KR20110135539A - Wireless power transmission apparatus and method, mobile terminal and method for receiving wireless power - Google Patents

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KR20110135539A
KR20110135539A KR1020100055319A KR20100055319A KR20110135539A KR 20110135539 A KR20110135539 A KR 20110135539A KR 1020100055319 A KR1020100055319 A KR 1020100055319A KR 20100055319 A KR20100055319 A KR 20100055319A KR 20110135539 A KR20110135539 A KR 20110135539A
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PURPOSE: A wireless power transmission apparatus, mobile terminal, and a method for receiving wireless power are provided to minimize the interference between the mobile terminal and the wireless power transmission apparatus. CONSTITUTION: A source unit(250) transmits the wireless power to a first mobile terminal. A controller(220) controls the transmission of the wireless power by the on/off state of the first mobile terminal. The controller transmits the wireless power while the first mobile terminal does not perform communication with the base station. The controller controls the source part in order to pause the wireless power transmission while the base station performs communication with the first mobile terminal.

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Wireless power transmission device and method thereof, mobile terminal for receiving wireless power and method for receiving wireless power thereof {Wireless Power Transmission Apparatus and Method, Mobile Terminal and Method for Receiving Wireless Power}

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a wireless power transmitter and a method thereof, a mobile terminal for receiving a wireless power, and a method for receiving a wireless power thereof.

Due to the characteristics of a mobile terminal whose main function is communication, battery performance of the mobile terminal has emerged as an important problem. In addition to mobile terminals, household appliances are provided with a function of wirelessly transmitting data, but power is generally provided through a power line.

Meanwhile, there is a technology for wirelessly supplying power to a mobile terminal using a frequency among wireless power transmission technologies. After the mobile terminal enters the sleep mode, the mobile terminal receives and charges the wireless power. However, even during the sleep mode, the mobile terminal periodically turns on / off and maintains communication with the base station. Therefore, when the sleep mode is turned on while the wireless power is being received, the communication signal with the base station and the wireless power cause interference.

In one aspect, a source unit for transmitting a wireless power to the first mobile terminal; And a controller configured to control the transmission of the wireless power according to on / off of the sleep mode in which the operation of the first mobile terminal is in an idle state.

The control unit transmits the wireless power while the sleep mode is off and the first mobile terminal and the base station are not in communication. The control unit transmits the wireless power while the sleep mode is on and the first mobile terminal and the base station communicate. The source unit may be controlled to stop transmission of the.

The apparatus may further include a communication unit configured to receive information about a period of a sleep mode of the first mobile terminal, a period in which the sleep mode is turned on and off.

When the transmission of the wireless power is requested from the second mobile terminal, when the sleep mode periods of the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal coincide with each other, the controller sends the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal to the second mobile terminal. The source unit may be controlled to transmit the wireless power.

The controller controls the communication unit to transmit information on the sleep mode period of the first mobile terminal to the second mobile terminal, and the second mobile terminal is based on the information on the transmitted sleep mode period. The sleep mode cycle of the second mobile terminal may be changed to the sleep mode cycle of the first mobile terminal, and the change result may be transmitted to the communication unit.

When the transmission of the wireless power is requested from the second mobile terminal, the base station matches the sleep mode period of the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal.

The control unit controls the source unit to start the transmission of the wireless power before the sleep mode is changed from an on state to an off state.

In another aspect, the communication unit for requesting the transmission of the wireless power to the transmitter for transmitting wireless power, and receives information on the period of the first sleep mode from the transmitter; A controller for changing a period of a second sleep mode preset in the mobile terminal to a period of the received first sleep mode; And a receiver configured to receive the wireless power from the transmitter during a period in which the communication unit does not communicate with a base station during a period of the first sleep mode.

The controller controls the communication unit to request that the base station change the period of the second sleep mode to the period of the first sleep mode.

According to another aspect, the method may further include: checking on / off of a sleep mode in which an operation of a first mobile terminal is in an idle state; In accordance with the on / off of the identified sleep mode, a wireless power transmission method including intermittently transmitting wireless power to the first mobile terminal is provided.

The transmitting may include transmitting the wireless power while the sleep mode is turned off and the first mobile terminal and the base station are not in communication, and while the sleep mode is turned on, the first mobile terminal and the base station communicate with each other. Stop transmission of wireless power.

And receiving information about a sleep mode period of the first mobile terminal, a period in which the sleep mode is turned on and off.

Requesting the second mobile terminal to match a sleep mode period between the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal when transmission of the wireless power is requested from a second mobile terminal; And transmitting the wireless power to the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal if the sleep mode periods coincide.

