Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tunable reactance circuits for wireless power systems
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Application No.: US17155855Application Date: 2021-01-22
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Publication No.: US11356079B2Publication Date: 2022-06-07
- Inventor: Conor Rochford , Bryan Esteban
- Applicant: WiTricity Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MA Watertown
- Assignee: WiTricity Corporation
- Current Assignee: WiTricity Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Watertown
- Agency: Goodwin Procter LLP
- Main IPC: H03B1/00
- IPC: H03B1/00 ; H03K3/00 ; H03H11/02 ; H02J50/12 ; H03K17/687

Abstract:
Disclosed herein are tunable reactance circuits configured to present a tunable or variable capacitive reactance when energized. The circuits can include a switch configured to be controlled by a gate driver, the gate driver configured to receive a control signal indicating an on-time of the switch; a diode coupled antiparallel to a switch; and one or more capacitors coupled in parallel to the diode. The tunable capacitive reactance can be based on the on-time of the switch and a total capacitance value of the one or more capacitors. The exemplary tunable reactance circuits may be used in wireless power transmitters and/or receivers for efficient power transmission and/or to deliver a particular level of power to a load.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210234534A1 TUNABLE REACTANCE CIRCUITS FOR WIRELESS POWER SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2021-07-29
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