of the primary coil 211 and thus be supplied with energy again. In this case, the pot electronics 223 again sends signals via the transmitter 226, 228, which are recognized by the operating device 206. A data transfer is interpreted as placing the pot 201 on the operating device 206.

Fig. 3 shows in a sectional view of the operating device 306, which has the power generating unit 312, the control unit 310 and the primary coil 31 1, and also shows the intelligent pot 301 with the secondary coil 314 and the heating track 322. For clarity, the low-voltage range of the intelligent Topfs 301 with pot electronics, sensors, etc. not shown as a load. The primary coil 311 is arranged in a circular recess 332 of an iron core (in particular ferrite core) 333 of the operating device 306, which serves to amplify a field strength generated by the primary coil 31 1. In the pot 301 is another iron core (in particular ferrite core) 334 can be seen, which also has a circular recess 335, in which the secondary coil 314 is arranged. The iron core 334 with the secondary coil 314 (secondary transformer half) is separable from the iron core 333 with the primary coil 331 (primary transformer half), as indicated schematically by an arrow P. The working surface of the worktop 305 is shown schematically by a dashed line. The primary coil 311 is wound in a power winding plane 336 in the form of a spiral coil (see also FIG. 1). The secondary coil 314 is also in the form of a spiral coil wound in a power winding plane 337. The secondary coil 314 and the primary coil 311 have the same number of windings, namely five here.

In the primary-side recess 332 of the primary-side iron core 333, a single signal winding 338 of a primary-side signal coil 329 is arranged on the outside with respect to the primary coil 311. This thus rotates on the outside of the planar primary-side power coil 311. The signal winding 338 is attached to an outer side wall 339 of the recess 332. The power winding plane 336 and the signal winding plane thus coincide. Analogously, in the recess 335 of the secondary-side iron core 334, a single signal winding 341 of a secondary-side signal coil 328 is arranged on the outside with respect to the secondary-side power coil 314. This thus rotates on the outside of the flat secondary-side power coil 314. The signal winding 341 is attached to an outer side wall 342 of the secondary-side recess 335. The power winding plane 337 and the signal winding plane thus also coincide. The signal turns 338, 341 are both operated at a frequency of 4 MHz or higher while the power coils 311, 314 are running at a frequency of not more than 400 KHz. The conductors of the signal windings 338, 341 are wound from HF strand 30 x 0.05, the conductors of the power coils 311, 314 are wound from HF strand 840 x 0.07. The primary-side windings 311 and 338 are potted in the primary-side recess 332 with resin or plastic; Likewise, the secondary-side windings 314 and 341 in the secondary side recess 335 are potted with resin or plastic.

By installing the transformer halves (primary coil 311 and primary-side coil core 333 and secondary coil 31 1 and secondary-side coil core 334) in a horizontal arrangement, the field direction is perpendicular therebetween, which causes only minimal spurious emissions (EMC).

Fig. 4 shows in plan an arrangement of elements of a transformer half of Fig. 3. Here, only the transformer half for the attachment device is described; The transformer half for the operating device is constructed analogously. In the annular recess 435 of the cup-shaped iron core 434 are the spirally configured secondary side power coil 414 with here eight windings and this outside surrounding a secondary signal coil 428 with a single signal winding 441. The secondary-side signal winding 441 is attached to the outer side wall 442 of the secondary-side recess 435 by means of a double-sided adhesive tape. The diameter of the signal winding 441 is about 9 cm.

Some of the advantages of the embodiment described are that a cost-effective and space-saving arrangement, a minimized interference emission (EMC), a robust construction, no danger to an operator due to the galvanic separation of the transformer halves and thus a touch security, a high degree of design freedom in the device design, a wireless Power / data transmission, especially for a cable-free kitchen, are given. In addition, no separate power supply (battery, etc.) is required in the attachment.

Of course, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment shown.

Thus, a bidirectional communication between pot and operating device can be present. Pot and operating device are then each equipped with a data transmission unit with transmitting and receiving function, z. A transceiver with a modem and a transmit / receive signal coil. An operable by the operating device device is not limited to a pot, but may include any other electrically operable attachment device, such as another cooking utensils (pan, etc.) or a household small appliance.