The requesting may include transmitting information about a sleep mode period of the first mobile terminal, a period during which the sleep mode is on and off, to the second mobile terminal, and the first mobile terminal from the second mobile terminal. The method may further include reporting that the sleep mode period of the second mobile terminal is matched.

The transmitting step starts the transmission of the wireless power before the sleep mode is changed from an on state to an off state.

In another aspect, a method comprising: requesting a transmitter for transmitting wireless power to transmit wireless power; Receiving information from the transmitter on a period of a first sleep mode that another mobile terminal is using; Changing a period of a second sleep mode preset in the mobile terminal to a period of the received first sleep mode; And receiving the wireless power from the transmitter during a period in which the mobile terminal does not communicate with a base station during a period of the first sleep mode.

Requesting the base station to change the period of the second sleep mode to the period of the first sleep mode.

A wireless power transmission apparatus and method thereof, a mobile terminal for wireless power reception and a wireless power reception method thereof are provided. The wireless power may be transmitted to the mobile terminal in consideration of the on-off period of the sleep mode when the mobile terminal operates in the sleep mode. As a result, interference between the mobile terminal and the wireless power transmission device can be minimized and wireless power can be effectively transmitted.

In addition, in the case of transmitting wireless power to two or more mobile terminals, the wireless power may be transmitted after matching the sleep modes of the mobile terminals. As a result, even when wireless power is simultaneously transmitted to mobile terminals, transmission efficiency may be increased.

In addition, by partially overlapping the on / off section of the ramp among the sections where the wireless power is transmitted, the amount of transmission of the wireless power may be increased.

1 illustrates a wireless power transfer system according to an exemplary embodiment.
2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a wireless power transmission apparatus.
3 is a diagram for describing a period of a first sleep mode and a period of a WPT mode.
4 is a diagram for explaining a cycle of two or more sleep modes and a cycle of a WPT mode.
5 is a view for explaining an example of adjusting the period of the WPT mode in consideration of EMI.
FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a state change of an apparatus according to on and off of a first sleep mode.
7 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a second mobile terminal.
8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a wireless power transmission method.
9 is a flowchart for explaining another example of the wireless power transmission method.
10 illustrates a meta-structured resonator according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an equivalent circuit of the resonator illustrated in FIG. 10.
12 illustrates a meta-structured resonator according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an insertion position of the capacitor of FIG. 12 in detail.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, the wireless power transmission technology used in the wireless power transmission system will be described. Wireless power transmission technology can be classified into three types of electromagnetic induction method, radio wave reception method, electric field or magnetic field resonance method.

First, the electromagnetic induction method uses a phenomenon in which magnetic flux is generated when an alternating current flows in one coil after approaching two different coils close to each other, and thus electromotive force is generated in the other coil. The electromagnetic induction method has the most high efficiency and practical use, such as the power utilization efficiency is approximately 60-98%.

Second, in the radio wave reception method, radio wave energy is received and used by an antenna to convert an AC radio wave waveform into a direct current through a rectifier circuit to obtain power. Radio reception method is capable of transmitting wireless power over the longest distance (above several meters).

Third, the resonance method uses resonance of an electric field or a magnetic field, and transmits energy by resonating at the same frequency between devices. In case of using the resonance of the magnetic field, electric power is generated by using magnetic resonance coupling using the LC resonator structure. The magnetic resonance method is a technology that uses a near field effect of a short distance compared to the wavelength of the used frequency. Unlike the radio wave reception method, it is a non-radiative energy transmission, and matches the resonance frequency between the transmitter and the receiver. Send it. The magnetic resonance method increases the power transmission efficiency by about 50 ~ 60%, which is much higher than the radio wave reception type through radio wave radiation. Although the transmission / reception period distance is about several meters, although the technique used in the near field rather than the radio wave reception method, the power transmission is possible at a far distance than the electromagnetic induction type within a few mm.

1 illustrates a wireless power transfer system according to an exemplary embodiment.

In the example of FIG. 1, it is assumed that the wireless power transmitted through the wireless power transmission system is resonance power.

Referring to FIG. 1, a wireless power transmission system is a source-target structure consisting of a source and a target. That is, the wireless power transmission system includes a resonance power transmitter 110 corresponding to a source and a resonance power receiver 120 corresponding to a target.

The resonance power transmitter 110 includes a source unit 111 and a source resonator 115 that generate energy by receiving energy from an external voltage supply device. In addition, the resonance power transmission apparatus 110 may further include a matching control 113 that performs resonance frequency or impedance matching.

