Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flexible bridge amplifier for wireless power
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Application No.: US15490587Application Date: 2017-04-18
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Publication No.: US11038374B2Publication Date: 2021-06-15
- Inventor: Venkata Anand Prabhala , Stephan Schaecher
- Applicant: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
- Applicant Address: AT Villach
- Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
- Current Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
- Current Assignee Address: AT Villach
- Agency: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.
- Main IPC: H02J50/12
- IPC: H02J50/12 ; H02J7/02 ; H02J7/04 ; H02M7/5387 ; H02J50/40 ; H02J7/00 ; H02M1/00

Abstract:
A wireless power transfer (WPT) system that efficiently transfers power to portable devices over a wide range of load conditions and power output demands. The WPT system of this disclosure includes a full bridge topology. Changing the number of devices or the position and orientation of a device on the transmitter charge area may change the impedance and/or the load on the power transmitting unit (PTU). The WPT system of this disclosure may detect load impedance and/or power requested from the PTU. When the load exceeds a threshold, the WPT system will activate a second half bridge to operate in full-bridge mode. Similarly, the WPT system may detect the power requested and received and when the power drops to a certain threshold of power transmitted the WPT may turn off the second leg and operate in half-bridge mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180301934A1 FLEXIBLE BRIDGE AMPLIFIER FOR WIRELESS POWER Public/Granted day:2018-10-18
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