Thus, the self-temperature sensor may also be positioned at a location other than a measurement input, z. B. at another point on the electronics carrying the pot board, as well as the temperatures sensed there could be representative of a temperature at the pot electronics. Also, the self-temperature sensor may be integrated into a chip, for. As the measuring electronics or a digital circuit. Bezugszeichenhste

101 Intelligent pot 228 transmission signal coil

102 main body 229 received signal coil

104 Control panel 230 Demodulator

105 Worktop 231 D / A converter

106 Control gear 301 Intelligent pot

107 Energy transfer unit 305 Worktop

108 Housing 306 Operating device

109 actuator 310 control unit

110 control unit 311 primary coil

111 primary coil 312 power generation unit

112 power generation unit 314 secondary coil

113 Work zone 322 Heating track

114 Secondary coil 328 Secondary signal coil

115 Line 329 Primary signal coil

116 integrated circuit 332 primary side recess

117 Own temperature sensor 333 Primary iron core

201 Smart pot 334 Secondary iron core

202 main body 335 Secondary recess

206 Operating device 336 Winding level

210 control unit 337 winding level

211 primary coil 338 signal winding

212 power generation unit 339 outer side wall

214 Secondary coil 341 Signal winding

216 integrated circuit 342 outer side wall

217 Own temperature sensor 414 Secondary coil

220 pot bottom 428 secondary side signal coil

221 food to be cooked 434 iron core

222 heating track 435 recess

223 Pot electronics 441 Signal winding

224 switching regulator 442 outer side wall

225 analog measuring electronics P arrow

226 Modulator V ₆ secondary voltage

227 Temperature sensor VR Secondary voltage characteristic

Claims

claims

A household attachment (101, 201, 301), comprising at least one power coil (114, 214, 314, 414), each having at least one power winding for inductive removal of energy from an electromagnetic excitation field, in particular an alternating magnetic field, wherein the at least one power winding in a power winding plane (337), and at least one signal coil (228; 328; 428) each having at least one signal winding (341; 441), the at least one signal winding (341; 441) being located in a signal winding plane (337) Power winding plane (337) is substantially parallel to the signal winding plane (337).

2. Household operating device (106, 206, 306), having at least one working zone (113a, 11b) for operating a set-top device (101, 201, 301), wherein the operating device (106, 206, 306) per working zone (113a, 1 13b) has at least one power coil (11 1, 21 1, 311), each having at least one power winding for generating an electromagnetic excitation field, in particular magnetic alternating field, at the working zone (113a, 13b), the at least one power winding in a power winding plane (11). 336), and at least one signal coil (229; 329) per work zone (1 13a, 113b) each having at least one signal winding (338), the at least one signal winding being in (338) a signal winding plane (336), the power winding plane (336) 336) is substantially parallel to the signal winding plane (336).

3. Household appliance (101, 106, 201, 206, 301, 306) according to one of claims 1 or 2, wherein the power coil (11 1, 1 14; 211, 214; 31 1, 314; 414) is formed as a spiral coil ,

4. Household appliance (101, 106, 201, 206, 301, 306) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one signal winding (338, 341; 441) of the signal coil (228, 229; 328, 329; 428) has the at least one power coil (1 11, 114, 211, 214, 31 1, 314, 414) runs around the outside.

5. Household appliance (101, 106, 201, 206, 301, 306) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the power coil (11 1, 1 14; 211, 214; 31 1, 314; 414) and the at least one signal winding ( 338, 331, 441) of the signal coil (228, 229, 328, 329, 428) are arranged in a same recess (332, 335, 435) of a coil core (333, 334, 434).

A domestic appliance (101, 106, 201, 206, 301, 306) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the signal winding (338, 341; 441) is guided along a side wall (339; 342; 442) of the recess (332, 335; 435) is.

A home appliance (101, 106; 201, 206; 301, 306) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the signal winding (338, 341; 441) is operated at a frequency of 4 MHz or above.

8. Household appliance (101, 106, 201, 206, 301, 306) according to one of the preceding claims, in which no more than 10 watts are consumed for data communication, especially not more than 5 watts, in particular not more than 3 watts.

A domestic appliance (101, 106; 201, 206; 301, 306) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the power coil (11 1, 14; 21 1, 214; 31 1, 314; 414) has a frequency of not more than 400 KHz is operated.

10. Household appliance according to one of the preceding claims, wherein a diameter of the signal winding (338.341; 441) is between 8 cm and 10 cm.

11. Household appliance according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the signal winding (338.341; 441) is provided for operation in a range from a frequency of 4 MHz.

A household appliance according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the power coil (11 1, 1 14; 211, 214; 311, 314; 414) is provided for operation in the range of not more than 400 KHz.

13. Household appliance according to one of the preceding claims, in which a power of not more than 10 watts is provided for data communication, especially not more than 5 watts, in particular not more than 3 watts.

The system of a household power supply (106; 206; 306) according to claim 2, comprising at least one domestic attachment (101; 201; 301) according to claim 1, wherein the power coils (11,1,11; 211,214; 31 1, 314, 414) and / or the signal coils (228, 229, 328, 329, 428) of household control gear and household attachment device are configured the same.