The source unit 111 receives energy from an external voltage supply to generate resonance power. The source unit 111 rectifies an AC signal output from an AC-AC converter or an AC-AC converter for adjusting a signal level of an AC signal input from an external device to a desired level, thereby outputting a DC voltage having a predetermined level. It can include a DC-AC Inverter that generates an AC signal of several MHz to several tens of MHz band by fast switching the DC voltage output from the DC converter and the AC-DC converter.

The matching control 113 sets the resonance bandwidth of the source resonator 115 or the impedance matching frequency of the source resonator 115. The matching control unit 113 includes at least one of a source resonance bandwidth setting unit (not shown) or a source matching frequency setting unit (not shown). The source resonant bandwidth setting unit sets a resonance bandwidth of the source resonator 115. The source matching frequency setting unit sets the impedance matching frequency of the source resonator 115. In this case, the Q-factor of the source resonator 115 may be determined according to the resonance bandwidth of the source resonator or the impedance matching frequency of the source resonator.

The source resonator 115 transfers electromagnetic energy to the target resonator. That is, the source resonator 115 transmits the resonance power to the target device 120 through the magnetic coupling 101 with the target resonator 121. At this time, the source resonator 115 resonates within the set resonance bandwidth.

The resonance power receiver 120 includes a target resonator 121, a matching control unit 123 for performing resonance frequency or impedance matching, and a target unit 125 for transferring the received resonance power to a load.

The target resonator 121 receives electromagnetic energy from the source resonator 115. At this time, the target resonator 121 resonates within the set resonance bandwidth.

The matching control unit 123 sets at least one of a resonance bandwidth of the target resonator 121 or an impedance matching frequency of the target resonator 121. The matching control unit 123 includes at least one of a target resonance bandwidth setting unit (not shown) or a target matching frequency setting unit (not shown). The target resonance bandwidth setting unit sets a resonance bandwidth of the target resonator 121. The target matching frequency setting unit sets the impedance matching frequency of the target resonator 121. In this case, the Q-factor of the target resonator 121 may be determined according to the resonance bandwidth of the target resonator 121 or the impedance matching frequency of the target resonator 121.

The target unit 125 transfers the received resonance power to the load. At this time, the target unit 125 rectifies an AC signal received from the source resonator 115 to the target resonator 121 to generate a DC signal, and an AC-DC converter to adjust the signal level of the DC signal to adjust the device voltage. It may include a DC-DC converter that supplies a device or a load.

The source resonator 115 and the target resonator 121 may be configured as a helix coil structure resonator, a spiral coil structure resonator, or a meta-structured resonator.

Referring to FIG. 1, the control process of the cue-factor sets the resonance bandwidth of the source resonator 115 and the resonance bandwidth of the target resonator 121, and the source resonator 115 and the target resonator 121. And transferring electromagnetic energy from the source resonator 115 to the target resonator 121 through magnetic coupling therebetween. In this case, the resonance bandwidth of the source resonator 115 may be set to be wider or narrower than the resonance bandwidth of the target resonator 121. That is, since the resonance bandwidth of the source resonator 115 is set wider or narrower than the resonance bandwidth of the target resonator 121, the BW-factor of the source resonator and the BW-factor of the target resonator are maintained in an unbalanced relationship with each other. .

In resonant wireless power transmission, the resonance bandwidth is an important factor. When Qt is a Q-factor that considers the distance change between the source resonator 115 and the target resonator 121, the change in the resonance impedance, the impedance mismatch, the reflected signal, and the like, Qt is equal to the resonance bandwidth as shown in Equation 1 below. Have an inverse relationship.

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In Equation 1, f0 is the center frequency,

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Is the reflection loss between the resonators, BWS is the resonance bandwidth of the source resonator 115, and BWD is the resonance bandwidth of the target resonator 121. In the present specification, the BW-factor means 1 / BWS or 1 / BWD.

On the other hand, impedance mismatching between the source resonator 115 and the target resonator 121 may occur due to external influences such as a change in distance between the source resonator 115 and the target resonator 121 or a change in one of the two positions. Can be. Impedance mismatch can be a direct cause of reducing the efficiency of power delivery. The matching control 113 may determine that impedance mismatch has occurred by sensing a reflected wave in which a part of the transmission signal is reflected and return, and perform impedance matching. In addition, the matching control 113 may change the resonance frequency by detecting the resonance point through the waveform analysis of the reflected wave. Here, the matching control 113 may determine a frequency having a minimum amplitude as the resonance frequency in the waveform of the reflected wave.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a wireless power transmitter 200.

The wireless power transmission (WPT) device 200, the first mobile terminal 300, and the second mobile terminal 400 illustrated in FIG. 2 may be used in the wireless power transmission system described with reference to FIG. 1. . That is, the first mobile terminal 300 and the second mobile terminal 400 may receive wireless power from the device 200 through the resonant frequency.

Referring to FIG. 2, the WPT device 200 includes a communication unit 210, a control unit 220, a storage unit 230, an electro magnetic interference (EMI) measurement unit 240, and a source unit 250.

The communication unit 210 may perform wired or wireless communication with the first mobile terminal 300 or the second mobile terminal 400 through a communication network. For example, the communication unit 210 receives a message requesting transmission of wireless power from the first mobile terminal 300 and requests the first mobile terminal 300 for information on a sleep mode cycle. . When the communication unit 210 receives information on the sleep mode period of the first mobile terminal 300, the communication unit 210 may provide the received information to the control unit 220.

Hereinafter, information on the period of the first sleep mode and the first sleep mode of the sleep mode of the first mobile terminal 300 is referred to as first period information.

The first sleep mode is a mode in which the power of the first mobile terminal 300 is turned on but does not operate, and is effective in power saving. Therefore, when the first mobile terminal 300 operates in the first sleep mode, the first mobile terminal 300 is in the idle state.

3 is a diagram for describing a period of a first sleep mode and a period of a WPT mode.

As shown in FIG. 3, the first sleep mode periodically turns on and off. Therefore, the period of the first sleep mode means a period in which the first sleep mode is alternately turned on and off. When the first sleep mode is on, the first mobile terminal 300 communicates with the base station 500. In addition, when the first sleep mode is off, the first mobile terminal 300 terminates the communication with the base station 500.

The controller 220 may control a transmission cycle of wireless power by using the first cycle information. That is, the controller 220 may control the source unit 250 so that the wireless power to the first mobile terminal 300 is intermittently transmitted according to the on / off of the first sleep mode.

In detail, the controller 220 controls the source unit 250 to transmit wireless power while the first sleep mode is turned off and the first mobile terminal 300 and the base station 500 do not communicate. In addition, while the first sleep mode is turned on, the source unit 250 may be controlled to temporarily stop the transmission of the wireless power while the first mobile terminal 300 and the base station 500 communicate.

The WPT mode of the WPT device 200 is in an on state while transmitting wireless power, and the WPT mode is in an off state while the transmission of wireless power is paused. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 3, when the WPT mode is on, the first sleep mode is in an off state, and when the WPT mode is off, the first sleep mode is in an on state.

Meanwhile, the WPT device 200 may transmit wireless power to two or more mobile terminals. In FIG. 2, the first mobile terminal 300 and the second mobile terminal 400 are described as examples, but the number is not limited thereto.

When the wireless power is requested to be transmitted from the second mobile terminal 400 while transmitting the wireless power to the first mobile terminal 300, the controller 220 controls the first mobile terminal 300 and the second mobile terminal 400. The source unit 250 may be controlled to transmit the wireless power. In this case, when the period of the first sleep mode and the second sleep mode coincide with each other, the controller 220 may allow wireless power to be transmitted. The period of the second sleep mode is a period of the sleep mode of the second mobile terminal 400. An operation of matching the period of the first sleep mode to the period of the second sleep mode will be described later with reference to FIG. 7.

4 is a diagram for describing a period of the first and second sleep modes and a period of the WPT mode.

Referring to FIG. 4, the period of the first sleep mode and the period of the second sleep mode are different from each other before the period is changed. After the period is changed, the period of the first sleep mode and the period of the second sleep mode are the same, and the period of the WPT mode is opposite to the period of the first sleep mode. That is, the controller 220 turns on the WPT mode when the first sleep mode and the second sleep mode are off. As a result, the wireless power is transmitted to the first mobile terminal 300 and the second mobile terminal 400. In addition, the controller 220 turns off the WPT mode when the first sleep mode and the second sleep mode are on. As a result, the transmission of the wireless power transmitted to the first mobile terminal 300 and the second mobile terminal 400 is paused.

Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIG. 5, the controller 220 may control the source unit 250 to transmit the wireless power to the first mobile terminal 300 before the first sleep mode is changed from the on state to the off state. Can be. This may be equally applicable to the case where the WPT device 200 simultaneously transmits wireless power to the first mobile terminal 300 and the second mobile terminal 400.

5 is a view for explaining an example of adjusting the period of the WPT mode in consideration of EMI.

Referring to FIG. 5, it takes time when the WPT mode is changed from the off state to the on state, and the time consuming section is called a ramp section R. In the ramp section R, since the amount of wireless power transmission is small, EMI rarely occurs. Therefore, when the controller 220 starts to transmit the wireless power to the first mobile terminal 300, the controller 220 does not overlap the section in which the first sleep mode is on and the section in which the WPT mode is off.

As time passes, the controller 220 adjusts the period of the WPT mode with reference to the EMI measured by the EMI measurement unit 240. The controller 220 may adjust the period of the WPT mode to partially overlap the section in which the first sleep mode is on and the section in which the WPT mode is on. That is, the controller 220 may adjust the time point at which the WPT mode is turned on so that the ramp section R of the WPT and the on-in section of the first sleep mode partially overlap. However, the controller 220 increases the overlapping section only until there is no EMI effect as a result of the EMI measurement. As a result, the source unit 250 starts the transmission of the wireless power before the first sleep mode is changed from the on state to the off state.

Referring to FIG. 2 again, the storage unit 230 stores the first period information received from the first mobile terminal 300. In addition, the storage unit 230 stores the changed period of the third sleep mode when the period of the first sleep mode and the period of the second sleep mode are changed to the period of the third sleep mode. The stored period of the third sleep mode may be used when another mobile terminal requests wireless power.

The EMI measuring unit 240 measures the EMI generated by the overlapping the ON section of the first sleep mode and the ON section of the WPT mode.

The source unit 250 may transmit wireless power to the first mobile terminal 300.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a state change of an apparatus according to on and off of a first sleep mode.

Referring to FIG. 6, the WP transceiver Synch state is a state in which the WPT device 200 prepares for charging, sharing a period of the first sleep mode, and synchronizing timing according to the period of the first sleep mode.

The charging state is a state in which the first mobile terminal 300 is being charged by the transmission of wireless power. When the first sleep mode transitions off, the WPT device 200 transitions to a charged state.

If the first sleep mode transitions to on when the WPT device 200 is in the charged state, the WPT device 200 is switched to the stopped state. If charging is completed when the WPT device 200 is in the charged state, the WPT device 200 is switched to the charged state.

The stopped state is a state in which the WPT device 200 stops charging. If the first mobile terminal 300 transitions off while the WPT device 200 is in the stopped state, the WPT device 200 is switched to the charged state.

7 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a second mobile terminal 400.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an operation in which the second mobile terminal 400 receives wireless power from the WPT device 200 while the WPT device 200 transmits wireless power to the first mobile terminal 300.

Referring to FIG. 7, the second mobile terminal 400 includes a communication unit 410, a controller 420, a receiver 430, and a charger 440.

The communication unit 410 provides a wired or wireless communication service through a wired or wireless network. When charging of the second mobile terminal 400 is required, the communication unit 410 transmits a charging request message to the WPT device 200. In addition, the communication unit 410 receives a message indicating that the charge request has been accepted from the WPT device 200. The received message may include a command to match the period of the first period information and the second sleep mode to the period of the first sleep mode.

The controller 420 may change the period of the second sleep mode to the period of the first sleep mode based on the received first period information. Alternatively, the controller 420 may change the period of the first sleep mode to the period of the second sleep mode. Alternatively, the controller 420 may change both the period of the second sleep mode and the period of the first sleep mode to the period of the third sleep mode based on the received first period information.

The controller 420 controls on / off of the sleep mode according to the changed cycle of the sleep mode.

On the other hand, the period of the first sleep mode and the second sleep mode may be matched by the base station 500. That is, the controller 420 controls the communication unit 410 to request the base station 500 to match the period of the first sleep mode and the period of the second sleep mode. The base station 500 may make the period of the first sleep mode coincide with the period of the second sleep mode at the request of the second mobile terminal 400. The matched period may be one of a period of a first sleep mode, a period of a second sleep mode, or a period of a third sleep mode.

When the period of the second sleep mode coincides with the period of the first sleep mode, the controller 420 may control the communicator 410 to transmit information about the period of the sleep mode to the WPT device 200.

Since the period of the first sleep mode and the period of the second sleep mode coincide with each other, the WPT device 200 transmits wireless power according to the on / off of the WPT mode.

For example, if the period of the matched sleep mode is the period of the first sleep mode, the WPT device 200 maintains the period of the WPT mode as shown in FIG. 3, and maintains the wireless power according to the period of the WPT mode. The mobile terminal 300 and the second mobile terminal 400 are transmitted.

If the period of the matched sleep mode is the period of the second sleep mode, the WPT device 200 changes the period of the WPT mode to match the second sleep mode. That is, the WPT device 200 changes the WPT mode so that the WPT mode is off when the second sleep mode is on, and turns on the WPT mode when the second sleep mode is off. In addition, the WPT device 200 transmits wireless power to the first mobile terminal 300 and the second mobile terminal 400 according to the changed WPT mode cycle.

In addition, if the period of the matched sleep mode is the period of the third sleep mode, the WPT device 200 changes the period of the WPT mode to match the third sleep mode. Since this is the same as changing the second sleep mode, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The receiver 430 receives wireless power from the WPT device 200. The receiver 430 may receive the wireless power by the method described with reference to FIG. 1.

The charger 440 rectifies the wireless power received by the receiver 430, and starts charging using the rectified wireless power. The charging unit 440 may be a known battery.

8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a wireless power transmission method.

The wireless power transmission method of FIG. 8 may be operated by the WPT apparatus 200 described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 6.

In operation 810, the device may check the cycle of the sleep mode of the first mobile terminal to confirm on / off of the sleep mode. Since the device has received and stored the first period information from the first mobile terminal, it is easy to know whether the first sleep mode is on or off.

In operation 820, when it is determined that the first sleep mode is switched from on to off, the device transmits wireless power to the first mobile terminal in operation 830.

In operation 840, if it is determined that the first sleep mode is turned off, the device temporarily suspends the transmission of the wireless power.

In step 860, if charging is completed before the first sleep mode is turned on, the device ends the transmission of the wireless power and switches to the charging completion state.

9 is a flowchart for explaining another example of the wireless power transmission method.

The wireless power transmission method of FIG. 9 may be operated by the WPT apparatus 200, the first mobile terminal 300, the second mobile terminal 400, and the base station 500 described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 7.

In step 905, the WPT device is transmitting wireless power to the first mobile terminal. The WPT device may transmit wireless power according to the cycle of the WPT mode as shown in FIG. 3.

In step 910, if an association request is received from the second mobile terminal, in step 920, the WPT device allows the connection.

In operation 930, the WPT device transmits first period information that is information about a period of the first sleep mode to the second mobile terminal.

In step 940, the second mobile terminal requests the base station to change the period of the second sleep mode. That is, the second mobile terminal requests the base station to match the period of the first sleep mode and the period of the second sleep mode.

The base station changes the period of the second sleep mode to the period of the first sleep mode, the period of the first sleep mode to the period of the second sleep mode, or the period of the first sleep mode at the request of the second mobile terminal. And a cycle of the second sleep mode to another cycle of the third sleep mode. Thus, the period of the first sleep mode and the period of the second sleep mode coincide.

In step 950, the base station provides the second mobile device with information about the period of the sleep mode matched.

In step 960, if the period of the first sleep mode is changed, the base station provides the first mobile device with information about the period of the sleep mode matched.

In step 970, the second mobile terminal provides the WPT device with information about the period of the matched sleep mode.

In steps 980 and 990, the WPT device adjusts the period of the WPT mode with reference to the received sleep mode period, and transmits wireless power to the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal according to the adjusted period of the WPT mode. . In steps 980 and 990, the WPT device transmits wireless power when the sleep mode is off, and suspends transmission of wireless power when the sleep mode is on.

In FIG. 9, the base station has described the case where the period of the first sleep mode coincides with the period of the second sleep mode as an example. The period of the first sleep mode and the period of the second sleep mode may be matched not only by the base station but also by the second mobile terminal.

Meanwhile, the source unit 250 or the receiver unit 430 according to an embodiment of the present invention may be configured as a resonator having a helix coil structure, a resonator having a spiral coil structure, or a meta-structured resonator.

10 illustrates a meta-structured resonator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 10, the meta-structured resonator includes a transmission line 1010 and a capacitor 1020. Here, the capacitor 1020 is inserted in series at a specific position of the transmission line 1010, and the electric field is trapped in the capacitor.

In addition, the meta-structured resonator has a form of a three-dimensional structure, as shown in FIG. Unlike the illustrated in FIG. 10, the resonator may be implemented in a two-dimensional structure in which transmission lines are arranged in x and z planes.

The capacitor 1020 is inserted into the transmission line 1010 in the form of a lumped element and a distributed element, for example, an interdigital capacitor or a gap capacitor centered on a substrate having a high dielectric constant. As the 1020 is inserted into the transmission line 1010, the resonator may have a metamaterial characteristic.

Here, the metamaterial is a material having special electrical properties that cannot be found in nature, and has an artificially designed structure. The electromagnetic properties of all materials in nature have an intrinsic permittivity or tutor rate, and most materials have positive permittivity and positive permeability. In most materials, the right-hand rule applies to electric fields, magnetic fields and pointing vectors, so these materials are called RHM (Right Handed Material). However, metamaterials are materials with a permittivity or permeability of less than 1, and according to the sign of permittivity or tutor rate, ENG (epsilon negative) materials, MNG (mu negative) materials, DNG (double negative) materials, NRI (negative refractive index) ) And LH (left-handed) substances.

At this time, when the capacitance of the capacitor inserted as the lumped element is properly determined, the resonator may have the characteristics of the metamaterial. In particular, by appropriately adjusting the capacitance of the capacitor, the resonator may have a negative permeability, so that the resonator according to an embodiment of the present invention may be referred to as an MNG resonator.

The MNG resonator may have a zero-order resonance characteristic having a frequency when the propagation constant is 0 as a resonance frequency. Since the MNG resonator may have a zeroth resonance characteristic, the resonant frequency may be independent of the physical size of the MNG resonator. That is, as will be described again below, in order to change the resonant frequency in the MNG resonator, it is sufficient to design the capacitor appropriately, so that the physical size of the MNG resonator may not be changed.

In addition, in the near field, the electric field is concentrated in the series capacitor 1020 inserted in the transmission line 1010, so that the magnetic field is dominant in the near field due to the series capacitor 1020.

In addition, the MNG resonator may have a high Q-Factor using the capacitor 1020 to the lumped element, thereby improving the efficiency of power transmission.

In addition, the MNG resonator may include a matcher 1030 for impedance matching. At this time, the matcher 1030 can properly adjust the strength of the magnetic field for coupling with the MNG resonator, and the impedance of the MNG resonator is adjusted by the matcher 1030. The current flows into or out of the MNG resonator through the connector 1040.

In addition, although not explicitly illustrated in FIG. 10, a magnetic core penetrating the MNG resonator may be further included. Such a magnetic core may perform a function of increasing a power transmission distance.

The characteristics of the MNG resonator of the present invention will be described in detail below.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an equivalent circuit of the resonator illustrated in FIG. 10.

The resonator shown in FIG. 10 may be modeled with the equivalent circuit shown in FIG. In the equivalent circuit of FIG. 11, CL denotes a capacitor inserted in the form of a lumped element in the middle of the transmission line of FIG. 10.

At this time, the resonator for wireless power transmission shown in FIG. 10 has a zeroth resonance characteristic. That is, when the propagation constant is 0, the resonator for wireless power transmission

Figure pat00004
Suppose we have a resonant frequency. At this time, the resonance frequency
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May be expressed as Equation 2 below. Here, MZR means Mu Zero Resonator.

Figure pat00006

Referring to Equation 2, the resonant frequency of the resonator

Figure pat00007
Is
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Can be determined by the resonant frequency
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It can be seen that the physical size of the and the resonator may be independent of each other. Thus, resonant frequency
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Since the physical sizes of the and resonators are independent of each other, the physical sizes of the resonators can be sufficiently small.

12 illustrates a meta-structured resonator according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 12, the meta-structured resonator includes a transmission line unit 1210 and a capacitor 1220. In addition, the resonator according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a feeding unit 1230.

In the transmission line unit 1210, a plurality of transmission line sheets are arranged in parallel. A configuration in which a plurality of transmission line sheets are arranged in parallel will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 5.

The capacitor 1220 is inserted at a specific position of the transmission line unit 1210. In this case, the capacitor 1220 may be inserted in series at the interruption of the transmission line unit 1210. At this time, the electric field generated in the resonator is trapped in the capacitor 1220.

The capacitor 1220 may be inserted into the transmission line unit 1210 in the form of a lumped element and a distributed element, for example, an interdigital capacitor or a gap capacitor centered on a substrate having a high dielectric constant. As the capacitor 1220 is inserted into the transmission line unit 1210, the resonator may have a metamaterial characteristic.

The feeding unit 1230 may perform a function of supplying current to the MNG resonator. In this case, the feeding unit 1230 may be designed to distribute the current supplied to the resonator evenly to the plurality of transmission line sheets.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an insertion position of the capacitor 1220 of FIG. 12 in detail.

Referring to FIG. 13, the capacitor 1220 is inserted into the interruption portion of the transmission line unit 1210. At this time, the interruption portion of the transmission line unit 1210 may be open to insert the capacitor 1220, each of the transmission line sheets 1210-1, 1210-2, 1210-n It can be configured in the form of parallel to each other at the stop.

Methods according to an embodiment of the present invention can be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means and recorded in a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. Program instructions recorded on the media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts.

As described above, the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains various modifications and variations from such descriptions. This is possible.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the claims below but also by the equivalents of the claims.

200: WPT device 210: communication unit
220: control unit 230: storage unit
240: EMI measuring unit 250: source unit
300: a first mobile terminal 400: a second mobile terminal

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A source unit configured to transmit wireless power to the first mobile terminal; And
Control unit for controlling the transmission of the wireless power in accordance with the on / off of the sleep mode in which the operation of the first mobile terminal is idle.
Wireless power transmission device comprising a.
The method of claim 1,
The control unit transmits the wireless power while the sleep mode is off and the first mobile terminal and the base station are not in communication. The control unit transmits the wireless power while the sleep mode is on and the first mobile terminal and the base station communicate. And controlling the source unit to pause transmission of the wireless power.
The method of claim 1,
A communication unit for receiving information about the period of the sleep mode of the first mobile terminal-the period in which the sleep mode is on-off-
The wireless power transmission device further comprising.
The method of claim 1,
When the transmission of the wireless power is requested from the second mobile terminal, when the sleep mode periods of the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal coincide with each other, the controller sends the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal to the second mobile terminal. And controlling the source unit to transmit the wireless power.
The method of claim 4, wherein
The control unit controls the communication unit to transmit information on the sleep mode period of the first mobile terminal to the second mobile terminal,
The second mobile terminal changes the sleep mode period of the second mobile terminal to the sleep mode period of the first mobile terminal based on the information on the transmitted sleep mode period, and transmits the change result to the communication unit. Wireless power transmission device.
The method of claim 4, wherein
When the transmission of the wireless power is requested from a second mobile terminal, the base station matches the sleep mode period of the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal, the wireless power transmission apparatus.
The method of claim 1,
And the control unit controls the source unit to start the transmission of the wireless power before the sleep mode is changed from an on state to an off state.
In a mobile terminal capable of wired and wireless communication,
A communication unit requesting a transmitter for transmitting wireless power to transmit wireless power and receiving information on a period of a first sleep mode from the transmitter;
A controller configured to change a period of a second sleep mode preset in the mobile terminal to a period of the received first sleep mode; And
A receiver that receives the wireless power from the transmitter during a period in which the communication unit does not communicate with a base station during the period of the first sleep mode.
Mobile terminal for receiving a wireless power comprising a.
The method of claim 8,
The control unit controls the communication unit to request the base station to change the period of the second sleep mode to the period of the first sleep mode.
Checking an on / off of the sleep mode in which the operation of the first mobile terminal is in an idle state;
Intermittently transmitting wireless power to the first mobile terminal according to the on / off of the identified sleep mode
Wireless power transmission method comprising a.
The method of claim 10,
The transmitting step,
While the sleep mode is off and the first mobile terminal and the base station are not communicating, the wireless power is transmitted. While the sleep mode is turned on, the wireless power is temporarily transmitted while the first mobile terminal and the base station are communicating. Stationary, wireless power transfer method.
The method of claim 10,
Receiving information on a sleep mode period of the first mobile terminal, a period in which the sleep mode is turned on and off;
The wireless power transmission method further comprising.
The method of claim 10,
Requesting the second mobile terminal to match a sleep mode period between the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal when transmission of the wireless power is requested from a second mobile terminal; And
If the sleep mode periods match, transmitting the wireless power to the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal.
The wireless power transmission method further comprising.
The method of claim 13,
The requesting may include transmitting information about a sleep mode period of the first mobile terminal, a period in which the sleep mode is turned on and off, to the second mobile terminal.
Receiving a report from the second mobile terminal that the sleep mode periods of the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal are matched;
Wireless power transmission method further comprising.
The method of claim 13,
When the transmission of the wireless power is requested from a second mobile terminal, the base station matches the sleep mode period of the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal, wireless power transmission method.
The method of claim 10,
The transmitting step,
And transmitting the wireless power before the sleep mode is changed from an on state to an off state.
In the wireless power receiving method of a mobile terminal,
Requesting a transmitter for transmitting wireless power to transmit wireless power;
Receiving information from the transmitter on a period of a first sleep mode that another mobile terminal is using;
Changing a period of a second sleep mode preset in the mobile terminal to a period of the received first sleep mode; And
Receiving the wireless power from the transmitter during a period in which the mobile terminal does not communicate with a base station during the period of the first sleep mode;
Wireless power receiving method of a mobile terminal comprising a.
The method of claim 17,
Requesting the base station to change the period of the second sleep mode to the period of the first sleep mode.
Further comprising, the wireless power receiving method of the mobile terminal.
A computer-readable recording medium for recording a program for executing the method of any one of claims 10 to 18 on a computer.
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